Quotes about Perspective
We humans appear on the cosmic calendar so recently that our recorded history occupies only the last few seconds of the last minute of December 31st.
— Carl Sagan
One of the things important about history is to remember the true history.
— George W. Bush
There is an awful lot of difference between reading something and actually seeing it, for you can never tell, till you see it, just how big a liar History is.
— Will Rogers
I don't worry about long-term history. I won't be around to read it.
— George W. Bush
One of the reasons we do history, in fact, is because it acts as a brake, a control, on our otherwise unbridled enthusiasm for our own ideas.
— NT Wright
No change of job, no increased income, no new home, no new electronic device, or no new spouse is going to make things better inside of you.
— Matt Chandler
The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
— St. Jerome
Sometimes we have to leave home in order to find out what we left there, and why it matters so much.
— Shauna Niequist
The greatest deterrent to giving is the illusion that this earth is our home.
— Randy Alcorn
I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.
— Christina Ricci
I hope we can be happy where we are, be grateful for our blessings-now-here, accept the challenge that is ours and make the most of it, and don't be envious of others. God help us to be grateful.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Most of us are not really approaching the subject in order to find out what Christianity says; we are approaching it in the hope of finding support from Christianity for the views of our own party.
— CS Lewis