New Outlook Quotes

After years of making wrong decisions in my life, in 1977 I found out that it was all right to be square, simple, and sober.

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Perspective is not a science but a hope.

See the world as if for the first time; see it through the eyes of a child, and you will suddenly find that you are free.

When I had my wreck, it really just put everything into perspective and really opened my eyes. I've always been one of those guys that thought 'it will never happen to me.'

The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?

The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.

There are times when the greatest change needed is a change of my viewpoint.

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

I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind.

My childhood memories are amazing; I had freedom in every way - but I see everything from a different perspective now that I live outside.

Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever.

Coming to Old Trafford gave me a new lease of life.

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

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

I've had experiences in my life where I've met certain people that have opened up something in me and given me hope and a new outlook on life.

I wouldn't wish it on people but there is a positive side to a near-death experience. People used to ask me do you fancy doing this or that - and it was like I had a file of reasons in my head for not doing things. I would riffle through it until I found one. But I've dropped that.

I always felt through writing that I wanted to rotate the world slightly.

I also held that view for about 50 years, but lately I have been rethinking it and now believe I was wrong.

Once you want something, everything changes.

I am trying to check my habits of seeing, to counter them for the sake of greater freshness. I am trying to be unfamiliar with what I'm doing.

The Pacers were pretty up front in saying I have to go in a different direction.

The name 'Clara' is significant in my life. When I was an adolescent and started thinking about my place in the world as an adult and growing up, I knew I would have an eventually new outlook on things and eventually meet someone and have a kid. In my mind, I was like, 'If I have a daughter, I want to name her Clara.'

A brain hemorrhage puts it all in a deeper perspective. I'm one of those guys hit by lightning. I see the big picture. Everything is in perspective now. Let's just say I'm the kind of guy who knows how to enjoy the moment.

I mean, I feel like just a new person completely.