Quotes about Perspective
because we are self-focused, we tend to be scorekeepers, constantly comparing our piles of stuff to the piles of others. It's a life of discontentment and envy. Envy is always selfish.
— Paul David Tripp
It was humbling to admit that I wasn't living the simple life because I was spiritually committed to it. I was living the simple life because I was poor.
— Paul David Tripp
Let yourself be humbled by how little you know and how few things you are able to do.
— Paul David Tripp
In a moment, your thoughts can seem more important than they actually are. In a moment, your emotions can seem more reliable than they really are. In a moment, your needs can seem more essential than they truly are.
— Paul David Tripp
the more you focus on your own neediness, the more your desires will be christened as needs.
— Paul David Tripp
Whatever functionally rules your heart will then shape the way you see life and your desires, and it will control your words and behavior.
— Paul David Tripp
when you forget the grace that you've been given, it becomes very easy to respond to the people around you with nongrace.
— Paul David Tripp
Sadly, prayer for many of us has been shrunk to an agenda that is little bigger than asking God for stuff.
— Paul David Tripp
We are all capable of fighting for what has little value while forgetting things of transcendent value.
— Paul David Tripp
you love the gifts and not the Giver, your heart will never be satisfied, but if you love the Giver, your heart will be content and you will be able to enjoy his gifts while keeping them in their proper place.
— Paul David Tripp
All the things that disappoint you now are to remind you that this is not all there is
— Paul David Tripp
The appropriateness of my responses to others is directly related to the accuracy of my view of myself, and for that there is grace too.
— Paul David Tripp