Reflection Quotes

"I remember it like it was yesterday. Of course, I don’t really remember yesterday all that well."

- Dory

"November always seems to me the Norway of the year."

- Emily Dickinson

"The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon the likes of which we have never seen before… .What is possible is to not see it, to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you. And you begin to grasp what it was you missed, like Moses in the cleft of the rock, watching God’s [back] fade in the distance. So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder. There will be time enough for running. For rushing. For worrying. For pushing. For now, stay. Wait. Something is on the horizon."

- Jan L. Richardson

"A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas season is here; Then he's thinking more of others than he's thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for."

- Edgar Guest

"There is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas."

- Henry van Dyke

"Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him."

- Hal Borland

"The month of November makes me feel that life is passing more quickly. In an effort to slow it down, I try to fill the hours more meaningfully."

- Henry Rollins

"Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same."

- Audrey Hepburn

"A birthdate is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life."

- Amit Kalantri

"But after all, what are birthdays? Here today and gone tomorrow."

- Eeyore, A. A. Milne

"Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important. Capture the good times, develop from the negatives, and if things don’t work out, take another shot."

- Author Unknown

"Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place?"

- Job 38:12

"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer."

- Psalm 19:14

"The past is a lighthouse not a port."

- Russian Proverb

"This turned out to be a very good thing. I stopped. I looked at my life, I looked at my body and spirit. I got a new perspective. That's brought me incredible clarity and a lot of peace."

- Melissa Etheridge

"Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey."

- Pat Conroy

"It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way."

- Penelope Riley

"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take."

- Lewis Carroll

"Today, you’ve reached a major milestone in your life. I hope you savor this moment and look forward to the future. Congratulations!"

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"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults."

- Alexis de Tocqueville

"November's arrival marks the beginning of a beautiful end."

"Goodbye, November. You've been a month of blessings and gratitude."

"In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take."

"In the gallery of life, my journey hangs proudly. Happy birthday, self-portrait!"

"To every age, a unique story unfolds. Happy birthday to a life well-lived and loved."

"The goal is to die with memories, not dreams."

"Travel. Your money will return. Your time won’t."

"Don’t be that person who is too busy when you are young and then too tired when you are old."

"Everything that has happened has lead you to this moment. Don’t change a thing. Everything worked out exactly as it should be."

"Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."