Quotes about Reflection
When I talk about losing myself, which I did, it's losing my idea of who I was and my idea of what I was supposed to be doing and the idea of what my value was to God. I lost all of that at least.
- Barbara Brown Taylor
And therefore, Uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that [Christmas] has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!
- Charles Dickens
Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.
- Charles Spurgeon
A humble knowledge of ourselves is a surer way to God than is the search for depth of learning.
- Thomas a Kempis
To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.
- Victor Hugo
When feelings of inadequacy come creeping in, let's park our minds in God's truth.
- Lysa TerKeurst
God gave us laughter, I think, as a balm to wash the wounds of our own blunders, as a splint to mend the bones we break in our rashness or vanity.
- Mark Buchanan
But by faith you look in the mirror and see a robed prodigal bearing the ring of grace on your finger and the kiss of your Father on your face.
- Max Lucado
Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy.
- Paul David Tripp
Mary's light is like that of the moon, totally reflected from the sun, the Son of God.
- Peter Kreeft
By focusing too myopically on what we want God to do on our behalf, we may miss the significance of what he has already done.
- Philip Yancey
During the season of Lent which begins today, we renew our commitment to the path of conversion, making more room for God in our lives.
- Pope Benedict XVI