Quotes About Perspective

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad you have a good chance of being a prophet.

Man's rise or fall success or failure happiness or unhappiness depends on his attitude ... a man's attitude will create the situation he imagines.

Some folks never exaggerate-they just remember big.

For years I wanted to be older and now I am.

Look for the ridiculous in everything and you find it.

Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else.

A man's life is what his thoughts make it.

The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world sees us.

The wisdom of all ages and cultures emphasizes the tremendous power our thoughts have over our character and circumstances.

The best course was to buy a house across a road from a cemetery and look at it every morning. Reminding yourself where it all ended anyway you'd never get upset about anything again.

Tragedy had its compensations. Once the worst misfortune occurred one never worried about the minor ones.

Most of the time we think we're sick it's all in the mind.

You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy.

In the long run the pessimist may be proved to be right but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

I am dying but otherwise I am quite well.

Whatever the ups and downs of detail within our limited experience the larger whole is primarily beautiful.

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.

The quality of our expectations determines the quality of our actions.

The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer.

I believe the only thing that we really have control over is our attitude. If we focus on the positive things in our lives and learn how to cope with all the surprises, we will be happier people.

Even when something sad or tragic happens, I find a way to look at it in a positive light. People who don't have a sense of humor must be so sad all the time.

Living life at a young age is like being a sponge thrust into the ocean. You absorb what's around you. If you're around people who are supportive and positive, that's how you look at the world.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Oh would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us!