If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
BARBARA SHERReal 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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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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Time is clay; make something.
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Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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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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What you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.
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