Quotes About Reflection

One of the things that I think we have learned is that we should all be very careful about making predictions about the future.

Odd that the future should be so difficult to bring into focus when the past, uninvited, offered itself up so easily for inspection.

Let the past be what it was, the present what it is, the future the best it can be.

Almost no one can take on an entire future in one step, much less while reeling emotionally.

The future is created through memory.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

I'm not too worried about humanity in the future. I think we've got an innate ability as a species to self-correct.

We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities of the future.

That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory— hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can built off our pasts and make future.

The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

Memory is set up to use the past to imagine the future.

As soon as you have a language that has a past tense and a future tense you're going to say, 'Where did we come from, what happens next?' The ability to remember the past helps us plan the future.

The way we understand both our present and our future depends on what we have lived through.

Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter

The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.

Understand suffering is a part of my karma, otherwise you will spoil your future karma also.

I can't change the past, but I can try to make a better future for me.

I didn't really know what to expect from detention but when I waked into the room, the first thought I had was, I don't belong in here with these future criminals.

He who commends the brutalities of the past, sows the seeds of future crimes.

It is 11 years since I have seen my figure in a glass [mirror]. The last reflection I saw there was so disagreeable I resolved to spare myself such mortification in the future.

Don't regret your past...It has shaped you. Don't fear your future...It is yours to shape.

The future is the keeper of the memories of the past

You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future.

Your hater is your future fan in a way. Cause when it's different they don't really take to it at first, but after you look back on it you get a chance to reflect on it.