Quotes about Reflection
I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?
— Alice Hoffman
There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hand. I love a broad margin to my life.
— Henry David Thoreau
On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.
— Joel Osteen
Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.
— Robert Kiyosaki
I had first-hand experience watching my father's health decline over the stretch of 13 years.
— Jim Nantz
The more you meditate on the laws of Moses, the more striking and brighter does their wisdom appear.
— John Quincy Adams
The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.
— Wendell Berry
From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.
— Jane Goodall
I am struck by how quickly I am prone to judgmentalism.
— John Ortberg
In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I'm grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.
— Molly Bloom
There's nothing better than just staring at a buttercup, struggling to make an impact on the world.
— Bob Mortimer
Whatever I'm writing comes organically out of my life.
— Ann Voskamp