Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
BARBARA SHERWishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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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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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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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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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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Time is clay; make something.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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Becoming 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.
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Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.
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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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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