Reflection Quotes

"I like to record what’s happened, how my life and relationships have developed, and to know even about the mundane stuff in life that happens, but we might otherwise forget—a trip for coffee with a friend, or some good or bad luck, or a trip to the theatre."

- Andy Oldham

"Writing is as close as we get to keeping a hold on the thousand and one things – childhood, certainties, cities, doubts, dreams, instants, phrases, parents, loves – that go on slipping, like sand, through our fingers."

- Salman Rushdie

"He captures memories because if he forgets them, it’s as though they didn’t happen."

- Donald Miller

"Keeping a journal: The short entries are often as dry as instant tea. Writing them down is like pouring hot water over them to release their aroma."

- Ernst Jünger

"These handwritten words in the pages of my journal confirm that from an early age I have experienced each encounter in my life twice: once in the world, and once again on the page."

- Terry Tempest Williams

"The young John Quincy Adams begins it lifelong habit of keeping a journal with reluctance that he might one day have to read it. He hopes, though, that the flaws in his earlier entries will be balanced by the progress he is able to see."

- Paul C. Nagel

"“Come now, and let us reason together . . .”"

- The Song of Solomon – Isaiah

"“I used to say that, as Solicitor General, I made three arguments of every case. First came the one that I planned–as I thought, logical, coherent, complete. Second was the one actually presented–interrupted, incoherent, disjointed, disappointing. The third was the utterly devastating argument that I thought of after going to bed that night.”"

- Robert H. Jackson

"Sometimes, surrounded by all this good cheer, I’m puzzled by some of the things that I hear, and wonder, my mind for a moment not hazy, if I and not they could really be crazy."

- Albert Einstein

"Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting."

- Richard Paul Evans

"A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn."

- Claude Debussy

"The beauty of a sunset is that it can’t be recreated, only remembered."

- Yung Pueblo

"We may be together for another six months—a year—there’s no knowing. At the end we’re certain to be apart. Do you realize how utterly alone we shall be?"

- George Orwell

""Bad decisions make good stories.""

- Ellis Vidler

""Hating people is like burning down your own home to get rid of a rat.""

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

""Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.""

- Franklin P. Jones

""If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?""

- Albert Einstein

""If you let your head get too big, it’ll break your neck.""

- Elvis Presley

""Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.""

- Phyllis Diller

""A clear conscience is a sure sign of a bad memory.""

- Mark Twain

""I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more of they get older; then it dawned on me they are cramming for their final exam.""

- George Carlin

""If you dig a grave for others you may fall into it yourself.""

- Irish Proverbs

"Some of my old memories feel trapped in amber in my brain, lucid and burning, while others are like the wing beat of a hummingbird, an intangible, ephemeral blur."

- Mira Bartok

"Hummingbird stays for a fractional sharp sweetness, and’s gone, can’t take more than that."

- Denise Levertov

"I never answered your question, if I’d ever thought about being human. Once. I was on a track in the andes, and a hummingbird flew up to me and just hovered there staring at me. Its tiny heart was pattering like a machine gun… And I thought, ‘what a thing, you know, to have to work that hard every day just to stay alive, to be constantly on the verge of death, and how satisfying every day must be that it survived…’ And that was the only time I thought about being human."

- Klaus Mikaelson

"After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind the secretive sounds, the shy sounds, the whispers and conversations of moss disputing with grass over some soft piece of earth, or the hummingbird snoring."

- N.D. Wilson

"Every reflective moment spent between a mother and daughter is a thread in the tapestry of their legacy."

"In the mirror of life, the reflection of a mother and daughter shines brightest."

"As the end of the year approaches, take a look at all the work you've done. You are on the right path to the future."

"Time passes as fast as a hummingbird flutters."

- Anonymous