Quotes About Perspective

so mortals tend to see only what they can understand.

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Percy, explaining things to you is like lecturing a gerbil.

It was useless to whine and moan about what you could've had- what you deserved, what was fair. I was just happy to have this moment.

Maybe I should have resented him, but I didn't. After losing my mother, I didn't have patience for grudges. My years on the street had taught me that it was pointless to whine and moan about what you could've had - what you deserved, what was fair. I was just happy to have this moment.

Things can turn out differently Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.

As we rose over the rooftops I caught my breath-well, if you can catch your breath underwater.

Besides, your a cat.Its your nature to think your the center of the universe. She stared at him blankly. But I am the center of the universe.

something inside me clicked, like an engine shifting into higher gear. My thinking suddenly became faster and clearer. The anger and fear didn't go away, but I realized they weren't important. They weren't going to help me...

Hey, if the cow could jump over the moon, I didn't see why the sun couldn't jump over two cows.)

Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality.

I hold up two fingers. 'How many fingers?' He squints. 'Twenty-five?' 'Yeah, you'll be fine.

How could music cause so many lives to veer off course?

Meg gagged. I hate bugs. That made sense for a daughter of the agriculture goddess, but to me the dead ant didn't seem any grosser than the piles of garbage in which we often swam.

Sometimes, even Loki can be right.

And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.

Europeans marvel at how Americans seem willing, almost eager, to work themselves into an early grave. My European friends have told me proudly, "We don't live to work…we work to live.

The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.

The key to friendship with God, he said, is not changing what you do, but changing your attitude toward what you do.

Remember how far you've come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.

The way you see your life shapes your life.

If you don't know how to be happy with what you have, you will never be happy with more.

The way you SEE your life SHAPES your life. How you define life determines your destiny. Your perspective will influence how you invest your time, spend your money, use your talents, and value your relationships.

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. But if you look at Christ, you'll be at rest.