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Inspirational quotes about reflection motivation to success
1. “That men have an interest in knowing the world which surrounds them, and consequently that their reflection should have been applied to it at an early date, is something that everyone will readily admit.” — Emile Durkheim
2. “Fashion is a reflection of the time.” — Anna Wintour
3. “I had chosen to
use my work as a
reflection of my values.” —
Sidney Poitier
4. “I have a fundamentally
hopeful view about people, and
that might merely be a
reflection of the fact that
I’ve lived an incredibly privileged
life in a very wealthy
nation without a lot of
the struggles that most of
the world has to face.”
— Greta Gerwig
5. “Boring people are a
reflection of boring people.” —
Douglas Horton
6. “A voice is such
a deep, personal reflection of
character.” — Daniel Day-Lewis
7. “I do not recall
spending long hours in front
of a mirror loving my
reflection.” — Gene Tierney
8. “Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection… I plan to write music while in prison, read and pray regularly and will come out a stronger, more confident woman.” — Lil’ Kim
9. “One does not meet oneself until one catches the reflection from an eye other than human.” — Loren Eiseley
10. “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
Inspiring quotes about reflection that change your life
11. “Would not the child’s heart break in despair when the first cold storm of the world sweeps over it, if the warm sunlight of love from the eyes of mother and father did not shine upon him like the soft reflection of divine light and love?” — Max Muller
12. “Music is critical in
our lives and culture. It’s
the inspiration that drives us.
It’s also the window to
our souls. It’s a reflection
as to who we are,
what we stand for and
where we’re going.” — Bill
Walton
13. “Without reflection, we go
blindly on our way, creating
more unintended consequences, and failing
to achieve anything useful.” —
Margaret J. Wheatley
14. “My high school did
not offer courses in philosophy,
so the books that initially
stimulated philosophical reflection in me
were novels by Charles Dickens,
Henry James, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.”
— Martha Nussbaum
15. “The conditions of suffering
that exist today in our
impoverished communities are not acceptable.
The reflection of those conditions
are less concerning to me.
And I work everyday about
changing the conditions.” — Russell
Simmons
16. “If I body-shame a
woman, it is more a
reflection of me being critical
of my body, me not
being able to keep up
to certain standards I have,
and so making sure that
the women around me feel
the same way.” — Rupi
Kaur
17. “Artists should be free
to create what we want.
I believe there’s a special
value in work that is
a reflection of oneself as
opposed to interpretation. When I
see a film or a
TV show about black people
not written by someone who’s
black, it’s an interpretation of
that life.” — Ava DuVernay
18. “I make my films
because I’m affected by a
situation, by something that makes
me want to reflect on
it, that lends itself to
an artistic reflection. I always
aim to look directly at
what I’m dealing with. I
think it’s a task of
dramatic art to confront us
with things that in the
entertainment industry are usually swept
under the rug.” — Michael
Haneke
19. “Your glass will not
do you half so much
service as a serious reflection
on your own minds.” —
Mary Astell
20. “On reflection, I think
the 1980s were a dreadful,
abysmal time.” — Pete Burns
Motivational quotes about reflection and life sayings
21. “When I opened Milk
Bar in November 2008, I
was quite adamant about making
sure the bakery was an
honest reflection of life and
food through my eyes. I
had no intention beyond that.”
— Christina Tosi
22. “The Chautauqua Institution is
truly a national treasure. It
is a place for contemplation
and a place for reflection,
a place where platitudes and
slogans can be set aside
and be replaced by thoughtfulness
and introspection.” — Eliot Spitzer
23. “Good rom-coms have some
reflection of the way things
are, the sign of the
times.” — Rashida Jones
24. “Propaganda requires a permanent
network of communication so that
it can systematically stifle reflection
with emotive or utopian slogans.
Its pace is usually fast.”
— John Berger
25. “In the ’50s, a
lot of stories were built
around radiation and the proliferation
of new technology. In the
’70s, there were a lot
of stories that dealt with
the Vietnam War. So comic
books have always been a
reflection of the times we
live in.” — Jim Lee
26. “If you look at
the paintings that I love
in art history, these are
the paintings where great, powerful
men are being celebrated on
the big walls of museums
throughout the world. What feels
really strange is not to
be able to see a
reflection of myself in that
world.” — Kehinde Wiley
27. “My concept is drag
queens are not a reflection
of society, they are a
fun house reflection of society
where we bend, and twist
and manipulate the anxieties we
all feel.” — Sharon Needles
28. “Most executives I know
are so action-oriented, or action-addicted,
that time for reflection is
the first casualty of their
success.” — Margaret Heffernan
29. “Conservatives and liberals understand
the Christian faith as a
set of ideas because, so
understood, Christianity seems to be
a set of beliefs assessable
to anyone upon reflection.” —
Stanley Hauerwas
30. “My public image is
absolutely not a fair reflection
of who I am.” —
Mario Balotelli
Famous quotes on reflection to inspire be yourself
31. “The steep decline in
America’s image and standing after
9/11 is a direct reflection
of global distaste for the
instruments of American hard power:
the Iraq invasion, Guantanamo, Abu
Ghraib, torture, rendition, Blackwater’s killings
of Iraqi civilians.” — Shashi
Tharoor
32. “The air we breathe,
the water we drink, and
the land we inhabit are
not only critical elements in
the quality of life we
enjoy – they are a
reflection of the majesty of
our Creator.” — Rick Perry
33. “A lot of ancient
poetry sees in nature a
reflection of human emotions, and
in a post-industrialized era, once
people have become more aware
of the necessity of a
more harmonious relation between man
and nature, we need to
build cities which can connect
with human spiritual needs instead
of being merely functional.” —
Ma Yansong
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