Quotes About Perspective

reality, when calmly analysed and its consequences willingly accepted, loses much of its terror.

Truth is one: (though) the wise call it by various names.

A good cry is like a good rain.... Afterwards everything is washed clean, and for awhile, you can see for miles.

One of the best methods for developing a healthy character is to appreciate all that you presently have. Most people tend to focus on what they don't have rather than on the many gifts they actually possess. A healthy character comes from a sincere appreciation for all that you have today in pursuit of all that you want tomorrow.

One of the habits that Dr. Stephen Covey discusses in his book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is, "Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

if you can talk to them about themselves, you'll have their full attention.

instead of saying "fifty-five and older," say "fifty-five and better.

Relationship innovation is more important to women than product innovation is.

To me, the experience of having had manic depression can never be separated from my sense of who I am. It runs through me like wine through water: everything is coloured (or tainted) by it.

And if he thinks you're to blame, and you're the one telling him to calm down…well! Keep a respectful distance from his claws.

Reframing entails refusing to accept the opponent's definition of what the issue is about, and then substituting your own. You define the issue in your terms.

La verdad surge de la discusión entre amigos. DAVID HUME

Pero incluso ellos conocían la diferencia en la vida real entre luchar y discutir.

Este capítulo te ayudará a distinguir entre una discusión y una lucha, y a decidir lo que deseas sacar de una discusión.

Pretty agreeable of me, yes? The ancient Greeks gave a name to this kind of anticipatory concession, agreeing in advance to what the other person is likely to say: prolepsis, meaning

We each pace against the bars that cage us." "Your cage is the world," I said in frustration, though I did not mean to strike for his heart. "Everyone's cage is the world. Some worlds are smaller than others.

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give it up. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football. And I have 20-20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee.

There is no excuse among professional officers for not having a 5000 year old mind.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them.

Great minds sink alike, right?

Death is only the end if you assume the story is about you." This

Religion is for people afraid of going to hell, Spirituality is for people who have been there.

So I'm living this life. Maybe, someday, I'll be able to choose another. For now, I can't. What keeps me sane - so to speak - is that I can listen. And you should too. You might think you can ignore people like me. But there are a lot of us. It's in your interest to hear what we're saying.

Instead of pressuring the Japanese into lowering trade barriers or taking a greater share of the responsibility for their own defense, we should be urging them to bring their verbs from the ends of their sentences into second place, right after their subjects, where they belong.