Quotes about Perspective

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.

The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.

Attitudes are more important than facts.

cannot prevent birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building nests in your hair.

Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle

Live your life, not your age.

Change your thoughts and you change the world

When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world

Grasp a difficulty by the "blade" and it cuts; grasp it by the "handle" and you can use it constructively.

Attitudes are more important than facts." That is worth repeating until its truth grips you. Any fact facing us, however difficult, even seemingly hopeless, is not so important as our attitude toward that fact. How you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You may permit a fact to overwhelm you mentally before you start to deal with it actually. On the other hand, a confident and optimistic thought pattern can modify or overcome the fact altogether.

Attitudes are more important than facts." That is worth repeating until its truth grips you.