Quotes About Perspective

Pieces. Isn't that what all of life is anyway? Shards. Bits. Moments. Am I less because I have fewer, or do the few I have mean more?

we certainly do not want to abolish power, that would be abolishing life itself, but we need a new orientation toward it.

Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.

I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short

Life is a game played on us while we are playing other games.

I think that Phish has been a band, we've all had- I've had a great life growing up and everybody in my band's had a really good life, none of us have got anything to complain about at all.

There are various names for this 'Spirit of Life' because there are various life experiences.

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.

One of the things about grief is that it can bring a deeper perspective into your life; in the end, it has, for me, though it's also brought sorrow.

The idea is that it will tell you where the importance lies, because it will be able to show you what impacts you in your everyday life.

I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.

Were I to live my life over again, I should live it just as I have done. I neither complain of the past, nor do I fear the future.

What we know and believe is just a program; it is nothing but words, opinions, and ideas we learn from others and from our own life experience.

In New Zealand I think we often take ourselves too seriously, and being able to laugh at yourself is necessary in life without being too precious.

I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.

I am not someone who sacrifice all for the cinema, my life will be always more important.

I worked for Microsoft until 1996, till I had a different angle to view life. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and control my own destiny.

What is important in your life is what you decide is important -- and this decision will indelibly create who you are

How you shape your attitude is not a small part of how you shape your life...it is the only part.

Consider the possibility that the little obstacles in life are not obstacles at all, but stepping stones.

I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good place.

I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me.

Make sure you pay attention to what's right with your life, not just what's wrong.

Try to see the joyful side of life. One must see the pain of life with clear eyes, and help all he can; but there is also lots of joy, and on should see that, too.