"Ironically, when you surrender your need to hog the glory, the attention you used to need from other people is replaced by a quiet inner confidence that is derived from letting others have it."

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Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company

Richard Carlson

#People Quotes #Needs Quotes #Attention Quotes

“When mind exists undisturbed in the Way, nothing in the world can offend, and when a thing can no longer offend it ceases to exist in the old way. When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist.”
“What difference does it make?”
“Follow your heart, and your pleasure in art. Donâ€™t do what you think is going to be making you money, or what youâ€™re parents want you to do, or what that beautiful girl or guy thinks you should be doing. Do what you love. Itâ€™s going to lead to where you want to go. Go out there and make the world more beautiful. I know you can.”
“Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, 'I am not a crook.' Jimmy Carter says, 'I have lusted after women in my heart.' President Reagan says, 'I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope.”

Source : "TIME" Magazine, September 29, 1986.
“I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.”
“I think that if the political and social movement groups and organizations that operate in this country today had the same kind of energetic commitment that the medical ***** people have, many things could change in this country.”
“To be honest, I know there are shows that have a lot of women and they say, 'Oh, we love each other!' but I don't know if I totally believe it.”
“Take the years when youâ€™re young â€“ say, between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five, before you have a mortgage or kids or anything else that needs to be fed â€“ and go balls out on intuition and follow your dreams. Dreams wonâ€™t always take you on a straight path to destiny, but theyâ€™re usually related to what your soul wants for you. Theyâ€™ll force you to ask yourself the hard questions, theyâ€™ll kick your ass, and most importantly, theyâ€™ll turn you on.”

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