Quotes about Perspective

You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

If you were born to be a nail, you cannot curse the hammer.

When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry.

I've discovered that the things that happen in my life make a lot more sense when I include God in the picture. It's like trying to work a jigsaw puzzle without the picture on the front of the box. You can do it, but the task of putting thousands of tiny pieces together will sure go easier and make a lot more sense if you can take a peek at the bigger picture now and then.

Sometimes when He seems the farthest away from us, He's really the closest.

Even after the war, Eugenia, do you still put people into categories the way you were taught to do—rich and poor, socially acceptable and not, black and white?" "I haven't placed them there. Life has." "But people are all the same in God's eyes, don't you think? Or do you believe there will be segregated divisions in heaven like the ones we've created here on earth?

I will thank Him for all that He has given me, not curse Him for all that I've lost.

It's impossible to hold up the banners of victim and victory at the same time.

If the enemy can isolate us, he can influence us. And his favorite entry point of all is through our disappointments

I can't control the things that happen to me each day, but I can control how I think about them. I can say to myself, "I have a choice to have destructive thoughts or constructive thoughts right now. I can wallow in what's wrong and make things worse, or I can ask God for a better perspective to help me see good even when I don't feel good." Indeed, when we gain new perspectives, we can see new ways of thinking.

When my brain begs me to doubt God, as it most certainly does, I find relief for my unbelief by laying down my human assessments and assumptions; I turn from the Tree of Knowledge and fix my gaze on the Tree of Life.

We won't develop new responses until we develop new thoughts. That's why renewing our minds with new thoughts is crucial.