Quotes about Perspective

We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.

We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions

As a principle-centered person, you see things differently. And because you see things differently, you think differently, you act differently. Because you have a high degree of security, guidance, wisdom, and power that flows from a solid, unchanging core, you have the foundation of a highly proactive and highly effective life.

Anytime we think the problem is "out there," that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us.

One man asked another on the death of a mutual friend, "How much did he leave?" His friend responded, "He left it all.

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on its goods.

Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.

Humans have between what happens to us and our response to it.

He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail.

As clearly and objectively as we think we see things, we begin to realize that others see them differently from their own apparently equally clear and objective point of view. "Where we stand depends on where we sit.

The more people are into quick fixes and focus on the acute problems and pain, the more that very approach contributes to the underlying chronic condition. The way we see the problem is the problem.