“The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But in the light of time's perspective, their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the vital tasks we pushed aside. We realize we've become slaves to the tyranny of the urgent.” ImportantDoneLightSeemsMotivationalTodayActionEnergyRealizingLossWeekPerspectiveTasksSlaveTyrannyAppealsInstantFadesRecallsUrgentIrresistibleMomentaryDeceptiveProminence Author:Charles Hummel
“To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.” NeedsTurnsRealizingPrinciplesStrugglePlansPerspectiveGainsSalvationOur TimeSaviorTime Of NeedPlan Of SalvationPositive Perspective Author:L. Lionel Kendrick
“You know what makes me feel old? When I see girls who are 20-something, or the new crop of actresses, and I think, Aren't we kind of the same age? You lose perspective. Or being offered the part of a woman with a 17-year-old child. It's like, "I'm not old enough to have a 17-year-old!" And then you realize, well, yeah, you are.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsYearsWellsKindChildrenEnoughAgeGirlRealizingLosesPerspectiveYeahActressesCrops Author:Jennifer Aniston
“I find male singers and what they sing about fascinating. It makes me realize how little we know about ourselves and how little I know about myself. It's interesting to see the male perspective.” KnowsLittlesRealizingInterestingPerspectiveMalesSingersFascinating Author:Ellie Goulding
“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.” PeopleWorldWantUniverseRealizingWonderfulHonestThis WorldPerspectiveUpliftingCosmic Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“For a long time, we assume we know who we are, until the moment we fully realize who that is; in that moment, identity is no longer predictable, but rather takes the form of a truth that, like any other, can become a sentence with no more than a change of perspective.” KnowsLongMomentsFormRealizingIdentityPerspectiveLong TimeAssumingSentencesWho We AreThat MomentPredictable Author:Sergio Chejfec
“I've always written songs to use music as a form of therapy or as a way to look at my obstacles or my memories from a different perspective. It's always helped me realize the grass isn't always greener and how I need to live more in the moment. My songwriting is a documentation of whatever's happening in my life at that point in time.” WayNeedsLooksDifferentMomentsUseFormSongRealizingMemoriesWrittenPerspectiveHappeningsObstaclesGrassTherapySongwritingDifferent PerspectiveGreenerDocumentation Author:Chuck Ragan
“I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even feel glad that I've experienced some failure in my life. That gives you perspective and humility about this business; it's good to realize that you're always just one movie away from not being in Vogue anymore.” WayGivingFeelsActorsRealizingCareersGoneHumilityPerspectiveGladMovieJust OneVogue Author:Reese Witherspoon
“The world that is coming toward us out of time is going to be very much richer in a mental sense because (among other freedoms) we are going to get a modicum of freedom from linguistic frameworks, from familiar mental habits. Anyone who really knows two or more tongues realizes that even that small enlargement of liberty . . . gives him new perspectives, exercizes his soul anew.” KnowsWorldGivingTwoSoulRealizingLibertyPerspectiveHabitTongueFamiliarFrameworkNew PerspectiveEnlargement Author:Benjamin Lee Whorf
“What scares me most about the media is that so many of them don't realize that by presenting and highlighting certain issues, opinions, and perspectives over others, they can manipulate and control people's beliefs in subtle ways.” PeopleWayCertainBeliefRealizingOpinionIssuesMediaPerspectiveSubtleScareManipulatePresentingHighlighting Author:Oliver Stone
“He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. When you realize that by changing your perspective, big things can be seen as little things, it becomes much harder to worry about anything. Commitment is an act, not a word.” LittlesDoeBigsAsksRealizingWorryForeverMinutesPerspectiveFoolCommitmentHarderRemainsLittle ThingsBig Things Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“And it's given me great perspective. It makes me really focused and efficient, which - I was focused before I had babies but I wasted a lot of time. Prior to having babies I thought I was so busy and now I realize just how ignorant I was.” GivenRealizingPerspectiveBabyBusyFocusedIgnorantEfficientHaving A Baby Author:Kerri Walsh
“I don't really get a lot of clarity in my everyday life and my interactions with people. Most things that happen to me aren't very straightforward. They're either vastly confusing, or I realize that I'm inventing whatever meaning I'm deriving from whatever happens and it's filtering through my own indulgent perspective.” PeopleHappensRealizingMy OwnPerspectiveEverydayClarityInteractionEveryday LifeConfusingStraightforwardInventingWhatever Happens Author:Paul Banks
“God’s perspective on us is remarkable, almost unbelievable. He delights in us and loves us as a caring Father. He’s running toward us, ready to embrace and forgive us. He’s for us in all the pain of life and can sustain us in every challenge. as i learn to see from God’s perspective, my perspective on everything else shifts. i realize that my failures don't disqualify me. i’m aware of the security i already have in God’s grace. i trust that nothing will separate me from the love of God in Christ.” RunningPainFatherChristRealizingChallengesGraceSecurityReadyPerspectiveAnd LoveEmbraceForgivingDelightCaringGod LoveRemarkableUnbelievableGod's Grace Author:Jud Wilhite
“My coaching staff gets to go to the World Series. From a financial perspective that's great for coaches because baseball coaches in the Major League level don't really make that much money. People don't realize that.” PeopleWorldRealizingLevelsPerspectiveMajorsBaseballSeriesFinancialCoachesLeagueCoachingStaffWorld SeriesMajor LeagueBaseball CoachCoaching Staff Author:Joe Maddon
“That's important, I think, for people who come here to realize that we are here for only a time and we have an obligation of service and we need to keep things in perspective.” PeopleThinkingNeedsImportantRealizingPerspectiveObligation Author:Karl Rove
“I despise the fact that the youth today acts as if being youthful is the answer to everything. It's a very young minded perspective and if you're not smart enough to realize that in life evolution is real. What that means is, we all are evolving and getting older every second of the day. That means it's about what you know, what you do and how hard you press the button to make it go. If you're not willing to put it in the time, energy and work in, then it doesn't matter how young you are. You'll be here and gone tomorrow if you don't learn something.” IfsKnowsMeanRealMatterHardEnoughFactsTodayYoungEnergyRealizingAnswersGoneYouthWillingPerspectiveEvolutionTomorrowSmartPressesEvolveDespiseButtonsGetting OldGetting OlderEvery Second Author:Sean Garrett
“I don't know that I can say what exactly love means to me because it would be hard to put that into perspective. But the older I get, the more I realize that you don't have to be around people you don't want to be around, and you don't have to be in a situation you don't want to be in.” PeopleMeanRealizingSituationPerspectiveLove Means Author:Aaron Bruno
“When you have to cast movies from a producer's standpoint - when you've been on the other side of casting sessions - you just get a completely different perspective on what that process is of getting a job for an actor. You realize how completely impersonal it is. If anything, I think it's made me a lot less sensitive. So much of this is logic and business, and it's got nothing to do with whether people are good or not. Unfortunately, I think that's one of the last things that gets factored in when you're assembling a cast.” PeopleThinkingDifferentRealizingPerspectiveLogicSensitiveDifferent Perspective Author:Max Minghella
“I think aging is underrated. As you grow older, you have perspective and you realize just how fortunate you are to be working. To be working with the people I've had the chances to work with, I honestly feel like the most fortunate person in the world. I think it's hugely important when you work to bring with you that spirit, which includes and immense sense of gratitude. How that translates into behavior is just to bring your energy, your good spirit and your appreciation, and do your homework and really listen to the person in front of you.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantSpiritEnergyRealizingChancePerspectiveGratitudeBehaviorAgingAppreciationHonestlyTranslateHomework Author:Ann Dowd
“Maybe certain aspects of what I was doing were reacting against what was happening or what people said, too. That's something that happens when you're starting out. After some time goes by and you get a little perspective, you realize that you don't need to react. You can just carry on with what you're doing. That took me a long time figure out; I've only gotten to that point in the last five or 10 years.” PeopleLongRealizingPerspectiveTime Goes By Author:Beck
“To travel a circle is to journey over the same ground time and time again. To travel a circle wisely is to journey over the same ground for the first time. In this way, the ordinary becomes extraordinary, and the circle, a path to where you wish to be. And when you notice at last that the path has circled back into itself, you realize that where you wish to be is where you have already been ... and always were.” WayWantInspirationalFirstsLastsTimeWishRealizingPathWiseJourneyPerspectiveTravelOrdinaryFirst TimeExtraordinaryCirclesPathwaysNoticingConversations With GodFull Circle Author:Neale Donald Walsch
“I used to feel guilty about spending morning hours working on a book; about fleeing to the brook in the afternoon. It took several summers of being totally frazzled by September to make me realize that this was a false guilt. I'm much more use to family and friends when I'm not physically and spiritually depleted than when I spend my energies as though they were unlimited. They are not. The time at the typewriter and the time at the brook refresh me and put me into a more workable perspective.” FeelsBookUseUsedEnergyRealizingHoursMorningPerspectiveSummerGuiltSpendingGuiltyAfternoonSeptemberUnlimitedFamily And FriendsBrooksTypewritersFleeing Book:The Summer of the Great-Grandmother Source: The Summer of the Great-Grandmother
“I think you can love a person too much. You put someone up on a pedestal, and all of a sudden, from that perspective, you notice what's wrong - a hair out of place, a run in a stocking, a broken bone. You spend all your time and energy making it right, and all the while, you are falling apart yourself. You don't even realize what you look like, how far you've deteriorated, because you only have eyes for someone else.” ThinkingLooksPersonsEyeRunningFallEnergyRealizingToo MuchHairBrokenPerspectiveBonesFalling ApartPedestalTime And EnergyStockingsBroken Bone Book:Handle with Care: A Novel Source: Handle with Care: A Novel
“Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slamming doors? The British author G.K. Chesterton summarized the role of fantasy very well. He said its purpose was to take the everyday, commonplace world and lift it up and turn it around and show it to us from a different perspective, so that once again we see it for the first time and realize how marvelous it is. Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that make us human.” WorldWayFirstsHumansWellsSaidDifferentStoriesShowsPurposeTurnsWaitingRealizingAbilityRolesFantasyDoorsPerspectiveSkillsFirst TimeWindowEverydayBritishOpeningLiftsDifferent WaysMarvelousCommonplaceEscapingEscapismDifferent PerspectiveSlamming Doors Author:Terry Pratchett
“One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago.” KnowsYearsKindRealityRealizingFiveOur LivesPerspectiveMonthsYears AgoFive YearsSaddest Author:Jonathan Carroll
“All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. . . . Remember, it is always later than you think.” ThinkingLifeTryingHas BeensMomentsRememberHopeRealizingBornHoursSadnessDyingPerspectiveAll ThingsHopeful Author:Og Mandino
“A contact with an extraterrestrial civilization is the greatest challenge for mankind in the Third Millennium. We would finally realize that we are indeed not alone, what could cause a new Copernican revolution, a quantum leap in our thinking and perspective. We would finally realize that we are one mankind and all the small differences which separate humans from each other today-nationality, race, religion-would disappear. Only together can mankind explore the universe, our true home and destiny.” ThinkingHumansHomeTodayTogetherUniverseCausesRealizingChallengesDifferencesRaceDestinyMankindRevolutionPerspectiveCivilizationThirdsDisappearContactLeapQuantumNot AloneNationalityUfoMillenniumExtraterrestrialTrue HomeQuantum LeapSmall Differences Author:Michael Hesemann