Quotes About Perspective

The Muslim, the modernist, and the Christian each believes that his or her story alone is the true story of the world, that the Enlightenment story of human progress, or the Koran, or the Bible will ultimately be acknowledged by all to be true. But note that these stories cannot coexist as uniquely true. We must choose.

The longer we view ourselves through a distorted lens, the more likely we are to believe a distorted truth.

OUR LIVES ARE ALWAYS MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR strongest thoughts. What we think shapes who we are.

Feelings are much like waves. We can't stop them from coming, but we can choose which one to surf. —Jonatan Mårtensson

For years I played the what-if game. Maybe you're acquainted with this pastime. The rules are simple: Rule #1: You're only allowed to think of worst-case scenarios. Rule #2: You're never allowed to win this game. You can only lose. Rule #3: The more you play, the greater your losses.

We compare our behind-the-scenes with other people's highlight reels.

While some consider God's standards as too confining, a true believer sees them as loving and freeing.

My friends don't think they're rich, because they know someone who's richer.

I'm convinced normal people miss the majority of God's blessings because they're too busy to notice them.

When something small loudly demands all our attention, its noise often drowns out the whisper of what's enormously important.

When dealing with overly critical people, try to see past the arrows to the struggles that launched them.

That place that I had been most sure that I was right was the place that I was most wrong.

Por qué es que los que tienen tan poquito a menudo parecen tener tanto? ¿Y por qué es que los que tienen tanto parecen tener tan poquito de lo que en realidad importa?

He entendido que la comunicación sincera con Dios puede cambiar o no lo que él hace, pero casi siempre cambia tu perspectiva o tu actitud.

I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes.

The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.

Never before have so many people had so much and felt so dissatisfied. No wonder we often feel so dissatisfied. No matter how much we have, it can't compare to what others appear to have.

YOU CANNOT CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN CONTROL HOW YOU FRAME IT.

Behind every great story there's always another story.

Normally, we're never satisfied.

The life we have is a reflection of what we think.

Reality ground my expectations into microscopic particles.

Instead of seeking to serve one another, we wrongly believe that there's one person out there who exists solely to make us happy.

You are who God says you are, not who people say you are. Don't try to base your life on the unstable foundation of human opinions, but instead, build on the unshakable truth of God.