Quotes about Perception

People don't remember what we think is important; they remember what they think is important.

Author George Matthew Adams stated, "What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you." Every problem introduces you to yourself. It shows you how you think and what you're made of.

Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.

a smart person believes only half of what he hears, but a really smart person knows which half to believe.

A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

Disappointment comes when reality falls short of our expectations. But nothing falls short of God's expectations because He knows everything.

People can be in the same place sharing the same experience at the same time, but they can walk away from it having seen very different things.

Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him worse. But treat a man as if he already were what he potentially could be, and you make him what he should be.

Anytime you are in front of other people to communicate— whether it's on a stage, in a boardroom, on a ball field, or across a coffee table—the visual impression you make will either help or hinder you.

And remember, it is with the attitude with which you judge others that you will also be judged. If you mine the gold of good intentions in your relationship with others, then people will more likely do the same for you.

You cannot separate your identity from your perspective. All that you are and every experience you've had color how you see things. It is your lens.

The way people see others is a reflection of themselves: If I am a trusting person, I will see others as trustworthy. If I am a critical person, I will see others as critical. If I am a caring person, I will see others as compassionate. If you change yourself and become the kind of person you desire to be, you will begin to view others in a whole new light. And that will change the way you interact in all of your relationships.