Quotes About Perspectives
For centuries, philosophers have been debating whether our perceptions are real or if they’re merely illusions that we create for ourselves. One thing is certain, no matter what your views are, you should never stop questioning what you think to be true. Here are some of the most memorable quotes about perspectives.
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can be proved, but truth cannot. Truth is what we believe.” -Frank Lloyd Wright
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” -Steve Jobs
“You can’t control the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails.” -Anonymous
“Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.” -Anon
“The photographer sees what he sees; the camera records only what he looks at, and because of this, photographs sometimes lie.” -Dorothea Lange
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” -Pablo Picasso
“Each one of us has a unique perspective on the world and it is important to embrace those differences instead of fighting them.” -Anonymous
“Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t judge people by their worst mistakes or worst words, look at them as an entire person with good and bad.” -Zig Ziglar
“The world is big and I want to see it all.” -Yoko Ono
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.” -Helen Keller
“I always looked for the perfect person, and when I found her, she was carrying her own suitcase.” -Cathy Guisewite
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty reveal only if there is light from within.” -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails to always reach your destination.” -Jimmy Dean
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” -Abraham Lincoln
“It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are.” -e.e. cummings
“Life is about making mistakes and learning from them.” -Katy Perry
“We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” -Ronald Reagan
“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” -Rumi
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s
“The eye is the most important of all the senses. It is the window through which we see the world.” -Anonymous
“People only see what they are prepared to see.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A man’s real life is his unfulfilled dreams.” -Anonymous
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” -Albert Einstein
“I dream my paintings and then paint my dreams.” -Pablo Picasso
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” -Oprah Winfrey
“A man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.” -Muhammad Ali
“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.” – Kobe Bryant
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“People are always asking me how I have such a positive attitude. I tell them it’s because I choose to look for the good things in life. There are enough bad things that will eat you up if you let them.” -Marie Osmand
“You can’t stop loving or wanting to love because when it’s right it’s the best thing in the world. When you’re in a relationship and it’s good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.” -Shane West
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.” -Steve Jobs
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.” -Seneca
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” -Buddha
“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” -Jim Rohn
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” -Lao Tzu
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can be proved, but truth cannot. Truth is what we believe.” -Frank Lloyd Wright
“People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense and mean when sharing their views.”- Ani DiFranco, American singer/songwriter
“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable than risk being happy.”- Robert Anthony, American self-help author
“Don’t believe everything you think.”- Unknown
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”- African proverb
“In order to change the world, we must first change ourselves.”- Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”- Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, and author
“When you stand up to be counted, tell the world this is my voice”- Ani DiFranco, American singer/songwriter
“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”- Steve Jobs, co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.”- Kobe Bryant, American professional basketball player
“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me.'”- Erma Bombeck, American humorist
“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”- Jim Rohn, an American entrepreneur
“Be someone’s reason to smile.”- Anonymous
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”- Confucius, Chinese philosopher
“It is not strong who win. It is the winner who is strong.”- Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War 2
“If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.”- Murphy’s Law
“People tend to be generous when sharing their nonsense and mean when sharing their views.”- Ani DiFranco, American singer/songwriter
“Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable than risk being happy.”- Robert Anthony, American self-help author
“Don’t believe everything you think.”- Unknown
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”- African proverb
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” -Steve Jobs
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” -A. A. Milne
“You don’t have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.” -Madeleine L’Engle
“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” Elbert Hubbard
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
“Don’t strive to be original. Strive to be good.” -Austin Kleon
“You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.” -Naguib Mahfouz
“People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” -Rob Siltanen
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” -Leo Buscaglia
“The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.” -Albert Einstein
“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.” -Lee Iacocca
“As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.” -Bill Gates
“A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.” -James Joyce
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” -Aristotle
“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.” -Abraham Lincoln
“It’s supposed to be hard. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Hard is what makes it great.” -Al Yankovic
“If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’. Then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent Van Gogh
“Just because I’m magic doesn’t mean I’m real.” -Neil Gaiman
“Today’s Accomplishments Were Yesterday’s Impossibilities” -Robert H. Schuller
“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline- it helps if you have some kind of a football team or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” -Frank Zappa
“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the best.” -John D. Rockefeller
“If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” -J.M. Power
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” -Zig Ziglar
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
Conclusion
As we wrap up the post, here are some final thoughts/quotes about perspectives. There is no one right way to see things and that’s what makes life so interesting. In a world where everyone has their own unique perspective, you should be proud of your individuality and not try to conform yourself to someone else’s idea of who they think you should be. If you are happy with your perspective, then that’s all that matters.
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