Reflection Quotes

"Self-reflection is the school of wisdom."

- Baltasar Gracian

"Reflection is the business of man; a sense of his state is his first duty: but who remembers himself in joy? Is it not in mercy then that sorrow is allotted unto us?"

- William Shakespeare

"There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection."

- Samuel Coleridge

"It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment."

- Marcus Tullius Cicero

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

- William Makepeace Thackeray

"What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person"

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"I get clarity through quiet time, reflection, reading, and meditation. Finding the space between thoughts gives me the energy to take on new challenges with enthusiasm."

- Jaime Murray

"Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours."

- Jane Austen

"I think technology is a wonderful thing that has to be used thoughtfully … What I am very disturbed about is this trend of everything happening faster and faster and there being more and more general noise in the world, and less and less time for quiet reflection on who we are, and where we’re going."

- Alan Lightman

"In the sweet territory of silence we touch the mystery. It’s the place of reflection and contemplation, and it’s the place where we can connect with the deep knowing, to the deep wisdom way."

- Angeles Arrien

"One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers."

- Agatha Christie

"Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind"

- Elvis Presley

"Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead."

- Yvonne Woon

"I love the dark hours of my being. My mind deepens into them. There I can find, as in old letters, the days of my life, already lived, and held like a legend, and understood."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

"The real [wo/]man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection."

- Thomas Paine

"The greatest journey is the one of self-discovery."

- Lao Tzu

"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion."

- Albert Camus

"We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience."

- John Dewey

"A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to our actions."

- William Kingdon Clifford

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."

- Indira Gandhi

"The object of reflection is invariably the discovery of something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the search."

- Ernest Dimnet

"The holiest of all holidays are those kept by ourselves in silence and apart, the secret anniversaries of the heart..."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light, I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

- Sarah Williams

""Saturdays are the pause button on the remote control of life.""

""Like an unhurried breakfast, let your thoughts simmer on a low flame this Saturday.""

""A moment of self-reflection on a Saturday can realign months of misdirected effort.""

""Unravel the knots of the week; Saturday is here to weave clarity into your thoughts.""

"Saturday isn’t just for plans—it’s also for remembering how far you’ve come."

- Unknown

""Good morning! Let this Saturday be a reflection of all the good you have put into the week.""

""With the workweek behind us, our minds find room to wander and wonder.""