Perspective On Things Quotes:

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

- Carl Jung

topic: Hippie, Thoughtful, Flirting, Synchronicity, Memories Dreams Reflections

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

- Anais Nin

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Social Innovation, Souls In Love

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.

- Steve Jobs

source: Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Inner Voice, Job Growth

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

- Harper Lee

source: Harold Bloom, Harper Lee (2010). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.81, Infobase Publishing

topic: Positivity, Sunshine, Views, Jem And Scout, Kill A Mockingbird Memorable

Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial distance!

- George Eliot

source: George Eliot (1996). “Daniel Deronda”, p.127, Wordsworth Editions

topic: Beautiful, Distance, Perspective, Languish, Perspective On Things

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

source: "P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Young Entrepreneurs, Fear None

The reading of literature opens our eyes, offering us new perspectives on things that we can evaluate and adopt.

- Alister E. McGrath

topic: Perspective On Things, New Perspective

Because obstacles will always present themselves, the hardest obstacle of all is developing a way of living, a way of practicing your approach to life that allows you to keep a healthy perspective on things.

- Adam Rodriguez

source: "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

topic: Perspective, Healthy, Way, Perspective On Things

Being a goalkeeper gives you quite a unique perspective on things. You are part of a team yet somehow separate; there are no grey areas, with success or failure being measured in real time; and you have a physical job which you can only do well by paying attention to your mental well-being. A great goalkeeper has to have the keys to a great mindset. To be able to work well in the box, I believe you have to be able to think outside the box

- Brad Friedel

topic: Jobs, Team, Real, Think Outside The Box, Perspective On Things

When you have passion it changes your perspective on things, you want every tiny detail to be right. You want funny moments to be funny, sad moments to be sad. You wanna give your all.

- Alex Pettyfer

source: Source: collider.com

topic: Perspective On Things

My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics. We're talking about a closeted person with minimum contact with reality who has trouble tying his f**king shoes! And he's supposed to be political? A bus driver has a better perspective on things. Artists are completely indulgent.

- Jonathan Santlofer

source: Source: www.guernicamag.com

topic: Art, Kings, Reality, Perspective On Things, Political Art

It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting.

- Giovanni Ribisi

topic: Growing Up, Thinking, Giving, Perspective On Things

Fatherhood is a joy. I feel very lucky to have a family. It gives you a perspective on things.

- David Harewood

source: "David Harewood: My family values". Interview with Busola Evans, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2013.

topic: Giving, Perspective, Joy, Perspective On Things

Happiness and sadness are just two eternal truths like day and night. A man of superior intellect is never affected by these emotions. They are not base emotions at all but a reflection of our thoughts, a reaction to our perspective on things we see, hear and do. Equanimity is not only desirable in a warrior, but a must. Without it, you are as good as dead in the battlefield.

- Anand Neelakantan

source: Anand Neelakantan (2012). “ASURA: Tale of the Vanquished”, p.36, LEADSTART PUBLISHING PVT LTD

topic: Sadness, Warrior, Night, Perspective On Things, Happiness And Sadness

I'm happy with the amount of success I've achieved. I feel like I'm getting better every day and I'm always learning. I don't take anything for granted and I've gained a deeper perspective on things.

- Bill Kirchen

topic: Perspective, Get Better, Granted, Don't Take Anything For Granted, Perspective On Things

I am a rational man, but haven't you heard? i'm also insane. It gives me a unique perspective on things.

- Derek Landy

topic: Men, Unique, Perspective, Perspective On Things, Unique Perspective

I feel like when being raised in New York City I have a particular perspective on things like Gay issues maybe, because I'm in the middle of Manhattan.

- Joy Behar

topic: Perspective On Things

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

- Rachel Weisz

topic: Children, Perspective, Way, Perspective On Things

I kind of quit surfing when I got out of high school, but then a few years ago I started to take it up again. I'm not an expert by any means, but it's so wonderful to get out in the ocean and get a different perspective on things.

- Jeff Bridges

topic: Ocean, Mean, School, Perspective On Things