Quotes about Perspective
The secret to a happy life is not in getting what you want. It is in learning to want what you get
— Lisa Wingate
A constant awareness of his superiority keeps things in perspective and, frankly, takes the pressure off. If God is in charge, I don't have to be—and neither do you. What a relief! So let your fear turn to wonder. And let your wonder turn to faith, as you believe in the One who saves you from yourself.
— Liz Curtis Higgs
While I am busy with little things I am not required to do greater things.
— Francis de Sales
I certainly don't disparage someone whose attitude towards their work is utterly different from mine - that's up to them.
— Ian Mckellen
Be your own palace, or the world is your jail.
— John Donne
Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude toward us.
— Earl Nightingale
If you think you can or you think you can't either way you are right.
— Henry Ford
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.
— Lou Holtz
Stop being so sure that you are always right, and others wrong. Don't trust your own opinion, when you find it contrary to that of older men, and especially to that of your own parents. Age gives experience, and therefore deserves respect.
— JC Ryle
Don't take things personally. Everything's not all about you.
— Oprah Winfrey