45 Self Reflection Quotes That Will Help You Grow

1. "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

2. "The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none." - Thomas Carlyle

3. "Without deep reflection, one knows from daily life that one exists for other people." - Albert Einstein

4. "The cosmos is evolving toward greater self-reflection, allowing us to open the eye of Spirit and see our source." - Alex Grey

5. "In moments of quiet reflection, our minds embrace the sea that we have crossed." - Holmes

6. “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” - Anais Nin

7. “People who have had little self-reflection live life in a huge reality blind-spot.” – Bryant McGill

8. "Self-reflection is the school of wisdom." - Baltasar Gracian

9. "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

10. "Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion." - Suzan-Lori Parks

11. "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

12. “Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.” - Paul Cezanne

13. “Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many — not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” - Charles Dickens

14. “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” - Soren Kierkegaard

15. “Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection.” - Jean-Luc Godard

16. “Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.” - Confucius

17. “Self-reflection is the gateway to freedom. It also brings greater appreciation and enjoyment. We begin to enjoy spending time with our own mind, and we enjoy reflecting on our experience of the teachings. Like the sun emerging from behind the clouds, the teachings of the dharma become clear.” - Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

18. “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.” - Confucious

19. ”Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.” - Abdullah ibn Alawi al-Haddad

20. “During self-reflection, the realization came that revolution begins within.” - Amanda Mosher

1. "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." - Carl Jung

2. "What we perceive about ourselves is greatly a reflection of how we will end up living our lives." - Stephen Richards

3. "It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better." - Ella Maillart

4. "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." - Carl Jung

5. "There is one art of which people should be masters – the art of reflection." – Baltasar Gracian

6. "Most people do not actually know how to think for themselves, and unfortunately, that prevents them from even knowing it." - Bryant McGill

7. “The journey into self-love and self-acceptance must begin with self-examination… until you take the journey of self-reflection, it is almost impossible to grow or learn in life.” - Iyanla Vanzant

8. “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” – Aristotle

9. “Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” – Margaret J. Wheatley

10. “The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself but creating yourself anew. Seek, therefore, not to find out who you are, seek to determine what you want to be.” – Neal Donald Walsch

11. "When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. "Without reflection, we go blindly on our way." - Margaret J. Wheatley

13. "Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?" - Carl Sandburg

14. "Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action." - Peter Drucker

15. "To achieve happiness I advocate four major principles, the principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress." - Ryuho Okawa

16. “It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.” - Claude Monet

17. “Self-reflection is a much kinder teacher than regret is. Prioritize yourself by making a habit of it.” - Andrena Sawyer

18. “The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.” - Thomas Paine

19. “Sometimes, you have to look back in order to understand the things that lie ahead.” - Yvonne Woon‍

20. “Time spent in self-reflection is never wasted – it is an intimate date with yourself.” - Dr. Paul TP Wong

21. “Your life is a reflection of your thoughts. If you change your thinking, you change your life.” - Brian Tracy

22. “Honest self reflection opens your mind to reprogramming, change, success and freedom.” - Vikas Runwal

23. “Don’t become too preoccupied with what is happening around you. Pay more attention to what is going on within you.” - Mary-Frances Winters

24. “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

25. “There is no greater journey than the one that you must take to discover all of the mysteries that lie within you.” - Michelle Sandlin