Quotes about Reflection

When someone is being particularly mean and nasty, I simply think to myself, he or she used to be a cute little baby, I wonder what happened?

To make the most out of life, all of us need to stop, think (and analyze), and use the talents God has given us.

There was a time when I was a hothead, and my temper wreaked havoc in my life until I learned to take myself out of the center of the circle. The real key to staying cool and calm is to relinquish selfishness and always consider the feelings of others.

I came to understand that very day that I was always angry because I was selfish. I felt that someone was always infringing on my rights, getting in my space, messing with my things, disregarding my positions, and so on, which offended me, leading to inappropriate behavior. Through wisdom provided by God it dawned on me that I should step outside of the center of the circle so that everything wasn't always about me.

The question is not whether a nation makes mistakes; the question is whether a nation learns from its mistakes, builds on that knowledge it gains over time, and grows in wisdom. Those nations who learn from their mistakes will become wise, while those who repeat the same mistakes over and over again, expecting a different result, are foolish.

How important it was to learn your own strengths and weaknesses from your mistakes.

I had focused on the failure because I had not yet acquired the wisdom necessary to attain a better perspective.

Seriously evaluating my gifts and talents—an important step when choosing a career.

I assure you that some of the most awesome things God has ever done for me have come out of the most awful things I'd done to myself.

If we would turn the time we spent discussing the other's life into prayer time instead, no telling what would happen to the glory of God.

When God's Word is deliberately internalized, it will be authentically externalized because it's no longer what we do—it's part of who we are.

powerful motivation for believing God in our present is intentionally remembering how He's worked in our past.