We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.
John Dewey
Time spent in self-reflection is never wasted – it is an intimate date to yourself.
Paul T.P. Wong, Canadian Psychologist
Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.
Richard Carlson
You cannot have a meaningful life without having self-reflection.
Oprah Winfrey, American Talkshow-Host
Honest self-understanding liberates us from our stuck emotions.
C Terry Warner
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.
Margaret J. Wheatley
Great leaders develop through a never-ending process of self-study, self-reflection, education, training, and experience.
Tony Buon
Self-reflection entails asking yourself questions about your values, assessing your strengths and failures, thinking about your perceptions and interactions with others, and imagining where you want to take your life in the future.
Robert L. Rosen
Honest self reflection opens your mind to reprogramming, change, success and freedom.
Vikas Runwal
Reflection… Looking back so the view looking forward is even clearer.
Unknown
Examining your thoughts is an important part of the practice of self-reflections.
Ryuho Okawa, Japanese Religious Teacher
Our self-image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become.
Maxwell Martz
Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.
Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad, islamic
People who have had little self-reflection live life in a huge reality blind-spot.
Bryant McGill, American Author
Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
Barbara De Angelis
Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
Baltasar Gracian, Spanish Author
Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me – when I record the details of what I’m going through, whether it’s a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I’ve come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.
Kelly Rowland
There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Philosopher
Engaging in meditative self-reflection and gaining increased control of inner experiences provides a person with a sense of control over fear and trembling and the chaos of life.
Kilroy J. Oldster, American Attorney
Self-reflection is a humbling process. It’s essential to find out why you think, say, and do certain things…. then better yourself.
Sonya Teclai
Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes.
Lawrence Bossidy, American Author
Emotions are there to enjoy life; but they are not used in self-reflection because they inhibit a proper reflection. They gunk us up.
Frederick Lenz, American Spiritual Teacher
Self-reflection is an important stage to diagnose, develop and strengthen your creativity.
Peal Zhu, American Management Author
It is great to be introspective, self-analysis can be useful, but only if it results in action.
Joe Sacco, American Cartoonist
Self-reflection is necessary to dig beneath our own layers and visit the inner crevices of our heart and mind to develop an understanding of life.
Unknown
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.
Confuzius, Chinese Philosopher
Don’t become too preoccupied with what is happening around you. Pay more attention to what is going on within you.
Mary-Frances Winters
When the mind is still, the beauty of the self is seen reflected in it.
B.K.S Iyengar, Indian Yoga Teacher
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.
Carl Jung
Your soul needs time for solitude and self-reflection. In order to love lead, heal and create you must nourish yourself first.
Linda Joy
Dwell not on the faults and shortcomings of others; instead, seek clarity about your own.
Buddha
Compare less. Reflect more.
Unknown
Unless you learn to face your own shadows, you will continue to see them in others, because the world outside you is only a reflection of the world inside you.
Unknown
To achieve happiness I advocate four major principles, the principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress.
Ryuho Okawa, Japanese Religious Teacher
The more reflective you are, the more effective you are.
Hall and Simeral
