Quotes About Perspective

We live in a world where losing your phone is more dramatic than losing your virginity.

What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.

It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men.

The worst memories stick with us, while the nice ones always seem to slip through our fingers.

Hurt is a part of life. To be honest, I think hurt is a part of happiness, that our definition of happiness has gotten very narrow lately, very nervous, a little afraid of this brawling, fabulous, unpredictable world.

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

Accept what life offers you, drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

Happiness has its own way of taking its sweet time. Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Honestly I think all of us teenagers should just have a little break from the craziness we call life.

I think people should learn something from rebellious teenagers instead of just looking down on them.

Sometimes there is nothing harder in life than being happy for someone else.

I never saw an ugly thing in my life...light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.

See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.

My life isn't perfect but it does have perfect moments.

Life is not a matter of milestones, but of moments.

Remember where you have been and where you are going. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.

Sometimes, when I feel like nobody understands me, it helps to think of you! Nobody understands you either.