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.
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Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
Charles Dickens: Quotes on Reflection
Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every man has many - no on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Unknown Author: Quotes on Reflection
Success is not measured by what one brings, but rather by what one leaves.
Thomas Paine: Quotes: Reflection
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.
William M. Thackeray: Quotes: Reflection
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
~ St Augustine Quotes
becoming rich isn’t as much about getting rich financially as about whom you become, in character and mind, to get rich. I want to share a secret with you that few people know: the fastest way to get rich and stay rich is to work on developing you! The idea is to grow yourself into a successful person. Again, your outer world is merely a reflection of your inner world. You are the root; your results are the fruits.
~ T. Harv Eker Quotes from Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
When you do The Work, you see who you are by seeing who you think other people are. Eventually you come to see that everything outside you is a reflection of your own thinking. You are the storyteller, the projector of all stories, and the world is the projected image of your thoughts.
~ Byron Katie Quotes from Loving What Is
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.
Jean Paul
Too often in our busy, stress-filled lives, we forget to take time out to pause for reflection.
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.
Margaret J. Wheatley
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
Frederick Keonig
