Quotes About Perspective

If women resent men's tendency to offer solutions to problems, men complain about women's refusal to take action to solve the problems.

Yet another man commented that women seem to wallow in their problems, wanting to talk about them forever, whereas he and other men want to get them out and be done with them.

Women and men would both do well to learn strategies more typically used by members of the other group— not to switch over entirely, but to have more strategies at their disposal.

There are always scary things happening in the world. There are always wonderful things happening. And it's up to you to decide how you're going to approach the world...how you're going to live in it, and what you're going to do." —Jo Ellen Chapman

Fantasies really ought to stay fantasies-reality only ruins them

It's a miracle to be an actor and to know that you have a job to go to a year from now is a rare thing, so I think peace of mind and financial stability come with that. Hopefully I'm a little wiser and have a little more perspective in my life than I did then.

Things went downhill pretty fast after that. Although every action and reaction felt like slow motion from Krista's perspective, the entire debacle probably took seconds.

Wasn't that the way of things now? Everybody thought they were better at policing than cops. Cops were suddenly the enemy.

Coming that close to death you get kissed.

Disappointment is a misplaced hope. But bitterness will kill you.

Now my future is all behind me …

What we say is never about what we say; what we say is about who we are talking to. What we say is a tool to change our hearers.

The Great Spirit raised both the white man and the Indian," Red Cloud said. "I think he raised the Indian first. He raised me in this land and it belongs to me. The white man was raised over the great waters, and his land is over there. Since they crossed the sea, I have given them room. There are now white people all about me. I have but a small spot of land left. The Great Spirit told me to keep it.

The whites told only one side. Told it to please themselves. Told much that is not true. Only his own best deeds, only the worst deeds of the Indians, has the white man told. —YELLOW WOLF OF THE NEZ PERCÉ

I quattro prigionieri, tutti i bambini, apparvero illesi; infatti quando un soldato chiese ad Ambrose Archer, di otto anni, come lo avevano trattato gli indiani, il ragazzo rispose che avrebbe "preferito restare con gli indiani se fosse stato possibile".

history has a way of intruding upon the present, and

You can't leave out half the world's experience and expect to address all the problems. Women communicate differently and process information differently, which leads them to resolve conflicts differently.

Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

Ketika kita balikan cara pandang kita, kenyataan pun berubah. Ternyata, pelacuran terjadi di mana-mana. Hampir semua orang melacurkan waktu, jati diri, pikiran bahkan jiwanya. Dan bagaimana kalau ternyata itulah pelacuran yang paling hina?

Well, semua peristiwa hanyalah semata-mata peristiwa, tapi cara kita menyikapinyalah yang memberi label, kan? Entah itu diberi judul tragedi atau keberuntungan.

Tak ada yang sempurna, tapi hidup ini indAah begini adanya.

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