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100+ Perspective Quotes

Perspective defines the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other. Perspective also means a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view. Perspective is like the same face reflecting from different mirrors. Perspectives reflects the inner side of us. Let's check out 100+ perspective quotes and sayings.



1. You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective. Denis Waitley
2. I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective. Ursus Wehrli
3. Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day. Taylor Hanson
4. Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life. Joni Eareckson Tada
5. Each person does see the world in a different way. There is not a single, unifying, objective truth. We're all limited by our perspective. Siri Hustvedt
6. When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective. Harvey Mackay
7. Empathy begins with understanding life from another person's perspective. Nobody has an objective experience of reality. It's all through our own individual prisms. Sterling K. Brown
6. From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That's what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest. Jane Goodall
7. Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life. Joni Eareckson Tada
8. My childhood memories are amazing; I had freedom in every way - but I see everything from a different perspective now that I live outside. Ana de Armas
9. A little perspective, like a little humor, goes a long way. Allen Klein
10. Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. Robert Morgan
11. Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness. Kathryn Minshew
12. If you nurture your mind, body, and spirit, your time will expand. You will gain a new perspective that will allow you to accomplish much more. Brian Koslow
13. 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
14. Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life. Gregory Peck
15. I think the way I look at things gives me a different perspective. I'm most valuable when I work with a team of bright people who complement my weaknesses with their strengths. Craig McCaw
16. Perseverance and perspective until victory. Lincoln Diaz-Balart
17. One of the things we often miss in succession planning is that it should be gradual and thoughtful, with lots of sharing of information and knowledge and perspective, so that it's almost a non-event when it happens. Anne M. Mulcahy
18. I try very hard to thank my lucky stars and keep it all in proportion and perspective, but it can be very tiring having a smiley face all day. George Michael
19. As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy. Spike Jonze
20. Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspective. I mean, I have two kids now. I'm a single parent balancing motherhood and my career. That changes the equation. Jody Watley
21. The law of unintended consequences pushes us ceaselessly through the years, permitting no pause for perspective. Richard Schickel
22. There are seasons in life. Don't ever let anyone try to deny you the joy of one season because they believe you should stay in another season... Listen to yourself. Trust your instincts. Keep your perspective. Jane Clayson
23. Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself. Truman Capote
24. People say that globalisation has negative aspects, but I don't believe globalisation is bad. It's criticised from a western perspective, but if you put yourself in the shoes of people in the developing world, it provides an unprecedented opportunity. Tadashi Yanai
25. Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by both giving you a sense of purpose and helping to put your problems in perspective. Karen Salmansohn
26. Not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing. Neil deGrasse Tyson
27. Each day, as you get older, there is a new perspective on life. It's a progression of some sort. John Hurt
28. Meditation is the soul's perspective glass. Owen Feltham
29. At a certain point, when I let go and was done - when I stopped and could say I was blessed and thankful to be a champion, when I finally enjoyed life from this different perspective - that's when I healed. Letting go healed me. Dominick Cruz
30. It's stunning to me what kind of an impact even one person can have if they have the right passion, perspective and are able to align the interest of a great team. Steve Case
31. Try to see things differently - It's the only way to get a clearer perspective on the world and on your life. Neal Shusterman
32. Everybody lives their lives differently. They have a different perspective. They've been through different things in love. They've cried about different things. Luis Fonsi
33. Life has to be everything. It can't be all sad. It can't be all peaches and cream. Because the lows have you appreciate the highs. And the highs give you perspective on the lows. If it's not everything, it becomes flat or mundane. Sterling K. Brown
34. Laughter can bring a new perspective. Christopher Durang
35. When you have a fresh point of view that comes from the right side of the heart, it's just so valuable. You can take it or not take it, but just that perspective can give you a lot of strength or make you reflect on a lot of things. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
36. Traveling gives you some perspective of what the rest of the world is like. I think that having the courage to step out of the norm is the most important thing. Meghan Markle
37. The secret to being successful from a trading perspective is to have an indefatigable and an undying and unquenchable thirst for information and knowledge. Paul Tudor Jones
38. From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death. Drew Barrymore
39. It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. Arthur C. Clarke
40. I think it's healthy to gain a perspective on who you are deep down, question yourself, and challenge yourself; it's important to do that. Selena Gomez
41. Imagery is powerful. Imagery is provocative - satellite imagery much more so because it is from space, and it allows us to get this perspective that we don't have to have otherwise. Sarah Parcak
42. There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to. Eddie Bernice Johnson
43. It's very rare that you can be in a career for as long as I have and still feel like you're constantly learning and coming at it from an almost childlike perspective. Timothy Olyphant
44. Perspective in art has receded along with harmony in music: We tend more and more to see the world as a heap of intrinsically meaningless fragments. Iain McGilchrist
45. I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective. Masi Oka
46. No matter the natural disaster I've covered, whether it's a wildfire or flood, I always come back with a much greater perspective. Ginger Zee
47. It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom. Dee Hock
48. From a motivation perspective, helping others enriches the meaning and purpose of our own lives, showing us that our contributions matter and energizing us to work harder, longer, and smarter. Adam Grant
49. The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important. Brooke Shields
50. Perspective is the most important thing to have in life. Lauren Graham
51. I think it's important to have perspective and to look at what you don't necessarily want to see. Lynsey Addario
52. The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture. Ang Lee
53. Our experience of many life circumstances is a function of our personal perspective and not the circumstance itself. Lindsay Wagner
54. From my perspective, it's really risk management to ensure that humans have the ability to go somewhere else in case there were to be some huge disaster on Earth. Gwynne Shotwell
55. I want people to see that the cosmic perspective is simultaneously honest about the universe we live in and uplifting, when we realize how far we have come and how wonderful is this world of ours. Neil deGrasse Tyson
56. Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings. Salvatore J. Cordileone
57. When we talk about more access to birth control, a lot of times that means more funding for Planned Parenthood, and we know that's a touchy subject, so I certainly see that perspective and agree with a lot of conservatives on it. Tomi Lahren
58. Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs. Christopher Morley
59. A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously. Thomas P. O'Neill
60. There's something about being around a long time that puts stuff in perspective. Reg E. Cathey
61. A memoir is my version of events. My perspective. I choose what to tell and what to omit. I choose the adjectives to describe a situation, and in that sense, I'm creating a form of fiction. Isabel Allende
62. I believe that the female perspective is a very healing and circumspect one, and we have a right to equal voice. Diane Lane
63. When I'm a part of someone else's creative process, it's all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making it a part of a song. Miguel
64. There were a lot of little triggers that made me realize that life is now; life is happening while we're preoccupied with stupidities. Of course, growing. Of course, becoming a mother and understanding life from another perspective. Thalia
65. The largest challenge that we face, from my perspective, is the ability to continue moving forward so the agency will have a single mission: that is, to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing. Alphonso Jackson
66. Perspective is not a science but a hope. John Berger
67. There's an easygoing nature that comes with a perspective of things that aren't as important as we make them sometimes. Marguerite Moreau
68. The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience. Sally Ride
69. You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper. Rachel Weisz
70. I've always been able to put things in perspective. Canelo Alvarez
71. What I hope my writing reflects... is a sense of the connections between all human beings... and a different perspective on the true nature of courage. For me, those are things worth exploring and writing about. Chris Crutcher
72. From my perspective, the world's shaped me more than anything else. It's a feedback loop. Chelsea Manning
73. I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses. Gwyneth Paltrow
74. You know, the more you can meet people from different walks of life, the better it is for you. I think the more you can create situations and experiences that give you new perspective, the better. Michelle Pfeiffer
75. Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart. C. J. Mahaney
76. It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective. Katrina Bowden
77. Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights. Gelila Bekele
78. It's useful to go out of this world and see it from the perspective of another one. Terry Pratchett
79. Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most. Joseph B. Wirthlin
80. You have to put money in its proper perspective. The way it is positioned in the culture is like it is the most important thing. But something is missing. Jim Brown
81. You know, I'm a pretty mellow guy. I'm pretty easy-going. I see everyone's perspective. Paul Walker
82. Most people's historical perspective begins with the day of their birth. Rush Limbaugh
83. We need a really credible perspective toward long-term de-carbonization. Angela Merkel
84. I've had a chance to see something that is way outside everybody else's frame of reference and gives a perspective that is very different from everyone else's. Chris Hadfield
85. If you're religious, it gives you a perspective. Martha Beck
86. From an eternal perspective, the only death that is truly premature is the death of one who is not prepared to meet God. Russell M. Nelson
87. I never quite fit in - at least, from my own perspective, you know. Goldie Hawn
88. When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective. Nadia Comaneci
89. Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices. Travis Bradberry
90. Put your choices in perspective. Jillian Michaels
91. The ability to take another perspective has become one of the keys to both sales and non-sales selling. And the social science research on perspective-taking yields some important lessons for all of us. Daniel H. Pink
92. Any time you have significant injury, it is about the perspective, how you attack it. Seth Rollins
93. I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there. Andre Agassi
94. My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective. Taj Mahal
95. Wonderful things happen when you turn 50: you change perspective. You ask, 'Who am I? What do I want to do with my life? What have I not done that I want to do?' Andie MacDowell
96. It's when I compare myself to what other people are able to do that I run into trouble. It is a bummer. I just constantly try to put things into perspective. Amy Purdy
97. My perspective is this: my allegiance is to the best product for my needs. For a computer, this means Macintosh. For phone and tablet, this means Android. Guy Kawasaki
98. Tolerance is important, especially in a democracy. The ability to have honest conversations, even if you come from a different place, a difference perspective, is fundamentally important. Theo Epstein
99. From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections. Adam Grant
100. I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective. J. K. Simmons
101. I do have a right to talk about my life, to tell my truth from my perspective. Pattie Boyd
102. Are we asking terribly much of people to be curious and interested in the female experience from the female perspective? Diane Lane
103. Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective. Liev Schreiber


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