67 Look Up Quotes for Perspective Hope and A Wider View

Sometimes we get so caught up in what’s right in front of us that we forget to see the bigger picture.

Looking up changes your focus.

It reminds you that the world is vast and that your current challenges are only one part of the story.

It’s a simple physical act that can shift your entire mood and bring much-needed clarity.

These look up quotes capture that sense of wonder.

Inspiring words to help you find perspective and keep your eyes on the horizon.

Short Look Up Quotes for Instagram

“Look up at the sky. You’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.” — Charlie Chaplin

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” — Oscar Wilde

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“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you.” — Walt Whitman

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” — Vincent van Gogh

“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years, how man would marvel and stare.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.” — Sarah Williams

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” — Marcus Aurelius

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The sky is the bread of as many eyes as can or will see it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” — J.R.R. Tolkien

“The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes.” — George Orwell

“Stars are beautiful, but they may not take part in anything, they must just look on forever.” — J.M. Barrie

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucius

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.” — Omar N. Bradley

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“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” — Henri Matisse

“It’s all a great mystery. Look up at the sky and you’ll see how everything changes.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” — Maya Angelou

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” — Victor Hugo

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” — Helen Keller

“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Sam Levenson

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.” — Og Mandino

“Turn your scars into stars.” — Robert H. Schuller

“No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land.” — Helen Keller

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” — Aristotle

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt

“Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see.” — Confucius

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” — Stephen King

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” — Mark Twain

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” — Maya Angelou

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” — Stephen Covey

“When I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better.” — Anne Frank

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein

Quotes on Wonder and the Stars

“Sometimes life has a way of putting us on our backs to force us to look up.” — Charles L. Allen

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” — Wayne W. Dyer

“Never bend your head. Always hold it high.” — Helen Keller

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Look up and smile.” — E. E. Cummings

“We all look up to the same stars.” — Aeschylus

“Look up, get up, and don’t ever give up.” — Michael Irvin

“There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen

“Look for the good in every person and every situation.” — Zig Ziglar

“One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure.” — William Feather

“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Don’t look back. You’re not going that way.” — Mary Engelbreit

“Look up, and let your heart learn courage.” — William Butler Yeats

“Look for something positive in each day, even if some days you have to look a little harder.” — Unknown

“The best view comes after the hardest climb.” — Edmund Hillary

“Look at the sky. We are standing on a planet spinning around a star.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” — William Faulkner

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” — Desmond Tutu

“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” — Anthony J. D’Angelo

“Look up. That’s the secret of life.” — Charles M. Schulz

“Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.” — Andrew Carnegie

“Light tomorrow with today.” — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” — Charles Dickens

“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it.” — Alan Watts

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