Quotes on Perspective

“It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,”

“If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.”

“Your life is a print-out of your thoughts.”

“When it rains it pours. Maybe the art of life is to convert tough times to great experiences: we can choose to hate the rain or dance in it.”

“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.”

“Some people are born with tornadoes in their lives, but constellations in their eyes. Other people are born with stars at their feet, but their souls are lost at sea.”

“The struggles we endure today will be the ‘good old days’ we laugh about tomorrow.”

“Art and life are subjective. Not everybody's gonna dig what I dig, but I reserve the right to dig it.”

“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”

“The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself.”

“Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul like you.”

“I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS?”

“We are often taught to look for the beauty in all things, so in finding it, the layman asks the philosopher while the philosopher asks the photographer.”

“I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered,And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before,Suddenly ceasedTo matter.”

“To some extent the romantic condemnation of rationality stems from the very effectiveness of rationality in uplifting men from primitive conditions.”

“Disasters work like alarm clocks to the world, hence God allows them. They are shouting, 'Wake up! Love! Pray!”

“Life's trials will test you, and shape you, but don’t let them change who you are.”~ Aaron Lauritsen, ‘100 Days Drive”

“True friends don't come with conditions.”

“Every form of art is another way of seeing the world. Another perspective, another window. And science –that’s the most spectacular window of all. You can see the entire universe from there.”

“Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you.”

“In God's eyes, a man who teaches one truth and nothing else is more righteous than a man who teaches a million truths and one lie.”

“When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart; anything less is a well thought out and rehearsed script.”

“Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out.”

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life.

Why are you so busy with this or that or good or bad, pay attention to how things blend.

Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.

An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.

The world is like a mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.

Life can be a great feast or a thin gruel, and for most of us, it is the latter.

Insurance is like marriage. You pay, pay, pay, and you never get anything back.

The public has become myopic; it cares less for the longer perspective than it does for the immediate experience.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them.

It’s the silence between the notes that makes the music.

I always think that the future is better than the past.

I think you have to stay grounded in life.

We are all the sum of our experiences, both good and bad.

Sometimes you need to step back to see the bigger picture.

The only time to be positive you are in the right place is when you are on the edge of the cliff.

There are no heroes or villains. Only people doing their best in difficult circumstances.

When we focus on gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.

You can’t control everything, but you can control your attitude towards everything.

The world is not a thing, but a system of relationships.

Cherish the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Life is a party, and I'm the pinata!

There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.