Quotes about Reflection
We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.
— Theodore Roosevelt
He who knows himself well is mean and abject in his own sight, and takes no delight in the vain praise of men.
— Thomas a Kempis
A man is hindered and distracted in proportion as he draws outward things to himself.
— Thomas a Kempis
The moral sense, or conscience, is as much part of a man as his leg or arm. It is given to all in a stronger or weaker degree.. It may be strengthened by exercise.
— Thomas Jefferson
A man's life is always dealing with permanence, that is the most dangerous kind of irresponsibility is to think of your doings as temporary.
— Wendell Berry
The man who sees two or three generations is like one who sits in the conjuror's booth at a fair, and sees the same tricks two or three times. They are meant to be seen only once.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Men are we, and must grieve when even the shade Of that which once was great is passed away.
— William Wordsworth
Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.
— Henepola Gunaratana
Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?
— Confucius
Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.
— Cicero
I realized then that a man who had lived only one day could easily live for a hundred years in prison. He would have enough memories to keep him from being bored
— Albert Camus
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father's expectations or make up for their father's mistakes.
— Barack Obama