Quotes About Perspective

She learned that time could not be the measurement for the things that lasted. Sometimes what endured was that which changed us in a matter of moments, not years.

When you find your purpose in life, it changes you. You see things differently. More clearly. You love more and better. You solve problems and are able to help others solve theirs because you stand in strength.

Ciro was beginning to understand the concept of America, and it was changing his view of the world and of himself. A man could think clearly in a place that gave breadth to his dreams. There

I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety." Colin

There was no comfort in happy memories; they just made it all seem worse.

If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren't reasons behind the terrible things that go on.

Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.

When Matelda was young, she chased time to get what she wanted. Now she chased time to hold on to it.

want you to realize that this whole thing is just a grand adventure. A fine show. The trick is to play in it and look at it at the same time. . . . The more kinds of people you see, the more things you do, and the more things that happen to you, the richer you are. Even if they're not pleasant things. That's living . . .

Maybe you shouldn't blame anyone, but accept that this is your sister's story, and the ending belongs to her.

but remember there is a fine line between youngish and old.

There really is no correct way to hike the trail, and anyone who insists that there is ought not to worry so much about other people's experiences. Hikers need to hike the trail that's right for them...

It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer.

We're not gods; why then expect to enjoy a lifetime of unbroken happiness?

Be content with your lot; once cannot be first in everything.

There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.

The Astronomer AN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?

Servants don't know a good master till they have served a worse.

I am sure the grapes are sour.

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

We may often be of more consequence in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbors.

We may often be of more consequence in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbours.

Oh, stop! stop! I beg of you: what is sport to you is death to us.