Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze. Barbara Sher More Quotes by Barbara Sher More Quotes From Barbara Sher 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. Barbara Sher love-you heart adventure 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. Barbara Sher forever life believe 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. Barbara Sher remember appreciation needs 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. Barbara Sher criticism purpose meaningful 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. Barbara Sher delight support emotional 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. Barbara Sher careers choices thinking Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Barbara Sher quantum leap leadership 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 Sher loving-yourself love-yourself acceptance Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously. Barbara Sher your-dreams dream It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself. Barbara Sher aquariums events expectations When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes. Barbara Sher rewards eye life Find out what you love. Barbara Sher what-you-love sticks 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. Barbara Sher self dream sky 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 inspiration dream inspiring What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become. Barbara Sher information wish desire Human beings are not comparable. You can't compare us any more than you can compare roses and oranges, or mountains and the sea. You might prefer living by the sea to living in the mountains. You certainly like some people better than you like others. Preferences are perfectly valid...they're just your style asserting itself again. But you'd feel pretty silly saying 'The sea is better than the mountains.' It's every bit as silly to go around saying 'I'm better than Mary, but Joe is better than me.' Barbara Sher self-worth sea silly It's only too late if you don't start now. Barbara Sher late ifs too-late Isolation is a dream killer. Barbara Sher killers dream life What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing. Barbara Sher passion careers heart The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners. Barbara Sher winner environment success