Quotes About Reflection

The more you drive the less intelligent you are.

I don't really watch my own old films, unlike Ronald Reagan, who sat in the White House and reran Knute Rockne — All American [1940] again and again. That way madness lies — though I must say, of my own films ...

There's a reason that God gave us two ears, two eyes and one mouth. It's so you can listen and watch twice as much as you talk. Best of all, listening costs you nothing.

you learn more from defeats than you do from victories

When I was lost in my own thoughts, Cathy would always say, 'You're not listening to me.' She was right.

Losing is a powerful management tool so long as it does not become a habit.

Many people cannot stop long enough to listen - especially when they become successful and all the people around them are being obsequious and pretending to hang on their every word.

There is nothing wrong with requiring time to consider a question or an argument and you can gain it without appearing to be a dithering idiot. I might say, 'I've never considered that angle – can I give it some thought?' By praising the other person's ability to make me think, I increased his willingness to wait for an answer.

I certainly found more virtue in patiently working towards the right decision as I got older. In my early days as a manager I could be impetuous - always in a hurry to get things done and stamp my authority on a situation. It takes courage to say, 'Let me think about it. When you're young you want to fly to the moon and you want to get there quickly. I think it's usually enthusiasm that causes this. As you get older you temper your enthusiasm with experience.

While I took great pleasure and satisfaction in seeing what we had done for others, I cannot say that I felt as happy. I always felt I had to be in the vanguard of tomorrow. I'd immediately start to think about ways in which we could improve, and players who were coming to the end of their best days.

Observar a otras personas, prestar atención a sus consejos y leer sobre otros seres humanos son tres de las mejores cosas que he hecho en mi vida.

Tuve la suerte de que mi mujer y mis hijos no me hicieron sentir culpable por haber pasado tan poco tiempo con ellos y me permitieron ser egoísta.

I want to apologise for my behaviour in my last year at United.

Hay que disponer a todo el mundo para el éxito, lo que requiere una profunda reflexión. Resulta muy fácil crear expectativas poco realistas, es algo que aprendí muy pronto en mi carrera.

But I am old now; my life is older. When I made the choice I made, I did not think it was forever. It is another thing to give up so young.

I wanted to preserve this moment, this slice of time when the night was cool and bright with reflected moonlight and the possibility of a kiss hung between us, full of unspent promise. Every event in my life after this would be different because I would have been kissed.

I wouldn't have done it, but it scared me that I thought of it at all. I scared me.

I am living my death, little by little, each day.

Still, as I watch the sun journey higher up on the horizon, I appreciate that, for only the second time in my entire life, I am alone, blessedly alone, with no one to tell me what to do or what to wear, no one to have to be polite to. Nothing. But I do not wish to be alone, not entirely. Now that I am finally alone, it feels...lonely.

I wonder how many times in my life I would have been able to prevent something, change something, do something different, if only I'd listened to someone.

Sometimes it also helps to have a bit less pride.

I try not to. I mean, you shouldn't miss people who don't miss you, right?

The thing about Sarah was, she always did what I wanted her to do. Always. And that was because she was me, and I was her. She never disappointed me. She always showed up. Wyatt disappointed me precisely because he was real. He was a real boy who could not climb my tower in the slippery rain.

You shouldn't miss people who don't miss you, right?