Quotes about Perspective
I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.
— Nikki Giovanni
A skeptic once said to me, 'I don't believe the Bible because it has miracles.' I said, 'Name one.' He said, 'Turning water into wine. Do you believe that?' I said, 'Yeah, it happens all the time.' He said, 'What do you mean?' I said, 'Well, rain goes through the grapevine up into the grape, and the grape turns into wine. All Jesus did was speed it up a little bit.
— Norman Geisler
A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line.
— Norman Geisler
How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself - so always think positively.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Change yourself and your work will seem different.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism
— Norman Vincent Peale
Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.
— Og Mandino
I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.
— Og Mandino
When we were young we thought of old age as an ailment that affected only other people.
— Olga Tokarczuk
There are two points of view in the world: the frog's perspective and bird's-eye view. Any point in between just leads to chaos.
— Olga Tokarczuk