David Viscott Quotes

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• If we are the sum of everything that happens to us, to limit a person's experience is to limit their growth.
• Even those who venture to dip a toe in the pond of risk never allow themselves to get used to the water.
• Just imagine that you are the person you want to be.
• 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…
• This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.
• 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…
• 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.
• 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.
• You are the only one who has to live your life.
• You don't have to try, you just have to be.
• 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…
• If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.
• To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
• 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…
• 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.
• You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.
• Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.
• Lists have always implied social order.
• Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
• People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.

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