Quotes about Perspective

Its matter was not new to me, but was presented in a new aspect. It shook me in my habit - the habit of nine-tenths of the world - of believing that all was right about me, because I was used to it.

There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Everybody said so. Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right.

The more positive you are the more people want to be around you and the less positive you are...well, just reverse it!

Choose to view life through God's eyes. This will not be easy because it doesn't come naturally to us. We cannot do this on our own. We have to allow God to elevate our vantage point. Start by reading His Word, the Bible...Pray and ask God to transform your thinking. Let Him do what you cannot. Ask Him to give you an eternal, divine perspective.

Could it be that we allow the conditions in our lives to distract us from the meaning of our lives?

How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them.

Soon I was to find that people who had been creative at one stage of growth now seemed empty of ideas—and worse, they seemed not to notice that the ground had moved up under their feet! As I grew and encountered higher ideals and new goals, what had once been acceptable now seemed lethargic at best and lethal if ignored. You can't take everyone with you just because they were with you where you were before.

Just because turtles dwell at your feet doesn't mean you should come down from your height and barter with, debate, or eat alongside them.

People tend to glorify the past, especially when they are struggling with the future.

We should not expect to have all the blessings of life and none of its trials. It would make this world too delightful a dwelling place, and I fear we would never care to leave it.