Quotes About Reflection

We can face whatever circumstances await us with courage if we just reflect on God's faithfulness and place our confidence in His great power and loving purpose for our lives.

He thought it disproportionate in its violence considering the fragility of us.

Why did I write this? " Although I desire that all kinds of readers enjoy my novel, my deepest wish is that it finds those readers that really need it. In a way like when I re-read The Outsiders countless times during reading time in the fourth grade or when I read Kerouac's book is in high school.

How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.

Eventually all of that pain and anger just sort of fades away, and all we're left with is growing old and forgetting.

The conversations of men had always been muddy rivers, the surface's roiling a reflection of what's buried, but the bottom some mysterious thing that would always be hidden.

A key test for any society is whether or not it is self-correcting. And to be self-correcting, it must first be open and truthful about itself.

I also believe that it is time to begin the fundamental analysis of how we got here, what led us here and what we need to do in order to ensure that we are equipped with the best possible intelligence as we face these issues in the future.

Abba Antony said, "Whatever you find in your heart to do in following God, that do, and remain within yourself in Him.

We can ask ourselves each day, how has my "inner person" been given the opportunity to speak and act today?

I guess the real question is, Why not me? Why did I think I was going to get through this life without sorrow, pain, or grief?

Your loss is not a test, a lesson, something to handle, a gift, or a blessing. Loss is simply what happens to you in life. Meaning is what you make happen Only you can find your own meaning Meaningful connections will heal painful memories

I often wonder what kind of a man he would have become. But I think I got a glimpse of that.

Once it's all done, I fancy I'll come back as an owl. Free and alone in the quiet of the night.

Shed stallion stands in surf gazing out to sea. So large. So noble. Once so powerful. Now completely defeated and alone.

You know, I read once that if you're sad, you're living in the past. If you're anxious, you're living in the future. But if you're at peace, you're living in the present.

Death, becoming obsolete, and trying to make a mark before leaving the world were all themes he returned to repeatedly

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. —Goethe

Every man and woman should play the noblest games and be of another mind from what they are at present.

Everything is bullshit! he thought. Why did I hire these people? It shouldn't have been this big. This was too many people, too much money. It should have been just me and Tom and a small team of people with a common goal. It should have been like the way it was when we weren't biz guys. We were just gamers.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch--what makes you go beyond the norm.

had no conviction. I had no foundation. My game changed from day to day, lesson to lesson. It seemed I had been looking everywhere but within. I thought about

Perhaps real "faith" involves seeing ambiguity not as an enemy, but as a vital part of the journey.

Mr. Nath and I talked further about the pilgrimage. Examining his hand he said, 'I wonder what it will look like after I finish this pilgrimage.' What do you mean?' I asked. 'Do you expect this pilgrimage to change your hand?' It must,' he replied. 'This pilgrimage changes one's life. The change must be evident in the lines of one's hands.