Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
BARBARA SHERWhat you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Down deep we really know our worth, but we don’t have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won’t remember that we deserve it.
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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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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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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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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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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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