Quotes about Perception
At sunrise it always seems like you've got a good crack at getting everything done, but at sunset you know that you didn't.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Somehow it had come to pass that this man was her whole world, and she had failed to take his measure.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot.
— Barbara Kingsolver
Like the saying goes: They passed out the brains, he thought they said trains and he missed his.
— Barbara Kingsolver
We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.
— Stephen Covey
We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions
— Stephen Covey
Anytime we think the problem is "out there," that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us.
— Stephen Covey
Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.
— Stephen Covey
But the underlying chronic condition remains, and eventually new acute symptoms will appear. The more people are into quick fix and focus on the acute problems and pain, the more that very approach contributes to the underlying chronic condition. The way we see the problem is the problem.
— Stephen Covey
As clearly and objectively as we think we see things, we begin to realize that others see them differently from their own apparently equally clear and objective point of view. "Where we stand depends on where we sit.
— Stephen Covey
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.
— Stephen Covey
Anytime we think the problem is "out there," that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us. The change paradigm is "outside-in"—what's out there has to change before we can change. The
— Stephen Covey