Quotes about Perspective

So if that's it, if that's the point of it all, if that's the ticket, the center, the one unavoidable reality, the heart of the Christian faith, why is it that no one used the phrase until the last hundred years or so?

But maybe all of these questions are missing the point. Let's set aside all of the saying and doing and being and cutting holes in roofs and assume it's more simple than that. As some would say, "Just believe.

Sometimes we don't throw ourselves into it because we believe the small things are beneath us. What we don't understand is that what appear to be the small things are actually the big things. They're where it starts, and throwing yourself into them inevitably creates new opportunities for you.

The measure of a sermon is not whether it affirms what you already believe. A sermon is not a product to be consumed and then evaluated according to how good it was or whether it was pleasing or enjoyable.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

They would not find me changed from him they knew — Only more sure of all I thought was true.

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those Not in position to look too close.

The realist always falls in love with a girl he has grown up with, the romanticist with a girl from 'off somewhere.

There ought to be a view around the world From such a mountain

If I must choose which I would elevate— The people or the already lofty mountains, I'd elevate the already lofty mountains.

Life Lessons FROM LOSS If you experience loss, it doesn't means you lost. it means you've been blessed with an opportunity to take a moment, realize how special someone or something has been to you, and go through new doors that were closed to you before.

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.