Quotes about Reflection

Making peace with my past was the first step; being grateful for it was the second. Now, at last, I can appreciate the woman those experiences created: me.

From first days in school, we are taught to listen to everything and everyone but ourselves, to take in all our clues about living from the people and powers around us.

Experience alone opens a door, but intellectual framing and reflection are required if meaning is to be made of the experience.

Europe got over the loss of its colonies much more quickly than the colonies got over their loss of Europe.

Trust is the glue in any relationship and is clearly the non-negotiable element of interdependent relationships. We will not be interdependent with those we don't trust. Trust is somewhat like a thermometer, reflecting the current state of a relationship.

Many of us are busy "doing" but are not keeping our personal relationship with God in tune.

The first step to knowing God's plan for our lives is the commitment to see ourselves as we really are.

Even the most regular, seemingly unimportant tasks of my life must be shaped and directed by a heartfelt desire for the glory of God.

God hasn't just sent you to do his work in the lives of your children; he will use the lives of your children to advance his work in you.

If I am going to see myself clearly, I need you to hold the mirror of God's Word in front of me.

No one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do. It's a fact that you and I are in an endless conversation with ourselves.

The minute you hear a sermon on materialism, you're glad somebody else is there to hear it.