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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.

Barbara Sher

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
Author
Essayist
Motivational Speaker
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Detroit
Michigan
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Fulfill
Always
Realistic
Never
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Love
Inspiration
Least
Dream
Part
Heart

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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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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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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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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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When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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But who you are is not a concept in the sky, and it's not a record of you accomplishments either. The most original and creative side of you can re-emerge only when you get time of your own, free time, wide-open time, uncommitted time, time in which to go after dreams or do absolutely nothing if you choose. Without it you can't have a self.
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Every time you worry that you could get trapped in some kind of work you don't care about, you're dealing with the problem of meaningfulness. I guarantee that in the back of your mind is the thought that somehow you have to make a contribution to something, be acknowledged, do something that matters-or you're just fooling around.
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In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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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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