Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
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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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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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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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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Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
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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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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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