Quotes about Perspective
The Christian is the most contented man in the world, but he is the least contented with the world.
— Charles Spurgeon
He who affirms that Christianity makes men miserable, is himself an utter stranger to it.
— Charles Spurgeon
Putin is no different than any other powerful man, like a Senator, or a President.
— Donald Trump
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
— Arthur Schopenhauer
Those who tread 'adult' as a term of approval cannot hope to be considered adult themselves. When I became a man I put away childish things, along with the desire to be very grown up.
— CS Lewis
Man has a viewpoint, but God has the view.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.
— Cicero
If there is one thing that will make a man peculiarly and insufferable self-conceited, it is to have his stomach behave itself, the first day at sea, when nearly all his comrades are seasick.
— Mark Twain
When a man does exactly what a woman expects him to do she doesn't think much of him. One should always do what a woman doesn't expect, just as one should say what she doesn't understand.
— Oscar Wilde
What is so funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously. Laughter is the same and healthy response to the innocent foibles of men; and even to some which are not innocent.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
Men talk about Bible miracles because there is no miracle in their lives. Cease to gnaw that crust. There is ripe fruit over your head.
— Henry David Thoreau
To a small man every greater is an exaggeration.
— Henry David Thoreau