Quotes About Reflection

Learn from the past, prepare for the future, live in the present.

The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference.

If we look straight and deep into a chimpanzee's eyes, an intelligent self-assured personality looks back at us. If they are animals, what must we be?

Through imagination, we can visit the past, contemplate the present, and anticipate the future. We can also do something else of profound and unique significance. We can create.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us.

There are no mistakes or failures, only lessons.

The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

The most painful thing to experience is not defeat but regret

Open your ears before you open your mouth, it may surprise your eyes!

Humility is the light of understanding.

Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.

I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

Count the cost first. Don't pay too big a price for pursuing minor values.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Five years from now, you're the same person except for the people you've met and the books you've read.

It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.