It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
BARBARA SHERResentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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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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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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You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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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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DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.
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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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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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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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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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