Reflection Quotes
- “Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.” – Baltasar Gracián
- “The only journey is the one within.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
- “Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards.” – Søren Kierkegaard
- “To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.” – Bruce Lee
- “The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination… until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible to grow or learn in life.” – Iyanla Vanzant
- “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” – Confucius
- “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates
- “What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” – John Lubbock
- “The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.” – Chris Pine
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” – Oprah Winfrey
- “When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see the real you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you?” – Steve Maraboli
- “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens
- “It is necessary… for a man to go away by himself… to sit on a rock… and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?” – Carl Sandburg
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “I like to use the hard times in the past to motivate me today.” – Dwayne Johnson
- “Self-reflection is a humbling process. It’s essential to find out why you think, say, and do certain things… then better yourself.” – Sonya Teclai
- “We do not learn from experience… we learn from reflecting on experience.” – John Dewey
- “You have to reflect on what happened so you can teach your subconscious mind how to respond in the future.” – Sunday Adelaja
- “The more reflective you are, the more effective you are.” – Hall and Simeral
- “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” – Sigmund Freud