We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
BARBARA SHEREvery 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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The first step is to find out what you love – and don’t be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.
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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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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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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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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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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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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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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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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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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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