Quotes About Perspective

I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.

I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.

I can't change Mr. L., but I can change how I think of him. If I don't care about his opinion, his insults can't hurt me.

It might be nice to need glasses because when you take them off, the world becomes a nice, big blur. There's something safe and cozy about that.

She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.

Men always imagined they were undemanding and easy-going; but it soon turned out that the going was only easy if it went their way.

You don't know nothing about me. Or the life I've had. You're so quick to judge, like all the other women. Women are the worst, you know. Worse than men. I think it's because, secretly, they all know in their hearts they could be me.

If any era should be aware of the temptations to rewrite history, it is our own.

No one told me anything, Tuya. I was always happy for you to be the smart one. But that didn't mean I was stupid.

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.

The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead.

The trick is to enjoy life. Don't wish away your days, waiting for better ones ahead. The grand and the simple. They are equally wonderful.

All we need, really, is a change from a near frigid to a tropical attitude of mind.

What the survival of threatened languages means, perhaps, is the endurance of dozens, hundreds, thousands of subtly different notions of truth.

Flint", said Tanis gravely."I know you'll be terribly disappointed. But you've only got a cold. You're not dying.

In no way did I allow reality as it was to intrude on reality as I wanted it to be.

Never underestimate the power of one well-timed compliment. It has the power to change a person's entire perspective on life. It has the potential to change a person's plotline for eternity. The right word at the right time can be the catalyst for someone else's miracle.

change of pace + change of place = change of perspective.

Do you trust that God is for you even when He doesn't give you what you asked for?

We don't see the world as it is; we see the world as we are...if someone has a critical eye, they will always find something to be critical about. And if they have a grateful eye, they will find something to celebrate even in the worst of circumstances...Having a "good eye" in life changes how you see yourself and everything around you... your focus determines your reality.

the true value of an offering isn't measured by how much we give. It's measured by how much we keep... By definition, a sacrifice must involve sacrifice...

Our normal is so subnormal that normal seems radical. To the first-century disciples, normal and radical were synonyms. We've turned them into antonyms.

we take some big miracles for granted. We're on a planet that's spinning at a thousand miles per hour, traveling through space and we don't worry about God keeping our planet in orbit. We already trust God for the big miracles like our heart beating and today alone, we'll take a thousand breaths, but can we trust Him in the smaller things?

Psychologists call this phenomenon the contrast effect. Simply put, how you see anything depends on your reference point. One way or the other, your focus will determine your reality.