Quotes about Perspective

Life happens not to me but for me.

The cares of this life emerge as very small items indeed along our daily path.

There's too many interesting women I have…not had the experience to know in this life because I have been brainwashed.

The first thing a great person does is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

We often read the Bible as if it were fundamentally about us: our improvement, our life, our triumph, our victory, our faith, our holiness, our godliness.

Faith never denies reality but leaves room for God to grant a new reality.

When we talk to ourselves, we're not talking to anyone very smart, because our outlook is very limited. But if we talk to God, we're talking to someone who knows everything. He knows what he promised in the beginning, and he knows exactly how to fulfill those promises no matter the circumstances.

The next time you are faced with an insurmountable problem, I'd advise you to look into the heavens on a clear night.

All over America, churchgoers chafe at a Sunday morning service that runs an hour and ten minutes, but have no problem with three-hour football games on television.

It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners.

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains