Perspectives Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old perspectives quotes, perspectives sayings, and perspectives proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That is natural. There is no single face in nature, becuse every eye that looks upon it, sees it from its own angle. So every man's spice box seasons his own food. Zora Neale Hurston
How something is seen I suppose depends on whose eyes are looking at it. Langston Hughes
It is a great gift to realize that whether one is wealthy or poor is mostly dependent on one's perspective and level of contentment. Such an understanding is priceless. Oliver Mbamara
An artist deals with aspects of reality different from those which a scientist sees. Richard Wright
Who needs 'up' if there is no 'down'? They are so linked together that they are the same thing; different perspectives on the very same thing. Angel Kyodo Williams
If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building or do you change the nail? Rwandan Proverb
The only thing sometimes you have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it. Chris Pine
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. Harper Lee
Perspective is as simple as answering this question: If I had five months to live, would I experience this problem differently? Shannon L. Alder
Perspective is everything. How we look at a circumstance determines our capacity for solving it. Stella Payton
When you're in the muck, you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck, but you see it from a different perspective. David Cronenberg
Perspective gives us the ability to accurately contrast the large with the small and the important with the less important. Without it, we are lost in a world where all ideas, news, and information look the same. We cannot differentiate, we cannot prioritize, and we cannot make good choices. John Sununu
You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages. Michelle Obama
The only difference between a rut and a grave is in their dimensions. Allen Glassgow
The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is in how you use them. Harry Howell
We see things not as they are, but as we are. H.M. Tomlinson
We see depends mainly on what we look for. John Lubbock
It makes all the difference whether you hear an insect in the bedroom, or in the garden. Robert Lynd
When little things get you down, take a second to contemplate the size of the sun or the distance to the stars it really puts things in perspective. Bradley Trevor Greive
Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Laozi
Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; conversely, every lot is happy to one who is content with it. Boethius
To different minds, the same world is hell and heaven. Emerson
It is the eye that makes the horizon. Ralph Waldo Emerson
My barn having burned to the ground, / I can now see the moon. Matsuo Basho
All eyes do not see alike. Even the visible creation is not, for all who look upon it, of one form and one color. Albert Pike
Two men look out through the same bars. One sees the mud, and one the stars. Frederick Langbridge
Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it. Thaddeus Golas
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost. Schuller