Quotes About Perspective

All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to complain, but it's truer to say that complaining leads to people becoming unhappy.

The '60s redefined narcissism as idealism.

Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have.

You judge people in the context of their time, not in the context of ours.

The Missing Tile syndrome is ubiquitous. If you are overweight, all you see are flat stomachs and perfect physical specimens. If you have pimples, all you see is flawless skin. Women who have difficulty getting pregnant walk around seeing only pregnant women and babies. Nor do you need to be overweight, have pimples, be balding, or want a child to believe that you have a missing tile. You can allow any real—or merely perceived—flaw to diminish your happiness.

Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.

You know what's amazing about life. Enjoying what you see.

Art isn't the answer. It's another way of asking the question.

The only difference between a Good Day And a Bad Day Is your ATTITUDE

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you're a good person is like expecting a bull not to attack you because you're a vegetarian.

Expection the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

Am I on your page?" Jesse asked. Rosie knew Jesse liked her, loved her, maybe, but this was not about that. "Yes," Rosie said, making eye contact with Jesse. "How could you not be on my page? ... (But) even though we are on the same page, we see the page differently," Rosie had continued, enjoying the moment, "my page -- which I admit you are on -- is not the page that you think you are on. You will never see the page the same as me. You cannot look through my eyes and see what I see.

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig

There's nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (210) - Bud Selig "Effort is Everything

Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.

An Englishman asks you what you know. An American asks you what's in your wallet. An Indian asks you what's your family history.

Beaucoup de gens dans votre vie sont des bénédictions pour vous aider à monter en flèche haute, tandis que d'autres sont des leçons de vie aubaine pour garder vos pieds fermement sur le sol ... aubaine et vous devez certainement tous pour rendre votre voyage le plus intéressant! La vie continue!

Being neutral is impossible in many cases, because it may mean that you are an accomplice. You can be fair and objective only by giving a listening ear to both parties. And yet your objectivity will still be scruitinized by subjective minds.

Ce est une idée fausse que la beauté est l'oeil du spectateur. à mon avis, la beauté doit être au cœur du spectateur pour son véritable appréciation.

Hay sólo dos tipos de personas en este mundo- los que piensan que hay dos clases de personas, y los que han conocido la verdad.