2,376 Quotes About Perspective

All too often we fail to see the good in a difficult situation. Our minds are wired in such a funny way that we tend to believe just because a door closed it must be a bad thing.

The letter is too belligerent. If I were you, I would state the facts as they were, without the pepper and salt. Abraham Lincoln

Eisenhower on LBJ: "He hadn't got the depth of mind nor the breath vision to carry great responsibility.

Milk is very nice, especially with a drop of brandy in it, but the domestic cow is only too glad to be rid of it. A swollen udder is very uncomfortable

I work pretty hard for a sufficient living, and therefore – yes, I do well.

The author says that though the Mexican War wound down, the interpretation of it was just beginning.

One of Lincoln's intimates as a presidential candidate urged him to make no promises and not to part with those kind words which could be interpreted as promises.

We live our entire lives thinking we know those closest to us. But do we ever really?

Feeling its power, one Civil War paper trumpeted that Milton and Homer were for another age but for this one was the New York Herald.