Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you’re in action. Ask yourself, “Does this go toward or away from what I want?” There’s an animal in us, and it has great instincts. Scan for a desire and follow it. Set a goal, any goal, and start doing everything you can think of to achieve it.
BARBARA SHERWe 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Down 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.
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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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Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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Real Dreams don’t require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.
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Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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What you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.
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The first step is to find out what you love – and don’t be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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