Quotes About Perspective

I want to live each day for itself like a string of colored beads, and not kill the present by cutting it up in cruel little snippets to fit some desperate architectural draft for a taj mahal in the future.

Expect an early death — it will keep you busier.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

If four or five guys tell you that you're drunk, even though you know you haven't had a thing to drink, the least you can do is to lie down a little while.

History is herstory too.

Just remember, there's a right way and a wrong way to do everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way.

No one but an aviator has a right to look down on others.

Those who tell the stories rule society.

Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternative.

I guess I don't mind so much being old, as I mind being fat and old.

Spending time with negative people can be the fastest way to ruin a good mood. Their pessimistic outlooks and gloomy attitude can decrease our motivation and change the way we feel. But allowing a negative person to dictate your emotions gives them too much power in your life. Make a conscious effort to choose your attitude.

Our attitude is that we want to cross over. You can't go on making records just for your own hometown.

I was born with an extremely negative attitude. I was the kid who wouldn't smile in Christmas photos, was a poor sport, and hated a lot of things. I eventually grew out of my negativity when I matured.

If you're running around with a negative attitude all the time, you're going to feel down; you're going to have negative results.

A positive attitude is not going to save you. What it's going to do is, everyday, between now and the day you die, whether that's a short time from now or a long time from now, that every day, you're going to actually live.

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.

I think it's important and I think it's true that our life experience is going to be about our attitude, our thoughts, our beliefs, our speech and our actions. We can transform our life experience simply by changing our language.

Creativity is not talent but attitude.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

I don't go by or change my attitude based on what people say. At the end of the day, they, too, are judging me from their perspective. I would rather be myself and let people accept me for what I am than be somebody who I am not, just because I want people's approval.

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

Your attitude is contagious.

All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.

Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?