Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.
An unexamined life is a life without meaning.
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.
Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
The heart of reflection is not what we see, but rather the light by which we see.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.