Perspective Quotes

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Evanlyn smiled grimly as she thought how once she might have objected to the cruelty of the bird's death. Now, all she felt was a… — John Flanagan
When you say â€˜old friend,â€™ are we talking, like...since the Ice Age?â€ â€œNo. Of course not.â€ â€œOh.â€ â€œItâ€™s only been about four hundred years.â€ â€œAh.… — Richelle Mead
Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful,… — Italo Calvino
I used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers… — Madeleine L'Engle
Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars too distant, pick… — Margaret Fuller
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light. — Dan Brown
I think you can love a person too much. You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from that perspective, you… — Jodi Picoult
. . . hope resides in the future, while perspective and wisdom are almost always found by looking to the past. — Greg Mortenson
As I say, I have never in all these years thought of the matter in quite this way; but then it is perhaps in the… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective. — Carl Sagan
Wars make history seem deceptively simple. They provide clear turning points, easy distinctions.: before and after, winner and loser, right and wrong. True history, the… — Kate Morton
My dear young women, with all my heart I urge you not to look to contemporary culture for your role models and mentors. Please look… — M. Russell Ballard
When I tried this morning, after an hour or so of unhappy thinking, to dip back into my meditation, I took a new idea with… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but as you approach… — Salman Rushdie
It doesnâ€™t matter how many years go by, how much therapy I embark on, how much I try to achieve that elusive thing known as… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
But love was strange. It distorted your perspective and played havoc with your logic. — Lori Foster
Walking and overcoming by faith is not easy. For one thing, the dimension of time constantly constrains our perspective. Likewise, the world steadily tempts us.… — Neal A. Maxwell
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions. — Stephen Covey
Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological. — Stephen Covey
Being is seeing in the human dimension. — Stephen Covey

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