This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole. David Viscott More Quotes by David Viscott More Quotes From David Viscott The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away. David Viscott purpose giving life If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. David Viscott motivational positive life You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be. David Viscott fitness motivational positive To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. David Viscott marriage love friendship When you respond to an unreasonable person by getting emotional, you give them victory. How do you manage unreasonable people? You dismiss them. Like shadows David Viscott emotional giving people Your ultimate goal in life is to become your best self. Your immediate goal is to get on the path that will lead you there. David Viscott goal self path If your life is ever going to get better, you'll have to take risks. There is simply no way you can grow without taking chances. David Viscott get-better risk growth The highest love a person can have for you is to wish for you to evolve into the best person you can be. David Viscott marriage wish love There comes a time in some relationships when no matter how sincere the attempt to reconcile the differences or how strong the wish to recreate a part of the past once shared, the struggle becomes so painful that nothing else is felt and the world and all its beauty only add to the discomfort by providing cruel contrast. David Viscott pain strong beauty Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean that one should say, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! That is foolish and self-destructive. . . . But don't sit back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes. David Viscott taken motivational inspirational To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again. David Viscott failure hurt thinking Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence. David Viscott criminal-mind believe people Once a person says, "This is who I really am, what I am all about, what I was really meant to do," it is easier to decide how to spend one's time. David Viscott really-mean easier time You are the only one who has to live your life. David Viscott live-your-life There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can. David Viscott up-to-you differences shining You don't have to try, you just have to be. David Viscott information trying Just imagine that you are the person you want to be. David Viscott imagine want loss Take the best action toward your most important goal right now. David Viscott important goal action Lists have always implied social order. David Viscott lists social order People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment. David Viscott lists accomplishment people
