Perception Quotes
Perception is reality! Use these quotes to remind you of the power of perceptions.
"You may never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Unknown"
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anais Nin
“People only see what they are prepared to see.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Judgement comes from experience and great judgement comes from bad experience.” Bob Packwood
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.” C.S. Lewis
“The reality of life is that your perception – right or wrong-influences everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place.” Roger Birkman
“Reality doesn’t bite, rather our perception of reality bites.” Anthony J. D’Angelo
“Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.” Confucius
“Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.” Merry Browne
“Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.” Unknown
“You must look into other people as well as at them.” Lord Chesterfield
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.” Ludwig Borne
"It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it." Carl Gustav Jung
"Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us." Stephen Covey
“First impressions are the most lasting.” Traditional proverb