Reflection Quotes

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect."

- Anaïs Nin

"This is October for me. Withdrawing into my own world, blocking out everything except the beauty of the season, my reflections, and my relationship with God, I find that this is enough to sustain me through the long cold winter, and beyond…"

- Peggy Toney Horton

""There are years that ask questions and years that answer.""

- Zora Neale Hurston

"I had a really long and great career, and I believe I left a deep mark in the martial arts. I have no regrets."

- Mirko Cro Cop

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But, you can either run from it or learn from it"

- Rafiki

"How necessary Sundays have become. I reach for them like sleeping lovers on the other side of my earth or my mattress."

- Darnell Lamont Walker

"The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get."

- Tim Russert

"There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. So I take the memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can."

- Nicholas Sparks

"For a second I feel a rush of sadness: for the horizons that vanish behind us, for the people we leave behind, the tiny-doll selves that get stored away and ultimately buried."

- Lauren Oliver

"And all the lives we ever lived and all the lives to be are full of trees and changing leaves."

- Virginia Woolf

"Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love—that makes life and nature harmonize."

- George Eliot

"I always questioned whether I was ready to adopt. Then I realized no child was ready to be an orphan."

"The heart of foster care is not counted in numbers, but in moments that add richness to life."

"Reflecting on how far you have come is the fuel that powers tomorrow's success."

"Embrace every moment with a foster child; these are the memories you’ll look back on with pride."

"Reflect on each milestone and let it remind you of the love that foster care creates."

"Don’t ride too fast to forget where you’ve been."

"In the end, it’s not about the miles ridden, but the journey taken."

"A new week begins with the calm and clarity of Sunday."

"Sunday is the perfect pause to refocus and recharge your goals."

"Fridays are for focusing, finishing, and celebrating the week’s successes."

"A son does not pass judgement on his father, but he is his father’s conscience."

"In the quiet moments, a father still hears his son’s laughter echoing in his heart."

"The memory of my son brings tears, but it also brings joy for the time we shared."

"On your birthday, I remember all the times we’ve shared and look forward to the many more to come."

"A son is the clearest reflection of his father in the world."

- Unknown

"October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen."

"The season ends, but the memories last forever."

"When the cleats come off, the memories linger on."

"The season's over, but our team's story is far from finished."