Quotes about Perspective

We now have the advantage of a few years more of life, but death is still standing at the end of the road.

God says our thinking must be shaped by His truth. What this world calls valuable, God calls worthless. What this world scorns, God exalts. "My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways" (Isaiah 55:8).

Though we have less to worry about than previous generations, we have more worry. Though we have it easier than our forefathers, we have more uneasiness. Though we have less real cause for anxiety than our predecessors, we are inwardly more anxious.

No matter how much you exercise, no matter how many vitamins or health foods you eat, no matter how low your cholesterol, you will still die—someday. If you knew the moment and manner of your death in advance, would you order your life differently?

Our minds are molded in many different ways— often in ways we are not aware of at the time. I am convinced that many things—the films we watch, the television we see, the music we listen to, the books we read—have a great effect on us.

Abraham Lincoln once said, "I feel sorry for the man who can't feel the whip when it is laid on the other man's back.

We shouldn't think about ourselves and how weak we are. Instead, we should think about God and how strong He is.

Prayer doesn't always change our situation, but prayer will always change us!

Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.

Pride comes from looking only at ourselves; meekness comes through looking at God.

If we have our eyes upon ourselves, our problems, and our pain, we cannot lift our eyes upward. A child looks up when he's walking with his father, and the same should be true for the Christian.

We cannot be satisfied with our goodness after beholding the holiness of God.