Quotes About Reflection

No man leaves where he is and seeks a distant place unless he is in some respect a failure.

Do nothing rashly; want of circumspection is the chief cause of failure and disaster. Fortune, wise lover of the wise, selects him for her lord who ere he acts reflects.

I've always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience.

If we had no faults, we would not derive so much pleasure from noting those of other people.

Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.

A big part of my job is to remember failure, and reboot failure, when the timing is right.

There really is no such thing as failure. There is only the rearrangement of plans and surrender of ego.

My days among the dead are passed; Around me I behold, Where'er these casual eyes are cast, The mighty minds of old; My never-failing friends are they, With whom I converse day by day.

Nothing resembles pride so much as discouragement.

Is there a place here for the spirit ? Is there time on this brief platform for anything other than mind 's failure to explain itself?

It was unwise to plan too carefully. It took only one great failure to learn that lesson.

My best teachers were mess, failure, death, mistakes, and the people I hated, including myself.

There actually isn't anything better than a noble failure. It will always teach you something and you will always learn from the experience.

I cannot sing the old songs, I sang long years ago, For heart and voice would fail me, And foolish tears would flow.

It is painful to reflect upon your failures knowing that you alone caused them.

On the New England Patriots losing the Super Bowl after going 18-0: We set high expectations, now we go down as 18-1, and that is one big zit. It is one big blemish. We choked.

It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of book I want to write.

Failure is only the name that we give to our mistakes."-Oscar Wilde

A man who is fed up with being successful all the time must definitely try failure to feel better!

I'd already figured out that not understanding my failings was another one of my failings.

Failure is inevitable. It teaches us things about ourselves that we could have learnt any other way.

Christmas is the season I use to clock failure in life. It stops time, as it were, on the year - where you are in it, where you are in your travail unto the grave.

If someone calls you a failure it's more than likely they feel like one.

A retreat from someone or something isn't unusual. Just as how you edge closer to see better, at times you may need to take a step back to get a clearer view.