Quotes about Perception
Many wonderful things in life do not come wrapped in the packages we think they should. God used a carpenter, not a king, to save the world.
— Jack Canfield
A man is literally what he thinks
— James Allen
The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.
— James Allen
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
— James Allen
As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be
— James Allen
God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.
— Luis Palau
I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
Belief in Yahweh doesn't come with your mind. It comes with your heart. When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry.
— Lynn Austin
When you only believe in things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, it is idolatry.
— Lynn Austin
Everyone had forgotten her. But that's the way Penny was-- so quiet and unimportant that you could look right at her and never see her. Esther had no idea why Penny always showed up at Grandma's house on Sunday afternoons when they came to visit. She was just one of those nosy neighbors with no life of her own, who watched other people's lives as if watching a movie.
— Lynn Austin
Guard your heart, son," Eli said in a hushed voice. "That's what God looks at—your heart. Most folks look at the outside things, like the color of your skin. But God looks at your heart.
— Lynn Austin
We cannot know all of the things that are going on behind the scenes that we see in the photographs. They do not show us how Hashem is at work.
— Lynn Austin