Quotes about Reflection
Thinking for a Change shares the way that I think on a daily basis. My wife, Margaret, says it has more of my DNA than any of my other books.
— John Maxwell
The unexamined life is not worth leading." I would add that the unexamined leader is not worth following.
— John Maxwell
Playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted, A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. To overcome fear and break the cycle, you have to be willing to recognize that you will spend much of your life making mistakes.
— John Maxwell
Life is a series of outcomes. Sometimes the outcome is what you want. Great. Figure out what you did right. Sometimes the outcome is what you don't want. Great. Figure out what you did so you don't do it again.
— John Maxwell
Perhaps we have become too analytical to take decisive action. We may be spending too much time studying our problems and not enough time solving them.
— John Maxwell
The ability to learn from mistakes has value not just in business but in all aspects of life. If you live to learn, then you will really learn to live.
— John Maxwell
Tame your tongue. If you sometimes overreact emotionally, a first step to improvement is to stop yourself from saying things you shouldn't. The next time you want to lash out, hold your tongue for five minutes, and give yourself a chance to cool down and look at things more rationally. Use this strategy repeatedly and you will find yourself in better command of your emotions.
— John Maxwell
Stories tell us who we are. They… Inspire us. Connect with us. Animate our reasoning process. Give us permission to act. Fire our emotions. Give us pictures of who we aspire to be. Stories are us.
— John Maxwell
Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
— Henry Rollins
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.
— Dag Hammarskjold
Forgiveness is not an occasional act: it is an attitude.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
One can't relive one's life. Forgiveness is not what's difficult; one's always too ready to forgive. And it does no good, that's obvious.
— Karl Barth