#perspective

To a great mind, nothing is little. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#intelligence #observation #perspective #intelligence

Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too bitter and joy too keen to allow me to become either cast down or elated for more than a very brief period over any success or defeat. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#perspective #sorrow #life

Because neither she nor Port had ever lived a life of any kind of regularity, they had both made the fatal error of coming hazily to regard time as non-existent. One year was like another year. Eventually everything would happen. ↗

— Paul Bowles

#time #life

Real? Real depends upon your perspective, Annabelle. People never see life exactly the same way. The world is what you think it is. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#annabelle-fancher #fantasy #life #outlook #perspective

With time comes perspective. ↗

— Joshua Wisenbaker

#perspective #shoes #time #life

If you love yourself the most at your happiest moments, there is no reason not to be fond of who you are in the dark. ↗

— Ashly Lorenzana

#happiness #love #perspective #self-awareness #love

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#perspective #positive-thinking #attitude

We’re conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware – beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one. ↗

— Kent Nerburn

#beauty

Maybe it's just that some of us have had certain facts and truths slapped up against our heads so hard and so often that we have to see them and pay our respects to their reality. ↗

— Ralph Ellison in Juneteenth

#perspective #reality #truth #respect

On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#perspective #rain #silence #white-noise #dog