Reflection Quotes

"Certain thoughts are prayers."

- Victor Hugo

"Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a divine mystery, or a waterfall."

- Fulton J. Sheen

"Wait and be patient, and later you will be glad you did."

- Sirach

"Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."

- Charles Dickens

"Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand."

- Paul Cezanne

"It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly."

- Claude Monet

"It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better."

- Ella Maillart

"Time spent in self-reflection is never wasted – it is an intimate date with yourself."

- Dr. Paul TP Wong

"Reflective thinking turns experience into insight."

- John C. Maxwell

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect."

- Mark Twain

"Contemplation is vital, thinking is vital; he who thinks little errs much."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life."

- Jean de La Fontaine

"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."

- Nelson Mandela

"A social movement that only moves people is merely a revolt. A movement that changes both people and institutions is a revolution."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The echoes of beauty you've seen transpire, Resound through dying coals of a campfire."

- Ernest Hemingway

"The past shouldn’t be feared, for it guides our future."

- Moana

"I blink Januarys lashes and gush down Decembers cheeks."

- Sanober Khan

"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives not looking for flaws, but for potential."

- Ellen Goodman

"When you’re unemployed, weekends are seven days long."

- Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"In teaching, you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years."

- Jacques Barzun

"No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat."

- Leo Dworkin

"Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was."

- Dag Hammarskjold

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."

- T.S. Eliot

"How strange that nature does not knock, and yet it does not intrude!"

- Emily Dickinson

""Reflection on a Saturday morning clears the mind, sculpting the bedrock of purpose.""

"The beauty you see in others is a reflection of yourself."

"January is the perfect time to reflect on where you’ve been and where you’re going."

"Reflection is the first step to progress. Take time this January to honor how far you’ve come."

"The scoreboard doesn't define us; it's how we played the game and what we learned that truly matters."

- Unknown

"Your favorite chair is empty now, where you would lie and sleep. But the memory of our happy times is mine to always keep."