Quotes about Perspective
No man ever yet thought whether he was preaching well without weakening his sermon.
— Phillips Brooks
There are various, nay, incredible faiths; why should we be alarmed at any of them? What man believes, God believes.
— Henry David Thoreau
A man has a right to picture God according to his need, whatever it be.
— Henry Ward Beecher
In childhood, death stirred me not; in middle age, it pursued me like a prowling bandit on the road; now, grown an old man, it boldly leads the way, and ushers me on.
— Herman Melville
In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to their measure.
— Jacques Maritain
Other men's crosses are not my crosses.
— John Donne
In Baby You're A Rich Man the point was, stop moaning, you're a rich man and we're all rich, heh heh, baby!
— John Lennon
We have not all had the good fortune to be ladies. We have not all been generals, or poets, or statesmen; but when the toast works down to the babies, we stand on common ground.
— Mark Twain
We under no circumstances know the appreciate of your parent till we develop into dad and mom ourselves.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
— Billy Sunday
What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who has no money, you can't ruin someone who hates prestige.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.
— Khalil Gibran