Reflection

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different?.

Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different?.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

Charles Dickens

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

Bertrand Russell

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.

Winston Churchill

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

William Wordsworth

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

Isaac Bashevis Singer

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?.

Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?.

Marcus Aurelius

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Do not praise yourself when going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle.

Do not praise yourself when going into battle; praise yourself coming out of battle.

Russian proverbs

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

William Wordsworth

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

Charles Spurgeon

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay - and rise!

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before - more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before - more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.

Charles Dickens

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.

Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.