Anne Lamott Quotes

We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away.

Certain things give you another perspective in life.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Once you get away from where you're from, you look at it in a different way.

You get time to appreciate things. Perspective, you start looking at things differently.

To be able to say that "if we change our point of view in the following way ... things are simpler" is always a gain.

Sometimes you need to stop doing something to really see it afresh.

To see things plainly, you have to cross a frontier.

(As human beings) We see everything everything in a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is on the other side. If we were to polish the glass clean, we'd see much more. But then we would no longer see ourselves.

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

Time puts things in proper perspective.

Laughter can bring a new perspective.

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.

When you have a fresh point of view that comes from the right side of the heart, it's just so valuable. You can take it or not take it, but just that perspective can give you a lot of strength or make you reflect on a lot of things.

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old.

The future is unknowable, but the past may give us hope.

When we lack the will to see things as they really are, there is nothing so mystifying as the obvious.

I'm trying to see my own country with fresh eyes.

The rare moment is not the moment when there is something worth looking at, but the moment when we are capable of seeing.

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

The dark today leads into light tomorrow. There is no endless joy, and yet no endless sorrow.

Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.

I don't pretend to see the path, but I know it's there all the same. One day, we'll look back and wonder how we ever missed it.

To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.