Quotes About Reflection

Pawel withdrew into his own thoughts, reflecting on the fact that saints and mystics also spoke of suffering, darkness, and the agony of interior crosses. For a Christian, these were an indispensable part of the rising toward God.

garden. I have been defeated,

5. Evaluate your friendships. Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote and other works, writes: "Tell me what company you keep, and I'll tell you who you are.

Effective leaders strike the right balance between doing (making things happen) and being (observing and reflecting).

The results of this diagnostic exercise should help you answer the following questions: in what spheres do you most enjoy solving problems?

The management theorist Tom Peters said, "Purpose rarely comes from sitting down and contemplating purpose. Mostly, surely in my case, one accidentally trips over purpose." It's not built in a lab; it develops as a natural by-product of working with thoughtful observation [...].

To borrow an old saw, preparing yourself is a journey and not a destination. You will have to work constantly to ensure that you're engaging with the real challenges of your new position and not retreating to your comfort zone. It is easy to backslide into habits that are both comfortable and dangerous. Plan to reread this chapter and its questions periodically, asking, Am I doing all I can to prepare myself?

leaders strike the right balance between doing (making things happen) and being (observing and reflecting).

The personal development conversation. Once you're a few months into your new role, you can begin to discuss how you're doing and what your developmental priorities should be. Where are you doing well? In what areas do you need to improve or do things differently? Are there projects or special assignments you could undertake (without sacrificing focus)?

Devote some time to defining your learning agenda as early as possible, and return to it periodically to refine and supplement it. Efficient learning means identifying the best available sources of insight and then figuring out how to extract maximum insight with the least possible outlay of time.

Michael Dahl

Looks just like a monkey.

None of that matters now," said Twilight. "Look behind you." The Borribles did, and there, just a little beyond the rim of the bridge, they saw a halo of harsh whiteness reflected on the underneath of the dark sky. It was the beam of a car's headlights as it got into position on the north side of the bridge, the side the runaways had left only moments before.

Why waste a life in search of an epitaph?

Por qué desperdiciar la vida buscando un epitafio? «Te recordamos con cariño.» ¿Quién salvo un idiota quiere algo así cincelado sobre su cabeza? No es más que incontinencia sentimental.

these days there was little room left in Hal's life for his younger brother, and Charlie felt—what did he feel, deep down, when he allowed himself to be honest? Angry, stinking bloody one-bottle-a-time furious—not with Hal, of course, but with life. It hadn't worked out for him, and he didn't understand why.

It was all very well growing old disgracefully and running your umbrella along life's railings, but when you'd annoyed as many people as possible and told yourself you'd thoroughly enjoyed it, you still had to return home to a cold hearth and deal with it on your own.

Don't ask so many questions and they will all be answered.

There's something about her that reminds me of Ellen, but then I realize that it's Ellen who's reminded me of Annabelle. Ellen is dim in comparison.

I just didn't hang around the White House any more after Nixon ... Watergate changed me a little bit along that line." - Billy Graham

They intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. Aldous Huxley

As we get older, we're all going to lose a few of our marbles.

Looking back, I see now that I accepted as normal the toxic gridlock and learned helplessness our political system teaches.

I wasn't smart enough to read relationship books when I was coming up. I learned everything the hard way.