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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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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Time is clay; make something.
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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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Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
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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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A good work is a partnership between you and nature… Nature will help you every step of the way.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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