38 Best Reflection Quotes

You never really know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. - Henry David Thoreau

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better. - Elon Musk

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop... - Elon Musk

The golf course is the only place where a man can be alone and still be in a crowd.

Golf is a game where you can be surrounded by people and still feel alone.

Golf is the only game where you can lose your ball and find yourself.

Golf is a game where you can be your own coach and your own critic.

A new month is a blank notebook page—what wisdom will you scribe?

Journal prompt: What made last month worth it?

This month: Write one sentence daily that future-you will thank you for.

Keep a ‘win jar’—note daily victories, empty it New Year’s Eve.

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

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

When anger rises, think of the consequences. – Confucius

When anger rises, think of the consequences. – Confucius

It's the oldest story in the world. One day you're 17 and planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life. – Nathan Scott

You ever look at a picture of yourself and see a stranger in the background? It makes you wonder how many strangers have pictures of you. – Peyton Sawyer

The only thing louder than a race car is the silence of defeat.

What a long, strange trip it's been. – Jerry Garcia

Lately it occurs to me what a long, strange trip it's been. – Robert Hunter ("Truckin'")

Life is what happens when you’re busy planning for the future. – Carl Fredricksen

I regret a lot of things. My whole life is regrets. – Marty Hart

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us. – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Sometimes, one must simply marvel at one's own life. Take a moment to appreciate the sheer, unlikeliness of its course. – Prince Philip

The Crown must reflect the nation it serves. – Queen Elizabeth II

I've never known myself as well as I know myself when I'm with him. – Will Graham

This journey... it wasn't so bad after all. – Fuu

Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? – Mulan

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. – Basil Hallward

It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

I feel what happened today was my fault. – Mr. Banks

Mornings are for coffee and contemplation. – Jim Hopper

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. – Socrates

The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration. – Arianna Huffington

I'm not a politician. I'm a filmmaker. My job is to hold a mirror up to the world, not to change it. – Steven Spielberg

I think that the best science fiction is a mirror to our society. – Denis Villeneuve