Quotes About Perspective

Look for the good in every person and every situation. You'll almost always find it.

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary." If there is some point you haven't thought about, be thankful if it is brought to your attention.

I know where there is more wisdom than is found in Napoleon, Voltaire, or all the ministers present and to come - in public opinion.

There are compensations for growing older. One is the realization that to be sporting isn't at all necessary. It is a great relief to reach this stage of wisdom.

Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand.

How the hell do I know what I find incredible? Credibility is an expanding field... Sheer disbelief hardly registers on the face before the head is nodding with all the wisdom of instant hindsight.

We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.

Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.

Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.

We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.

Life's managed, not cured.

The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured'.

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: Dulce est desipere in loco.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

All of us are made up of the stories that we listen to, the ones we disagree with and the ones that we agree with.