Quotes About Perspective

Sometimes you have to go somewhere else to appreciate what we have here.

Just a rat, she repeated to herself. After all, there were rats in the palace. Human and otherwise. Could be worse.

As I said, history is written by the victors. The truth is, the villains were less villainous, and the heroes less heroic, than you've been told.

The human mind had a remarkable ability both to discount what it sees and make reality conform to expectation.

We spend so much of our lives waiting to be ambushed by heartbreak. Why couldn't we be ambushed by joy?

Is it all right if I call you Jenna?" he asked. "If I can call you Wolf," she said. He scowled, gritting his teeth. "Could you please call me Adam?" "All right," she said. "I will try and think of you as a wolf called Adam.

N'exigez pas beaucoup et vous ne serez pas decu. Don't expect much, and you won't be disappointed.

Why is it always easier to be optimistic about somebody else's worries?" Adrian said with a bitter laugh.

It's true what they say, then-history is written by the victors.

I do try to get my own way, but I think it's because I'll never get my way on anything that matters

I like to know the truth. That's all. I just wish the truth was different.

You can't assume that because you have plenty to eat that everyone does.

It's not just the real, but the perspective of real that counts. If people perceive you as weak, then you are weak, even if it's a survival strategy.

I'm beginning to realize that revenge is never as satisfying as you think it will be.

We write that bad ending before we even get there." "Isn't that what makes us human? The ability to look at the present and predict what's likely to happen?" "But we're really not all that good at it, are we?

Bagaimana aku bisa mengetahui apa yang akan terjadi terhadap diriku? Siapa yang dapat menceritakan bagaimana kehidupanku di masa depan? Itulah sebabnya aku selalu menolak hal ini, karena aku yakin bahwa buruk-baiknya kehidupan seseorang hanya dapat dinilai setelah dia mati.

Aku bagai seekor burung elang yang dipotong sayapnya. Setiap kali Inggit memandangiku, setiap kali pula darah menetes dari urat darahnya. Memang terasa lebih berat melihat orang yang kau cintai menghadapi penderitaan daripada bila kau mengalami sendiri penderitaan itu.

Bagi kami kemiskinan bukanlah sesuatu yang perlu membuat malu. Kami semua orang yang berpikiran idealis.

Seandainya Amerika dapat mengerti perasaan kami dan ketidaknyaman kami, dia akan menyadari bahwa lautan dollar takkan dapat merebut hati kami.

Time has a way of putting things in perspective, of assigning meaning.

That's the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like.

It's important for moms to have alone time. However, that's the first thing that goes on a busy day. Fortunately for me, because of my job, I have to find the time to do it. At least that's the way my mind sees it.

It's become another dimension to who I am. I don't think Sports Illustrated is going to be wanting me. But who cares? I'm at a different place in my life.

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.