Quotes about Perspective

There's nothing you can't prove if your outlook is only sufficiently limited.

Oh, you aren't even ripe yet! I don't need any sour grapes.

Every truth has two sides it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

There is always someone worse off than yourself.

When you look at the Moon, you think, "I'm really small. What are my problems?" It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often.

Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.

If you begin with God, your enemies grow small. If you begin with enemy, you may never reach God. If you begin with Him, the problems begin to dwindle; if you begin with the problems, you never get through to God. "Selah"—think of that, and apply it to your life in your adversity and testing.

The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.

Being a parent gives you historical perspective. You have thoughts about how you fit into a larger generational drama - those who came before and those who will come after.

Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most.

I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.