Inspirational Introspection Quotes & Sayings

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. — Confucius

I'm an example of why people deserve second chances. — Cam Newton

So death obscures your gentle form, So memory strives to make the darkness bright; And, in that heap of rocks, your body lies, Part of the island till the planet ends, My gentle comrade, beautiful and wise, Part of this crag this bitter surge offends, While I, who pass, a little obscure thing, War with this force, and breathe, and am its king. — John Masefield

If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make our inquires. We all have the answers within ourselves, we just have not got in touch with them yet. The potential of finding the truth within requires faith in ourselves. — Ayya Khema

The mind is a miraculous mirror through which we see the world, but it can also see from within. — Debasish Mridha

It seemed that for every evil they defeated, worse took its place, but Vaughn banished the thought that this all might be a cruel game, a hoax played on the ... 'No! I know what true Goodness, true Life, true Love is. Besides, this is too miserable to be a game ... unless demons ... NO! Besides, even if I was some kind of pawn, well, then this game piece would rebel! — Darryl Steven Markowitz

True inspiration unfolds itself, not by force or it becomes fake. True intuition is also the ability to be observant. — Chris Messner

All I do is sit at home and play guitar. That's seriously what I do. — Taylor Momsen

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting. — Young-Ha Kim

That's what being Jewish is: summoning the means to question who you are and how you have behaved. Have you remained alight in the darkness of cruel wishes,..? Have you forgiven? Have you lived up to the standards of your one and only heart? — Emily Franklin

Break from self rejection, try some introspection. — Henry Rollins

There are essentially two questions in life - a spiritual question and a material question. The spiritual question is 'Who am I?' The material question is 'What am I to do with my life?' One leads to the other. — Rasheed Ogunlaru

In acting class, I used to hide in the corner and pray the teacher wouldn't call on me. — Peggy Lipton

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many. — Mark Twain

People are good at intuition, living our lives. What are computers good at? Memory. — Eric Schmidt

Mom, Dad, I'm fourteen, I see what the world is like. And, no, I did not get this from the psychologist ... I came to this understanding on my own, from what I really see in myself and about life. — Darryl Steven Markowitz

Responding with eyes filled with introspection and a soft, slow voice, Cayla confessed, "I don't. I don't have all the answers. But I cling desperately to the Hand of the One who does. Because sometimes that's just the best you can do.""
"Come What May"-Cayla to Abbie- — Laura A. Diaz

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold. — Joseph Chilton Pearce

I want to go back to Brazil, get married, have lots of kids, and just be a couch tomato. — Ana Beatriz Barros

I respect not his labors, his farm where everything has its price, who would carry the landscape, who would carry his God, to market, if he could get anything for him; who goes to market for his god as it is; on whose farm nothing grows free, whose fields bear no crops, whose meadows no flowers, whose trees no fruits, but dollars. — Henry David Thoreau

Why does nothing change, even when you set out for a faraway place? — Young-Ha Kim

Spending time looking for what is missing in your life is futile; if you fail to look within yourself. When we challenge everything we believe we are, we reveal that which we never knew about our own selves. — Nicolas G. Janovsky

Don't be fooled. Charlie remembers things exactly the way he wants to remember them. I suppose we all do ... And then we spend the rest of our lives basing the way we think about our families on what we THOUGHT happened
instead of what really did. — Janette Oke