Perspective Quotes - Page 19

Fail faster, but (more importantly) fail intelligently.

With improved historical records, and easier access to them, we actually have better reasons for hating one another, for anger and violence toward one another.

There is wonder in everything, the only thing you need to change to see it is your perspective.

Sometimes inspiration just requires looking at things from a different point of view.

Past ages come to us in new ways. For instance, they bore or disturb us. The dead say things we would or could not say in ways that appall , bless, and startle us. Reading them is part of diversity. The easiest voices to ignore are those of the dead; nevertheless, they often on the ones we need most.

Perception is to be blamed. It, if given due attention, keeps changing.

She was young and scared, and hadn't realized there was time to spare.

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it's bad.

THE WISDOM OF THE SPHERESHow instructiveis a star!It can teach usfrom afarjust how smalleach other are.

There isn’t a single definition of happiness to suit everyone’s requirements, but you know it when you feel it

Sometimes troubles make us stronger. We put things in perspective and find priorities.

Define success by your terms, not by other people’s standards.

Where you are today is where you're from tomorrow.

I'm a scientist and I know what constitutes proof. But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

I am so small. A billion tons of durosteel and nanometal move through the heavens, and I have never been beyond Mars's atmosphere. They are like specks of silver in an ocean of ink. And I am so much less. But those specs could ravage Mars. They could destroy a moon. Those specks rule the ink.

Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot.

As I squeeze, he turns his head, and there is the tiniest, slimmest of moments when he sees me. I look into those wolf eyes, and even though they are empty, they're still alive. In that split second he is alive and looking at me. I am alive and looking at him. Then the moment is over, the trigger is pulled back, and the gun is empty.

It doesn't matter if the glass is half full or half empty. I am gonna drink it through this crazy straw.

History does not usually make real sense until long afterward.

At the end of your life you want to arrive at a well-designed destination rather than an unexpected destination, and you do this by setting life goals, not short-term, not medium, not long-term, but life goals.

The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

Lewis at his best is about trying on ways of looking at the world.

Think of money as energy like you would love and then the belief in the universe will provide all you have been dreaming of.

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

When we forgive we are telling God that we have faith in him to fight our injustices. It might not seem possible when you are standing in a storm, but when you take the high road you can see farther than you can now.

It's only when the settlement work has gone on for months that one realizes how bad things are. As our secretary said to me, your finger-nails never seem dirty until you wash your hands.

Dare to be different.

One of George H. W. Bush's early teachers at Andover wrote, "At the moment he is intellectually immature for his powers of reasoning are not entirely developed.

Select carefully and continuously review your circle of influence, and be unapologetic about who you exclude.

Less is more, especially in relationships. You must understand and appreciate the importance of quality in relationships over quantity.

All the anxiety over small things had burned off me in the fire of reentry, the fire of being afraid I was going to die.

The girl was a gypsy before an illness took control of her legs, now she watches in awe the world pass by whilst stillness teaches her about inner strength.

I’m convinced that there is nothing ​truly good. Hell, sunshine can wilt a flower.

Sometimes I lose perspective, but it helps to stop and look around. I may not have it all, but I have more than enough. And enough, it seems, is more than most have...

We are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

Of course it was a terrible thing, and the world would be a much better place without someone in it who could do that, but did that mean we had to miss lunch?

Tolstoy does not tell us how things look to the author; he tells us how they look to the characters. In short, he does not use simile and metaphor. (That astonishing assertion in Wood’s review is what got me started reading Tolstoy in the first place. How can anyone write without using metaphor and simile? That would be like—never mind.)

There is a direct relationship between the number of times you attempt a task and the likelihood of success.

Really good fiction could have as dark a worldview as it wished, but it'd find a way both to depict this world and to illuminate the possibilities for being alive and human i

If only you could see the greatness in yourself, you wouldn't envy the greatness in others.

The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.

...what happens tomorrow is the future but what happened yesterday is already part of on-going history...

One person's craziness is another person's reality.

To have an eye for opportunity is to be a Data Scientist.

He hasn’t really seen you, not as you want to be seen, but he’s starting to, a little.

The movers & shakers of the world are not imbued with special powers. Once you realize that, you too can attain your rightful mantle.

Working hard alone without being smart and consistent won’t lead to success.

Love is not a purpose, it’s a paradox; it’s not an end-goal, it’s an auxiliary fuel source to help get there.

Wisdom allows you to decide how best to apply yourself to get the most return on your time and energy invested.

Don’t go to Men about God. Go to God about Men.

We are but cells living in a much larger organism, however, this does not make our existence less significant – for an organism without cells is no organism at all. We define it; we make it what it is. We are responsible for its health, its functionality, and above all, its purpose. A lone cell can restore the others, or a lone cell can spread a plague.

Sometimes you just have to stop and take in your surroundings. Really look at where you are in life, otherwise it's just going to pass you by. Regret is a heavy word to live with." - Riley

At some point, you just gotta forgive the past, your happiness hinges on it.

My lyrics aren't offensive. Some people find everything offensive.

Hope is when we have a beautiful vision of something and a positive emotion to go along with it. When our world comes crashing down, when we are trapped in a deep, dark, despairing hopelessness, we need a bigger perspective. Hope comes when we reflect on all that we hold dearand true, when we acknowledge a higher power, when we acknowledge God in our lives and begin to see what He has planned for our lives.

O: Hey youngman, you should respect me!Y: Hey oldman, you should understand me!

Our perspective equals our reality, tweak the perspective and you tweak your reality.

Conservative should tend to resist the argument that our particular crisis is a more-than-normal one, that our particular moment is a more-than-Madisonian one. Conservatism is a healthy political persuasion because it is inclined to shun alarmism.

See the world from another perspective and things would be simple.