Quotes About Perspective

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. —WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874–1965)

The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them. —Albert Einstein

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. George S. Patton

I like Dr. Daniel Amen's 18/40/60 Rule: When you're 18, you worry about what everybody is thinking of you; when you're 40, you don't give a darn what anybody thinks of you; when you're 60, you realize nobody's been thinking about you at all.

If one person tells you you're a horse, they're crazy. If three people tell you you're a horse, there's a conspiracy afoot. If 10 people tell you you're a horse, it's time to buy a saddle." The point is that if several people are telling you the same thing, there is probably some truth in it.

I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened. MARK TWAIN

It comes down to whether you believe in seven miraculous escapes a week or one guardian angel. -Robert Brault

understand that the best gifts in life come as blessings; we do not go out looking for them.

A powerful exercise for building your appreciation muscle is to take 7 minutes every morning to write down all the things you appreciate in your life. I recommend this as a daily ritual for the rest of your life; however, if you think that is excessive, at least do it for 30 to 40 days. It will create a huge change in how you see the world.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. ~Winston Churchill

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. -John Taylor

Dos hombres miran hacia el exterior a través de los mismos barrotes; uno ve el fango, el otro, las estrellas. Frederick Langbridge

And belief is a choice. It is simply a thought you choose to think over and over until it becomes automatic.

There is no right reaction. There is only your reaction.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

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It wasn't good, but it could have been worse; it can always be worse.

As President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, "You know, farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." The same is true of warfare; it looks mighty easy when your rifle is a budget approval and you are six thousand miles from the battlefield.

If I try to teach you what I do, you will fail because you are not me. If you hang around me, you will observe what I do, and you may pick up some good habits. But there are a lot of things you will want to do differently. Colm O'Shea

The perspective I have on it now is that when I was trading my own account, it was like trading monopoly money. My trading capital was just something I kept score with. I detached myself emotionally from it.

You can use charts to give you a plus or minus toward your view, but you can never start with the chart.

Albert Einstein said that the single most important question is whether the universe is friendly. I think it is important for everybody to come to a point where they feel inside that the universe is friendly.

Mmmm... the comedy that matters is the comedy you pull out of thin air. It's a bit like when something funny has happened and you try to explain it to someone else and end up saying, 'You had to be there.'

Have you ever given someone a book you enjoyed enormously, with a feeling of envy because they were about to read it for the first time, an experience you could never have again?