Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
Time is clay; make something.
We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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.
Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you.
The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf.
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.
Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
And our dreams are who we are.
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.
In the days before automobiles, people in horse-drawn wagons used to sleep if they were tired. They didn’t worry about getting lost, because the horse knew the way home. Your heart knows the way to your gifts. You can trust it to take you to them.
A goal is the basic unit of life design.
Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it’s positive, it is considered subjective. And ‘objective’ means it is accurate, and ‘subjective’ means it is conceited self-delusion.
Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.