Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
BARBARA SHERSometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
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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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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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Becoming 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.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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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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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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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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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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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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Isolation is the dream killer.
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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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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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