Quotes About Perspective

I used to believe that gratitude for life came from being happy, but I have come to realize that the reverse is also true, perhaps even more so: being happy comes from feeling grateful for life.

The research suggests that, with a few exceptions, major events or traumas that occur even three months earlier have little to no effect on our present happiness. The reason, Gilbert goes on to explain, is that we are able to make our own happiness. We change the way we see the world so that we can feel better.

Winston Churchill once quipped, "The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." He went on to say, "I am an optimist. It does not seem much use being anything else." Trust

Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.

There's no Walter Cronkite to give you the final word each evening.

Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just so you'll have to listen to them.

Sometimes looking so hard can make one blind.

És nem lehetne ez a te igazságod is? Szeretném, ha a tied lenne. Szeretném, hogy egészen megismerj. – (…) A te igazad nem lehet az enyém.

How can we judge fairly of the characters and merits of men, of the wisdom or folly of actions, unless we have . . . an accurate knowledge of all particulars, so that we may live as it were in the times, and among the persons, of whom we read, see with their eyes, and reason and decide on their premises?

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.

And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what age takes away Than what it leaves behind.

Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.

In truth the prison unto which we doom ourselves no prison is

What I want to do is make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I've had a lot of those. I've been broke before, and will be again. Heartbroke That's serious. Lose a few bucks. That's not.

It's easy to be overwhelmed by our desires for material things, but the fact is, most of us know what we truly value. Sometimes we just need a little reminder.

It's good to change. If the change brings about confusion, who cares? Confusion makes you think. And that's another good thing.

Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don't want to be. You'll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there's a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don't let your thoughts think you. Besides, if you're really gonna get pissed, don't waste it on your family, friends, or coworkers, save it for something that really matters.

When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.