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.
BARBARA SHERDown deep we really know our worth, but we don’t have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won’t remember that we deserve it.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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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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Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they’re moving toward getting it.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
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