Quotes About Perspective, Outlook, and Viewpoint

Use these quotes to take a fresh look on life's challenges and propel yourself to new heights!

“You can complain that roses have thorns, or rejoice that thorns have roses.”

— Ziggy

“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.”

— Charlie Chaplin

“Optimist: someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster; it’s more like a cha-cha.”

— Robert Brault

“You cannot change the past but you can always change your perspective.”

— Freequill

“Mind is a flexible mirror; adjust it to see a better world.”

— Amit Ray

 

“The optimist sees the donut; the pessimist sees the hole."

— Oscar Wilde

“You have to have the bad days to appreciate the good ones.”

— Unknown

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it.”

Unknown

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”

— Confucius

“Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us.”

— Thomas L. Holdcroft

 

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”

— Helen Keller

“Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.”

— Napoleon Hill

“Children see magic because they look for it.”

— Christopher Moore

“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”

— Winston Churchill

“Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes to see the light.”

— Dan Brown

“An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to.”

— Laurence J. Peter

 

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”

— Wayne Dyer

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Never write about a place until you're away from it, because that gives you perspective.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“There are no facts, only interpretations.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief.”

— Gerry Spence

“If you believe it will work out, you will see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.”

— Wayne Dyer 

 

“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.”

— Al Neuharth

“Never limit your view of life by any past experience.”

— Ernest Holmes 

“I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”

— Martha Washington

“Every day above earth is a good day.“

— Ernest Hemingway

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”

— John Wooden

“Pay attention to what you pay attention to.”

— Amy Krouse Rosenthal