Perspective Quotes

• 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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• Where you stand determines what you see and what you do not see; it determines also the angle you see it from; a change in where you stand changes everything.

  Steve de Shazer

  Change, Views, Viewpoints

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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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• The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.

  Al Neuharth

  Funny, Attitude, Climbing

  Al Neuharth (1992). “Confessions of an S.O.B.”, Signet

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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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• What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

  John Lubbock

  Inspirational, Being Happy, Attitude

  Sir John Lubbock (1897). “The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In”, p.2, Library of Alexandria

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• It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.

  Melody Beattie

  Practice, Looks, Easy

  Melody Beattie (1990). “The Language of Letting Go”, p.72, Hazelden Publishing

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• We see the world, not as it is, but as we are -- or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.

  Stephen Covey

  Perception, World, Mouths

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.25, Mango Media Inc.

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• As I look back at the entire tapestry of my life, I can see from the perspective of the present moment that every aspect of my life was necessary and perfect. Each step eventually led to a higher place, even though these steps often felt like obstacles or painful experiences.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Painful Experiences, Perfect

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• Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.

  Gerard Way

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• It is the eye which makes the horizon.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, Horizon

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.262, Harvard University Press

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• You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Inspirational, Life, Bullying

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• Perspective. You start looking at things differently, like everything's not so important. You don't take things so personally. Everyone changes, becomes better people. We all should get that chance.

  Tupac Shakur

  People, Important, Chance

  Tupac Shakur, Afeni Shakur, Jacob Hoye, Karolyn Ali, Walter Einenkel (2003). “Tupac: Resurrection, 1971-1996”, p.181, Simon and Schuster

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• Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

  Arthur Schopenhauer

  Inspirational, Science, Men

  Studies in Pessimism "Psychological Observations" (1851) (translation by T. Bailey Saunders)

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• The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analyses of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.

  Albert Einstein

  Thinking, Faithful Servants, Honor

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• It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

  Carl Jung

  Hippie, Thoughtful, Flirting

  Carl Gustav Jung (2001). “Modern Man in Search of a Soul”, p.67, Psychology Press

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• You must look within for value,
  but must look beyond for perspective.

  Denis Waitley

  Looks, Values

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• People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

  Epictetus

  Inspirational, Positive, Attitude

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• The years teach much which the days never know.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

  'Essays. Second Series' (1844) 'Experience'

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• When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

  Ann Landers

  Life, Motivational, Nurse

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• Our presuppositions shape our perspective, our perspective shapes our priorities, and our priorities shape our practice.

  Kenneth Boa

  Practice, Priorities, Shapes

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  The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Success, Dance, Positivity

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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• There are no facts, only interpretations.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Encouraging, Witty, Truth

  Notebooks, Summer 1886 - Fall 1887.

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• Attachment constrains our vision so that we are not able to see things from a wider perspective.

  Dalai Lama

  Attachment, Vision, Able

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• The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.

  Henry Miller

  Motivational, Beauty, Gratitude

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