Quotes About Perspective

If you have wondered how to have peace, I can tell you that it will come if you will quit making a big deal about everything.

We can and should be satisfied where we are, while we are getting to where we are going.

When I walk in love, I am not so caught up in how I feel, but I care more about what is going on in the lives of others than what is going on in mine.

A bad attitude and a good life simply don't mix!

By just being positive, having the best perspective on everything, and always believing the best of everybody, we release peace and joy in our lives.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be. Abraham Lincoln

It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Achieve" comes before "Believe" in the dictionary, but the order is switched in real life.

How you react to things you can't control will many times determine your stress level. People who regularly get upset over small things are easily frustrated and highly stressed. People who shrug those things off are much happier.

Contentment with life is not a feeling, but it is a decision we must make.

You are never going to enjoy the promise of the new life (see Rom. 4:16) Jesus died to give you until you change the way you think. It's not about what you can do—it's about what Jesus has done for you.

Instead of assuming the worst, believe the best. Jesus

one of the most valuable things you can do in order to live a hope-filled, joyful, overcoming life is to believe the best in every situation.

Sometimes when people feel strongly about something, that is all they preach about. That is wrong. There needs to be a balance. We need to use common sense even in our spiritual life. In

I have now learned that we do not even know what "happy" is until we forget about ourselves, start focusing on others, and become generous givers.

When we keep our eyes on our problems, we feel defeated and discouraged (see Numbers 13:31–32), but when we realize God is bigger than our problems, we can experience victory.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." I

We can change our quality of life by changing your attitude toward the big and small things that usually irritate and anger us.

Adrian speaking to Mels....Humans require two things to bond: scarcity and the unknown. If loved ones were around forever, you'd take them for granted, and if you knew for sure that you'd be reunited, you'd never miss them. It's all part of the divine plan.

Experience, or what we call experience, is not the inventory of our pains, but rather the learned sympathy towards the pain of others.

Lo importante en nuestra sociedad no es lo que pasa, sino quién cuenta lo que pasa.

La experiencia, eso que llamamos experiencia, no es el inventario de nuestros dolores, sino la simpatía aprendida hacia los dolores ajenos.

Tu creés en el infierno, Justina? -Sí, Susana. Y también en el cielo. -Yo sólo creo en el infierno -dijo. Y cerró los ojos.

Traigo los ojos con que ella miró estas cosas, porque me dio sus ojos para ver: