Quotes about Perspective
Believe this: the mistakes are part of the story. I am born of a man who believed he could tell nothing but the truth, while he set down for all time the Poisonwood Bible.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Here, if any terrorists came flying over, they'd look down on trashed-out mine craters and blown-up mountains and say, "Keep going. This place already got taken out." It was hard to see how September 11 was my fight. As far as doing good for my fellow man, my better option was football.
— Barbara Kingsolver
History is not good news or bad news, it's just one big story unreeling. There are no small parts, only small actors.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Maggot calmed me down by explaining Bible stories were a category of superhero comics.
— Barbara Kingsolver
No, you shouldn't have come here. But you are here, so yes, you should be here. There are more words in the world then yes and no.
— Barbara Kingsolver
You must understand the language of your enemy.
— Barbara Kingsolver
As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Stephen Covey
Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.
— Stephen Covey
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions
— Stephen Covey
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.
— Stephen Covey
Anytime we think the problem is "out there," that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us.
— Stephen Covey