Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
BARBARA SHERIt’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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Isolation is the dream killer.
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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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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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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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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Whenever you do what you really love, your heart lifts, your mind opens, and everything changes. You wake up. That’s what true adventure really is.
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