Perspective Quotes

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If you can approach the world's complexities, both its glories and its horrors, with an attitude of humble curiosity, acknowledging that however deeply you have… — Daniel Dennett
It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.'… — Isaac Asimov
From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew; that a person is, among all… — Ian Mcewan
Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. — Stephen Chbosky
The stars drew light across the night sky in that little mountain village, and the silence and the cold made the darkness vanish away. It… — Che Guevara
Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether… — Ted Dekker
Pain or perspective, that's the choice.' . . . You choose pain - you choose to fight it, deny it, bury it - then yes,… — Ted Dekker
What is nonsense, and what is not, then, may be merely a matter of perspective. — Gary Zukav
Imagine losing fingernails, Harry! That really puts our sufferings into perspective, doesn't it? — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your spouse's perspective. We must first learn what is important to our spouse. Only then can we… — Gary Chapman
somehow we have overlooked the fact this treasured called the heart can also be broken, has been broken, and now lies in pieces down under… — John Eldredge
...What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens. Events matter little, only stories of events affect us. — Rabih Alameddine
Learning to stop sweating the small stuff involves deciding what things to engage in and what things to ignore. From a certain perspective, life can… — Richard Carlson
Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no perspective. Sometimes I'd… — Douglas Coupland
Gosh, what a gripping story. You must have been simply terrified. Meanwhile we went to Godric's Hollow and, let's think, what happened there, Harry? Oh… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Perspective is the cure for depression. — Unknown Author
If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want. — Oscar Wilde
Experiencing yourself out of context, divorced from your usual point of view, skews your perspective â€“ itâ€™s like hearing your voice on an answering machine.… — Slash
The best things in life aren't things. — Art Buchwald

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