Quotes About Perspective

Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.

Don't grumble that roses have thorns, be thankful that thorns have roses

I don't say my golf game is bad, but if I grew tomatoes they'd come up sliced

Troubles are a lot like people - they grow bigger if you nurse them

If you worry you die, if you don't worry you die, so why worry?

Everyone's travels through life end the same way, so you might as well enjoy the journey.

Women really do rule the world. They just haven't figured it out yet. When they do, and they will, we're all in big big trouble.

Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.

An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be

I will find humor in my everyday life by looking for people I can laugh at

Middle age is when a narrow waist and a broad mind begin to change places.

Listening to parents' advice is sort of like watching commercials. You know what's coming, you've heard it all before, it's a big bore, but you listen anyway

While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their correctness never does

Before you go and criticize the younger generation, just remember who raised them.

Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own.

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise

Consider how much more you often suffer from your anger and grief, than from those very things for which you are angry and grieved.

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .

Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby.

Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused.

Count your blessings and not your problems

Do not regret growing older. It's a privilege denied to many.

How do you know if something is real? That's easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it give you wings? Does it give you roots? Does it make you look back at a month ago? And say, I am a whole different person right now. If yes, then it's real. The evidence of truth and reality lies in how much something can touch you, can change you, even if it's from very far away. Distance is the only evidence of what can be surpassed.

I always knew I would look back on my tears and laugh but I never tought I would look back on the laughter and cry