Quotes about Perspective

Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond to it.

Today, let's be determined to see blessings in the midst of things that seem like burdens.

Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.

Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.

You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and I think, Aren't we kind of the same age? You lose perspective. Or being offered the part of a woman with a 17-year-old child. It's like, "I'm not old enough to have a 17-year-old!" And then you realize, well, yeah, you are.

Life can be dramatic and funny all in the same day.

A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.

I really am pretty happy with what God gave me.

I remember when I was 33 or 34, it was devastating because I realized I wasn't a kid anymore. The great thing about 40 was that I really felt like I had life experience and knew what I was doing now.

And we'll see if one tree won't grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it!

I tell you I have nearly attained my heaven; and that of others is altogether undervalued and uncoveted by me.'' Heathcliff