A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it’s positive, it is considered subjective. And ‘objective’ means it is accurate, and ‘subjective’ means it is conceited self-delusion.
BARBARA SHERIn the days before automobiles, people in horse-drawn wagons used to sleep if they were tired. They didn’t worry about getting lost, because the horse knew the way home. Your heart knows the way to your gifts. You can trust it to take you to them.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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I believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be lucky enough to live for a while. But you can’t have it all at once and you can’t have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
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Time is clay; make something.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
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We all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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