Quotes about Perspective
A man becomes what he thinks about most of the time
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The man can neither man, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the sun and moon as his chattels.
— CS Lewis
I am not antiwhite, because I understand that white people, like black ones, are victims of a racist society. They are products of their time and place.
— Shirley Chisholm
We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both.
— CS Lewis
It's not easy being grateful all the time. But it's when you feel least thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you
— Oprah Winfrey
The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things not only in the light of time but in the light of Eternity.
— William Barclay
Our misery is that we thirst so little for these sublime things, and so much for the mocking trifles of time and space.
— Charles Spurgeon
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
— Edith Wharton
It's not so hard to be married, I've done it three or four times.
— Stephen Sondheim
The happiest people are those who have harvested their time in others. The unhappiest people are those who wonder how the world is going to make them happy.
— John Maxwell
No thanks," said Digory, "I don't know that I care much about living on and on after everyone I know is dead. I'd rather live an ordinary time and die and go to Heaven.
— CS Lewis