Quotes about Perspective
We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.
— Henry Ward Beecher
To St. Paul, stripes, stones, shipwrecks, and thorns in the flesh were religious experiences to Judas Iscariot, the daily companionship of Jesus of Nazareth was not.
— Leonard Hodgson
Is the world crucified to you or does it fascinate you?
— Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer does not condition God; prayer conditions us. Prayer does not win God to our view; it reveals God's view to us.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Life is the gift that keeps on giving. Appreciate that blessing for what it is.
— Les Brown
The Book of Life says, "As a man thinketh, so is he, and as he continues to think, so he remains."6 Earl Nightingale asked the question: "What's wrong with men today?" He answered the question by saying, "Men simply don't think!" Not only do we often not think, but even when we do think, we think with the world mind. This is why we must re-think our lives!
— Les Brown
Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.' 'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it half an hour a day. Why, sometimes, I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'
— Lewis Carroll
Why it's simply impassible! Alice: Why, don't you mean impossible? Door: No, I do mean impassible. (chuckles) Nothing's impossible!
— Lewis Carroll
Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.
— Lewis Carroll