There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
BARBARA SHERBecoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone’s gift – yours and mine.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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A good work is a partnership between you and nature… Nature will help you every step of the way.
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When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.
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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become.
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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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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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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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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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Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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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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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.
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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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