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Perspective Quotes


"He who does not see things in their depth should not call himself a radical."


"True it is that covetousness is rich, modesty starves."


"When I was poor, I was rich because I was happy; when I was wealthy, I was poor because I was sad."


"Joblessness is a blessing."


"An eagle can mock a lion only because of its wings."


"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."


"As important as increase is, it is not an end in itself."


"It is easier to fall off of a ladder than to climb one."


"Hunger is a lesser evil than ignorance."


"Whether the glass is half empty or half full, you have the power to fill it up."


"Joblessness does not necessarily mean idleness."


"As the sun hides behind clouds, success hides behind trouble."


"When you look at a rose try to focus on its beauty, not its thorns."


"Wealth of time is actually of more value than natural resources (petroleum, gold, diamond, gas etc.) and more valuable than human resources."


"How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective."


"If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light."


"Look at the world through your vision not through the misperceptions of others."


"It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world - it's the American way of looking at things."


"Money should never be the goal. It should only be the means of attaining the goal."


"With any story I write, I could actually write it from three or four different perspectives, which would end with a completely different moral at the end."


"If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races."


"Build your life not on the things of today, but on the things of tomorrow."


"A fresh pair of eyes can often find problems."


"It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light."


"A knife is cutlery in one hand and a weapon in another."


"Danger is opportunity's seer."


"Money promises more than it delivers, love delivers more than it promises."


"The past is far behind. If you still want to look at it, you will painfully stretch your neck muscles. Don't live in the past, leave the past, but learn from it."


"Don't let your problems become your obsession."


"The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window."


"It's a new perspective where I got a role in and they are just spewed out of my mouth."


"For an optimist life is beautiful, for a pessimist life is beautiful for the fool."


"Profiting from opportunities is success. Profiting from adversity is greatness."


"You have to learn to look at things in a new way."


"I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty balanced."


"The greatest mountain is still made of grains of sand."


"Sometimes I find that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable."


"Don't predict the condition of the entire day by the state of the morning. You don't judge a book by its cover. A cloudy morning is no guarantee for a rainy day!"


"A predator on land is prey in the sea."


"Grass is food for elephants, but a cushion for lions."


"This earth in which we are living is not our everlasting home."


"No finite point has meaning without an infinite reference point."


"The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them."


"I still write the same way and have the same perspective."


"Everyone sees drama from his own perspective."


"To have wealth does not mean you love money, you can love money and not even have a cent."
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