Quotes about Perspective

At times it seems we require more grace to lose our wealth than to lose our life!

You don't need a new life, just a new lens through which to view the one you have.

Gratitude changes your perspective about life. You see the future, experience the present, and remember the past in a dramatically different way.

Remember that our reactions are a product of our perceptions, and our perceptions are a result of what is at the center of our life.

If you think about shortages, you're going to attract more shortage! If you think about what's missing, you're going to attract more of what's missing in your life.

If you pour a pail full of water on the floor of your house, it makes a great show, but if you throw it into the sea, there is no sign of it. So, afflictions considered in themselves, we think are very great, but let them be considered with the sea of god's mercies we enjoy, and then they are not so much, they are nothing in comparison.

For if all the men in the world looked upon you as more happy than themselves, then you would be contented. Oh, do not let your happiness depend upon the fancies of other men.

A chief way and help to keep comfort and contentment in our hearts, is to make good interpretations of Gods dealing towards us.

She chose to look at her surroundings where they "think missionary" mind-set.

My focus was on trying to figure out what God wanted be to do next. Their (his parents') focus was on what I was doing for God at the moment.

The art of interpreting the scriptures is the only one of which all men everywhere claim to be masters.

You can't understand where someone's going unless you understand where they've been.