Reflection Quotes

"You’ll miss your next opportunity if you’re too focused on your last mistake."

- Brittany Burgunder

"Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially."

- David Bach

"As a writer and a poet, I like listening rather than talking. Invariably I like to listen to the life stories and instances of many people whom I meet in life."

- Avijeet Das

"For last year’s words belong to last year’s language, and next year’s words await another voice."

- T.S. Eliot

"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

"In the New Year, never forget to thank your past years, because they enabled you to reach today. Without the stairs of the past, you cannot arrive at the future!"

- Mehmet Murat ildan

"Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."

- Ernest Hemingway

"The snag about marriage is, it isn’t worth the divorce."

- Suzanne Finnamore

"The good thing about getting divorced young—if there is a good thing—is that it makes you realize there’s no schedule in life."

- Olivia Wilde

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these."

- Susan B. Anthony

"Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light."

- Franz Grillparzer

"I don't think any rapper can go back. You can be a car salesman, a bank teller - I mean, really good jobs, and people are still gonna look at you and be like, 'You used to rap; what happened?'"

- Jay-Z

"You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories."

- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

"He loved October. Had always loved it. There was something sad and beautiful about it — the ending and beginning of things."

- Jacqueline Woodson

"I want the end of my life to be like the end of this day by the October sea, as pale yellow cumulus clouds spread toward the west reflecting the setting sun."

- Beverly Finney

"The sky is a shirt wet with tears, the road a vein about to break, and the glass of wine a mirror in which the sky, the road, the world keep changing."

- Faiz Ahmad Faiz

"Ninety years of amazing stories and memories call for a celebration! Wishing you a birthday as lovely as your life."

"Your 90 years have created a symphony of memories that resonate with the beauty of life."

"Happy Birthday at 90! Your stories of the past remind us to cherish the history that shapes us."

"On your 90th birthday, let us take a trip down memory lane and see all the lives you have touched and changed positively."

"Don't let a rough day make you forget how far you've come."

"Would, could, should, do"

"As the year comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future."

"The past is gone, it went by like dusk to dawn."

"On your 60th birthday, may you look back and see that you've lived an amazing life and touched so many hearts with your presence. Have a wonderful day."

"Sixty is the age where you can look back with pride and look forward with hope."

"The journey is not about the destination, but about the experiences along the way."

"Glad you found the post thought-provoking! Your insights always add value, so feel free to share them anytime."

"The sky is a reminder that we are all capable of reflection."

"Your past is not your enemy"