Perspective Quotes

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.

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EMBRACING THE EXISTING Japanese perspective on urban history and context

It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.

I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.

Our stewardship of the Earth is brief. We owe it to those who follow to keep that in perspective, to be responsible passengers along the way.

I often tell my clients they should do at least 30 percent of all their reading outside their own field. This will give them perspective and knowledge that will make them more interesting.

We all get so caught up in the moment of what we're doing every day, it's hard to hit that reset button and get pulled away from all that and see life from a different perspective.

I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone.

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.

You change the past when you change the way you see it.

My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

The worst bullies you will ever encounter in your life are your own thoughts.

Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at them, envy them, steal from them.

Australia's treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians - Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.

Photographs put time into such a perspective. They humble us and our selfish memories.

Each person is the universe from a particular perspective.

Whatever you focus upon, increases......When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing......A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

Reality is a question of perspective.

It's good to find common ground with people. When you find common ground and you see things from other people's perspective, you can have a voice in their lives, you can have an influence.

You get time to appreciate things. Perspective, you start looking at things differently.

You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

We are always remaking history. Our memory is always an interpretive reconstruction of the past, so is perspective.

Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.

There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.

Let whatever's going to happen, happen. Don't judge it before you do it. Sure, sometimes it will be terrible, but sometimes it will just be amazing. That's where the gold is.

Focusing on difficulties intensifies and enlarges the problem. When we focus our attention on God, the problem is put into its proper perspective and it no longer overwhelms us.

Things are only worth what you make them worth.

A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of "unresolvables."

The best ideas emerge when very different perspectives meet.

The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons of mass destruction in all of history.

All I can do is assess the value from Manchester United perspective. Whatever Chelsea do, they may have a different criteria, and different financial assets.

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.

Where you now stand is a result of thoughts and feelings that you have offered before, but where you are going is a result of your perspective of where you now stand.

A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously.

In our age of increasing distractions it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective and remember that life is brief and tender.

You grow more when you get more people's perspective.

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.

As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.

If we don't take inventory every once in a while and give thanks to God for the great things He has done for us, we get totally out of perspective.

Life will not, it will never, make sense to your mind. The secret is to see life from the soul's perspective; to add to the mind's experience the soul's wisdom, awareness, and total knowing.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

In a world where the dead have returned to life, the word" trouble' loses much of its meaning.

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

Never lose perspective on where you are and what you've got. And how you got it.

I always thought that cemeteries gave me some sense of perspective

Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.