Quotes about Perspective
Life is not about what we see, it is about the way it goes.
— John Milton
The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of Hell and a hell of Heaven.
— John Milton
Because of our own ignorance and unbelief, we often fail to understand the Lord's dealings with us, and we are all too ready to complain. If we knew everything from God's perspective, we would rejoice.
— John Newton
We very often fail to see our present circumstances in right perspective. Look back over the past, however, and compare what you have been brought through with your frame of mind during each successive period. Consider how wonderfully one thing has been connected with another so that what we now count as our greatest benefits are
— John Newton
If God, in his sovereign pleasure, had so appointed, you might have been as he is now; and he, instead of you, might have been set for the defense of the gospel. You were both equally blind by nature. If you attend to this, you will not reproach or hate him, because the Lord has been pleased to open your eyes, and not his.
— John Newton
Obviously Christianity is the one true faith, but if Islam is correct, u are fucked. I mean you are power fucked." - John Oliver to Alex McFarland
— John Oliver
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
— John Ortberg
We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glowworm. WINSTON CHURCHILL
— John Ortberg
Why don't people ask us about our hope? The answer is probably that we look as if we hope in the same things they do. Our lives don't look like they are on the Calvary road, stripped down for sacrificial love, serving others with the sweet assurance that we don't need to be rewarded in this life.
— John Piper
To make them feel good about themselves when they were made to feel good about seeing God is like taking someone to the Alps and locking them in a room full of mirrors.
— John Piper
Most of your unhappiness in life comes from the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself.
— John Piper
It isn't the size of the window that determines how much you see. It's which way the window is facing, and how close you are, and whether the glass is clear.
— John Piper