Quotes about Perspective

God's glory is the big news of the Bible, and my desire is that it would be all about me, but really it's all about God's glory.

I am, in fact, a candle salesperson's worst nightmare - or dream come true, depending on the salesperson.

Many of us enjoy going to ball games and watching them on television. I am no exception. I love to watch a good athletic contest. If we spend excessive time with sporting events, however, we may neglect things that are much more important.

it's white male life. The master narrative is whatever ideological script that is being imposed by the people in authority on everybody else. The master fiction. History. It has a certain point of view. So, when these little girls see that the most prized gift that they can get at Christmastime is this little white doll, that's the master narrative speaking. "This is beautiful, this is lovely, and you're not it.

Why do we say, "That's true for you but not for me," when we're talking about morality or religion, but we never even think of such nonsense when we're talking to a stock broker about our money or a doctor about our health?

Truth is unchanging even though our beliefs about truth change. (When we began to believe the earth was round instead of flat, the truth about the earth didn't change, only our belief about the earth changed.)

contrary beliefs are possible, but contrary truths are not possible. We can believe everything is true, but we cannot make everything true.

But truth is not a subjective matter of taste—it's an objective matter of fact.

As such, there is no one-size-fits-all approach that anyone can offer you. The hot water that softens a carrot will harden an egg.

Data has an annoying way of conforming itself to support whatever point of view we want it to support.

Even with good intentions and deep love, we can fundamentally misunderstand each other. We get caught up in the day-to-day chores of our lives. Our communication ends up focusing only on who is doing what. We assume things.

I had thought the destination was what was important, but it turned out it was the journey. It