Gretchen Rubin Quotes

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.

It's impossible not to constantly adjust the way you look at yourself.

My personality doesn't interest me.

I've been through so much of my own self-search that I'm not as consumed with who I am as I used to be.

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

We are sometimes as different from ourselves as we are from others.

To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

If we can't look at the good, bad and ugly of who we are, we are never going to progress as people - ever.

I discovered myself!

I've never, ever labeled myself.

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently.

It's hard for me to speak of my own development. I'm the one behind the steering wheel, and it is easier to see where the vehicle is going when you are looking at it. For me, it feels like I have been doing the same thing all along.

I try and put myself in other peoples eyes, as I dont feel I've got anything new to say about myself at 23.

I think I've grown over the years and learned about who I am and what I can do and what I can't do.

I think self-discovery is the greatest achievement in life, because once you discover yourself and accept what you are, then you can fulfil your true potential and be happy.

Part and parcel of trying to understand and recognise your strengths and weaknesses is to be brutally honest with how you reflect on what you are yourself. I can't fundamentally change what I am.

I hit a brick wall one day, and I spent a lot of time by myself learning about me and who I am and what I want and don't want.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

One of the greatest moments in anybody's developing experience is when he no longer tries to hide from himself but determines to get acquainted with himself as he really is.

You don't find out who you are unless you work at it.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.