Quotes About Perspective

“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.

But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.

ëWho is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?í

Why do you look at the speck in your brotherís eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.

ëThese men who were hired last worked only one hour,í they said, ëand you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.í

But he answered one of them, ëFriend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?í

So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

When the disciples saw this, they were indignant and asked, “Why this waste?

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

Why do you look at the speck in your brotherís eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”

So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?

And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”

The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

For the foolishness of God is wiser than manís wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than manís strength.

And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.