Perception Quotes

• Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.

  Irving Berlin

  Life, Veterans Day, Attitude

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• The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

  Robertson Davies

  Educational, Knowledge, Eye

  Robertson Davies (1952). “Tempest-tost”, Clarke Irwin

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• Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

  Camille Pissarro

  Life, Beautiful, Art

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• Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.

  Gary Zukav

  Believe, Thinking, Reality

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• Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Truth, Intelligent, Greatness

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• Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Mirrors, Mind, Looks

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• There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

  Anthony de Mello

  Inspirational, Happiness, Happy

  Anthony De Mello (2011). “The Way to Love: Meditations for Life”, p.4, Image

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• We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• 'One new perception, one fresh thought, one act of surrender, one change of heart, one leap of faith, can change your life forever.'

  Robert Holden

  Heart, Forever, Leap Of Faith

  Robert Holden (2006). “Shift Happens!: Powerful Ways to Transform Your Life”

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• Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.

  Fred Rogers

  Kids, Anti Bullying, Thinking

  Fred Rogers (2003). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.39, Hachette UK

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• As soon as a true thought has entered our mind, it gives a light which makes us see a crowd of other objects which we have never perceived before.

  François-René de Chateaubriand

  Knowledge, Light, Giving

  "A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, both Ancient and Modern". Book by Tryon Edwards, 1908.

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  It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Quotable Thoreau: An A to Z Glossary of Inspiring Quotations from Henry David Thoreau”, p.87, BookBaby

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• Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Gratitude

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.309, e-artnow

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• All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Knowledge, Offspring

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.969, Delphi Classics

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• Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2007). “The Tough-Minded Optimist”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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  If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

  William Blake

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  The Marriage of Heaven and Hell "A Memorable Fancy" plate 14 (1790 - 1793). Inspired the title of Aldous Huxley's 1954 book about drug experimentation, The Doors of Perception, which in turn inspired the name of the 1960s rock group The Doors.

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• The problem is not our situation but our perception of our situation

  Graham Cooke

  Problem, Situation

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  Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

  Carl Jung

  Relationship, Leadership, Spiritual

  Carl Gustav Jung (1973). “Memories, dreams, reflections”, Random House Inc

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• Our senses enable us to perceive only a minute portion of the outside world.

  Nikola Tesla

  World, Minutes, Portions

  Nikola Tesla (2013). “The Wireless Tesla”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.

  Byron Katie

  Believe, Belief, Possibility

  Twitter post from Aug 06, 2013

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• We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

  Stephen Covey

  Stay Positive, Inspire, World

  "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". Book by Stephen Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 15, 1989.

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• When one looks at the ocean, they can only see that part of it which comes within their range of vision; so it is with the truth.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Ocean, Vision, Looks

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• Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

  Mary Browne

  Motivational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.

  Steve Young

  Reality, People, Mind

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• To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Spiritual, Communication

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Apr 08, 2015

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