Quotes about Perspective
Some murmur when the sky is clear and wholly bright to view, if one small speck of dark appear in their great heaven of blue: And some with thankful love are filled, if but one streak of light, one ray of God's good mercy, gild the darkness of their night.
— Henry B. Eyring
To a small man every greater is an exaggeration.
— Henry David Thoreau
'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.
— Henry David Thoreau
God reigns when we take a liberal view, when a liberal view is presented to us.
— Henry David Thoreau
I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is a tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.
— Henry Ford
Happiness isn't a destination, it's a mode of travel. Don't worry be happy.
— Henry Ford
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.
— Henry Ford
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The man who perceives life only with his eye, his ear, his hand, and his tongue, is but little higher than the ox or an intelligent dog; but he who has imagination sees things around and above him, as the angels see them.
— Henry Ward Beecher
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
— Henry Ward Beecher
He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.
— Henry Ward Beecher