It is not about the size or the form of a mirror but instead that it reflects light in all its facets. The mirror has an infinite variety of perspectives and, as such, shaped so many artistic expressions throughout history. Its reflections also serve as inspiration for countless individuals and artists today
Not just a decoration in the home. It is also a basic yet essential part of technology. A picture tells a thousand words. However, putting all of your research into this little application may seem like overkill. So why make it harder than it needs to be?
Below is our collection of mirror quotes to highlight the many ways that the great minds around us view mirrors.
50 Mirror Quotes To Change Your Perception
1. “The inventor of the mirror poisoned the human heart.” ― Fernando Pessoa
2. “Don’t stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem.” ― Mason Cooley
3. “You mirror what the world mirrors to you.” ― Jennifer Lopez
4. “Nobody really knows what they look like. The mirror shows you only what you want to see.” ― Terry Wogan
5. “If you find the mirror of the heart dull, the rust has not been cleared from its face.” ― Rumi
6. “Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative – don’t wait for someone else to ask you to act.” ― Sylvia Earle
7. “Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” ― Yoko Ono
8. “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ― Edith Wharton
9. “We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us – not our effects on others.” ― Pearl Bailey
10. “It’s really important to talk to yourself and look at yourself in the mirror and love who you are.” ― Lilly Singh
11. “Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.” ― Khalil Gibran
12. “When I look in the mirror, I never see a handsome chap or the person people think I am.” ― Luke Goss
13. “I know that mirrors give us a false sense of confidence. I continued. The reflection that we see every day has nothing to do with how others see us. The glass lies.” ― Rasmenia Massoud
14. “Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.” ― Samuel Butler
15. “Mirrors don’t lie. They only show a part of truth. A broken mirror can enlarge a face up to a dimension of a small planet. A problem of reflection? A point of view.” ― Lara Biyuts
16. “A man’s manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
17. “Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker what he thinks into it.” ― Ernest Holmes
18. “The mirror is my best friend, because when I cry it never laughs.” ― Charlie Chaplin
19. “The girl in the mirror wasn’t who I wanted to be and her life wasn’t the one I wanted to have.” ― Francesca Lia Block
20. “Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.” ― W.H. Auden
21. “I love mirrors. They let one pass through the surface of things.” ― Claude Chabrol
22. “The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied.” ― Confucius
23. “I love looking in the mirror and feeling good about what I see.” ― Heather Morris
24. “If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.” ― Bertolt Brecht
25. “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.” ― Sydney J. Harris
26. “Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.” ― Virginia Woolf
27. “Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.” ― Byron Katie
28. “I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.” ― Jimi Hendrix
29. “The mirror is a powerful tool because it forces you to deal with yourself on a deeper level. Conceptually, paintings are like mirrors. They’re an expression from the artist: ‘This is how I view the world – I’m presenting it to you.” ― Mickalene Thomas
30. “I had to fight, a lot of years, to be really proud of the person I see in the mirror and really love this person.” ― Jonathan Van Ness
31. “Everybody else needs mirrors to remind themselves who they are. You’re no different.” ― Jonathan Nolan
32. “We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us – not our effects on others.” ― Pearl Bailey
33. “No matter what’s behind us in the rearview mirror, it’s always about what’s next.” ― Dabo Swinney
34. “You can’t see the world through a mirror.” ― Avril Lavigne
35. “Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.” ― Earl Nightingale
36. “The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.” ― St. Jerome
37. “I leaned over the sink, closer to my reflection, and stare at myself hard. I don’t know what I see. I don’t even know what I want to see.” ― Nina LaCour
38. “The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are.” ― Thomas Dreier
39. “Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.” ― Diane Ackerman
40. “I think it’s important to hold a mirror up to society and yourself.” ― Ricky Gervais
41. “The mirror is my best friend, because when I cry it never laughs.” ― Charlie Chaplin (see more Charlie Chaplin quotes)
42. “Look in a mirror and one thing’s sure; what we see is not who we are.” ― Richard Bach
43. “Mirrors don’t lie. They only show a part of truth. A broken mirror can enlarge a face up to a dimension of a small planet. A problem of reflection? A point of view.” ― Lara Biyuts
44. “I used to look in the mirror and feel shame, I look in the mirror now and I absolutely love myself.” ― Drew Barrymore
45. “Look in a mirror and one thing’s sure; what we see is not who we are.” ― Richard Bach
46. “Mirrors are ice which do not melt: what melts are those who admire themselves in them.” ― Paul Morand
47. “I am locked into the mirror and there is no door out.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson
48. “Look in the mirror, stare back at yourself and if you can’t honestly say that you’re perfect, then you have a right to judge the person standing beside you.” ― Ritu Ghatourey
49. “Mirror should think longer before they reflect.” ― Jean Cocteau
50. “My job has always been to hold a mirror up to nature.” ― Tom Hanks
