Top 1200 Self Reflection Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

Art is... a reflection of a greater divine creation. There really is no separation.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

Calculate "owner earnings" to get a true reflection of value.

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

Serenity is the final word of all the teachings; reflection is the response to all manifestations.

I believe in self-defense and self-determination for Africans and other oppressed people in America.

I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears.

On reflection, I think the 1980s were a dreadful, abysmal time.

Sacrifice self to bless one another, even as God has blessed you. Forget self in laboring for mankind.

Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility.

Everything that you see here, in other words, is a reflection of a higher reality.

Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.

Self-indulgence takes many forms. A man may be self-indulgent in speech, in touch, in sight. From self-indulgence a man comes to idle speech and worldly talk, to buffoonery and cracking indecent jokes. There is self-indulgence in touching without necessity, making mocking signs with the hands, pushing for a place, snatching up something for oneself, approaching someone else shamelessly. All these things come from not having the fear of God in the soul and from these a man comes little by little to perfect contempt.

To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.

Self-esteem is that deep-down inside the skin feeling you have of your own self-worth.

Abundance is a state of mind, more than a reflection of wealth.

A man does not have to go and find where his eyes are in order to see. The heart is there, always open to you, if you care to enter it, always supporting your movements, although you may be unaware of it. It is perhaps more correct to say that the Self is the Heart. Really the Self is the centre and is everywhere aware of itself as the Heart or Self-awareness.

I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.

Self-belief does not necessarily ensure success, but self-disbelief assuredly spawns failure.

Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.

Coming off 'Reflection,' what we really wanted to do was be more vulnerable.

The sense of self is one of the obscurations that prevents us from seeing clearly, the idea that there is a self or that we are anyone in particular.

Show respect to people who don't deserve it. Not as a reflection of their character, but of yours.

Sleep is a mirror of life in which can be seen the reflection of death.

No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.

Most people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image.

I want to be a reflection of what's going on and let people draw their own conclusions.

Whatever my recorded output is, it's a reflection of a general love of music.

It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.

Self-recognition, the self-contemplation of spirit is the primary movement out of which all creativeness proceeds.

Faithfully caring for the poor and needy is a reflection of spiritual maturity.

Some nights are made for torture, or reflection, or the savoring of loneliness.

Self-publishing in comics is core to the whole artform. There is no scarlet letter in comics as there still is, to some degree, in prose. As no publisher for a long time would publish serious work in comics, the only way a lot of it came out was because of self-publishing. Many of the greatest works of the medium are self-published.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

I gazed at every mirror on the planet, not one gave back my reflection.

Self-satisfaction and self-pity are both condemned. What are people permitted to feel about themselves?

Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflection the moonlight.

It is too bad if you have to do everything upon reflection and can't do anything from early habit.

The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.

Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive.

Self-denial and self-discipline, however, will be recognized as the outstanding qualities of a good soldier.

Suppose you have a parallel self who has made different choices, who is following a different event track since you made certain choices in your life. Maybe you can reach to that self and borrow gifts and lessons from that self and maybe even help them on their road.

The two greatest enemies of the individual in the modern world are communism and psychiatry. Each wages a relentless war against that which makes a person an individual: communism against the ownership of property, psychiatry against the ownership of the self (mind and body). Communists criminalize the autonomous use of capital and labor, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in the black market, especially in foreign currencies. Psychiatrists criminalize the autonomous use of the self, and harshly punish those who "traffic" in self-abuse, especially in self-medication and self-destruction.

An amazing performance is always a reflection of awesome amounts of practice.

A moment of prayerful reflection can prevent a lifetime of bitter regret.

Only to the extent that someone is living out this self transcendence of human existence, is he truly human or does he become his true self. He becomes so, not by concerning himself with his self's actualization, but by forgetting himself and giving himself, overlooking himself and focusing outward.

A nonviolent life is an act of self-examination and self-purification, whether by an individual, group or nation.

I love my mother to death. I'm pretty much a reflection of her.

If we're really committed to growth, we never stop discovering new dimensions of self and self-expression .

Music is always a reflection of what's going on in the hearts and minds of the culture.

It was important that this album [Chain Letter] was an accurate reflection of me

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

If you don't have self-respect, if you don't have dignity, if you don't have some true knowledge of self and who you are, and where you're coming from, then you're absolutely lost.

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement.

Heroes have always served as a reflection of their times, a template of who we are and what we want to be.

Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.

Most people's lives are a direct reflection of their peer groups.

The Philippines are ours forever. They are not capable of self-government. How could they be? They are not a self-governing race.