Perspective Quotes

"The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time" "Things can be powerfully beautiful when you are out of control." "Instead of feeling down about your situation, think about what you can do to change it" "I realize everybody wants what they don't have but at the end of the day, what you have inside is much more beautiful than what’s on the outside." "With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look — for dizzier heights." "Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand." "I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it." "The world is but a canvas to our imagination" "Things do not change; we change" "It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see" "I didn't like the play, but then I saw it under adverse conditions — the curtain was up." "If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. A lot of people don’t appreciate the moment until it’s passed." "You can't look at a glass half full or empty if it's overflowing." "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other" "It’s better to have loved and lost than do forty pounds of laundry a week."