Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself. — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude. — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
Everyone knows that you need to have a period of reflection at the end of the season. — Marquinhos Copy Share Image
“Reflection, again, should complement action, not gaze at its navel.” — William Deresiewicz Copy Share Image
“It is the final person we see reflected in our eyes that really matters; we wonder who is she and why is… — Michelle Shen Copy Share Image
... no wisdom that [my kitten] may gain by experience and reflection hereafter will compensate for the loss of her present hilarity. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“You could reach for him, and sometimes you would grab hold of him. But sometimes all you would grab hold of was… — David Leavitt Copy Share Image
I've always believed that fashion is not just what you look like on the outside, it's a reflection of who you are… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
REFLECTION,n: An Action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If every library is in some sense a reflection of its readers, it is also an image of that which we are… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Everywhere man blames nature and fate, yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passions, his mistakes and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I felt so insufficiently equipped, so unprepared, so weak, and at the same time it seemed to me that my reflections on… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
Just as long as newspapers and magazines are controlled by men, every woman upon them must write articles which are reflections of… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
“He would not apologize for today, or yesterday, or for any of it. And she would not ask him to, not now… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“That's why Twinkle likes the place so much, Scott thought, looking around at the faded wood veneer tables, and the faded souls… — R.D. Ronald Copy Share Image
It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation… — Chris Van Hollen Copy Share Image
There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
It seems certain, that though a man, in a flush of humour, after intense reflection on the many contradictions and imperfections of… — David Hume Copy Share Image
We must understand that the fact of error, demonstrated in subsequent work, does not suggest that ethical lapses are responsible. It is… — Lewis M. Branscomb Copy Share Image
“I had an uneventful few days," it told her. "The most exciting thing was an hour-long lecture from the headmaster on taking… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
There is an universal tendency among mankind to conceive all beings like themselves, and to transfer to every object, those qualities, with… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Such is the pure movement of nature prior to all reflection. Such is the force of natural pity, which the most depraved… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas it was its continuance which should have taught us its value.… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
“We may take it that the world is undoubtedly itself [i.e., is indistinct from itself], but, in any attempt to see itself,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Often when he was not working he had come here and sat an entire afternoon, lulled by the din and music from… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
“Take stock of your reflection. Dot the eyes (i's) Cross the tees (t's). Securely seal the foundation to its perfection. This reflection… — Maisie A. Smikle Copy Share Image
The Knight in the triumph of his heart made several 6 reflections on thegreatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image