Quotes About Reflection

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you'll be at rest.

Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.

Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God.

To make the most of your life, you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind and the value of it in your heart.

Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?

It seems we are often guilty of being more interested in defending God's Word than in studying it.

Imagine how much needless frustration could be avoided if we learned from each other's life lessons. Mature people develop the habit of extracting lessons from everyday experiences.

The first thing on Dr. Amen's master to-do list, the first thing he sees each day, is his gratitude list. Rather than just writing down a few things, he keeps a running tab on what he is grateful for, looks at it every day, and adds to it as joyful moments occur.

Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?" David modeled this kind of gratitude when he prayed, "Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far?"15 Years later, his son would write, "It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.

We bring God glory by becoming like Christ.

Worry is focused thinking on something negative. Meditation is doing the same thing, only focusing on God's Word instead of your problem. No other habit can do more to transform your life ... than daily reflection on Scripture.

Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul.

How would it make you feel if God showed you what you could have accomplished in life if you had just believed him a little bit more?

Por lo general, el mayor enemigo para nuestro éxito en el futuro es nuestro éxito en el pasado.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. -Rick Warren

Nothing will change permanently until you dig down to the bedrock of truth about your life and God's purpose for it.

Busyness is a great enemy of relationships.

As the Spirit of the Lord works within us, we become more and more like him and reflect his glory even more." 16

We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it.

In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to figure out that nothing matters more.

Christlikeness is not produced by imitation, but by inhabitation.

Another of Brother Lawrence's helpful ideas was to pray shorter conversational prayers continually through the day rather than trying to pray long sessions of complex prayers.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it's thinking of yourself less.