Reflection Quotes

"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."

- Paulo Coelho

"You start with a darkness to move through, but sometimes the darkness moves through you."

- Dean Young

"Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble"

- Benjamin Franklin

"Good morning. Sunday is a day of reflection. A day in which we think of the week past, and of the week ahead."

- Anthony T. Hincks

"Sunday is a time when you sit back and reflect on all the blessings that you have received. Smile at all the good things that you are enjoying."

- Sera Train

"When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit."

- Bible

"From the earliest ages of Christianity, Good Friday has always been observed as a solemn fast, and been marked with that special respect which its sanctity demands. In ancient days it was called Long Friday, from the length of the religious services; and by our forefathers it was termed Holy Friday."

- W. Stevens

"It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things; but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion."

- C. S. Lewis

"Behold the man upon a cross,My sin upon His shoulders;Ashamed, I hear my mocking voiceCall out among the scoffers.It was my sin that held Him thereUntil it was accomplished;His dying breath has brought me life –I know that it is finished."

- Stuart Townend

"When I survey the wondrous CrossOn which the Prince of Glory diedMy richest gain, I count but lossAnd pour contempt on all my pride See from His head, His hands, His feetSorrow and love flow mingled downDid ever such love and sorrow meet?Or thorns compose, so rich a crown Oh the wonderful Cross, oh the wonderful CrossBids me come and die and find that I may truly liveOh the wonderful Cross, oh the wonderful Cross"

- Isaac Watts/Chris Tomlin

"For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."

- Colossians 1:19-20

"If I wanted others to think highly of me, I would conceal the fact that the shameful slaughter of the perfect Son of God was required that I might be saved. But when I stand at the foot of the Cross and am seen by others under the light of that Cross, I am left uncomfortably exposed before their eyes. Indeed, the most humiliating gossip that could ever be whispered about me is blared from Golgotha’s hill, and my self-righteous reputation is left in ruins in the wake of its revelations. With the worst facts about me thus exposed to the view of others, I find myself feeling that I truly have nothing left to hide."

- Milton Vincent

"Just because something is over doesn’t mean it wasn’t incredibly beautiful."

- Taylor Swift

"Sunday is a day to clear the mind of all that has transpired the week before."

- Byron Pulsifer

"When I think about all the patients and their loved ones I have worked with over the years, I know most of them don’t remember me, nor I them. But I do know that I gave a little piece of myself to each of them, and they to me, and those threads make up the tapestry that is my career in nursing."

- Donna Wilk Cardillo

"Of all the ways the sunflower has of loving light, regret is the most beautiful shadow on the sun dial."

- Andre Breton & Paul Eluard

"Restless sunflower; cease to move."

- Pedro Calderón de la Barca

"Ah! sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller’s journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire And the pale virgin shrouded in snow Arise from their graves, and aspire Where my sunflower wishes to go!"

- William Blake

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

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"A holiday gives one a chance to look backward and forward, to reset oneself by an inner compass."

- May Sarton

"No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one."

- Elbert Hubbard

"A vacation is like love – anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia."

- Evan Esar

"One-week vacations are too short to prevent burnout; by the time you relax enough not to think about the office, the week is almost up."

- Cecilia Mikalac

"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working."

- Kenneth Grahame

"After a while, just staying alive becomes a full-time job. No wonder we need a vacation."

- Michael Zadoorian

"Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?"

- Zig Ziglar

"Every man who possibly can force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not."

- William James

"Sunday is a reminder that every day is a fresh start, a chance to push forward and create the life you envision."

"Embrace the peace and quiet of Sunday. Reflect and recharge for the week ahead."

"Every nurse has that one patient that they’ll remember forever."