Quote by Barbara Sher

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimm

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of action over mere imagination or thought. It explains that there is a significant difference between thinking about doing something and actually doing it. While our inner instinct often urges caution and avoidance of unfamiliar or intense actions, the quote argues that this defense mechanism is misguided. It suggests that taking risks and diving into new experiences can be breathtaking and worthwhile, indicating that anything worth doing is worth doing without delay.

Topics

Action(s)

By Barbara Sher

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

You cannot be kind unless you have all the other virtues.

You cannot be kind unless you have all the other virtues.

Christianity

The production of children, the nurture of those born, and t

The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.

Men

Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect

Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.

Respect

Science without religion is lame. Religion without science i

Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.

Albert Einstein

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have ga

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we do.

Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation tha

Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying what we know.

Cullen Hightower

Conversation

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until y

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. Or something. I dunno, I was only half listening. Becca said it, anyway. Ask her.http://www.beliefnet.com/story/159/story_15928_1.html

Time

I could draw Bloom County with my nose and pay my cleaning l

I could draw Bloom County with my nose and pay my cleaning lady to write it, and I'd bet I wouldn't lose 10 % of my papers over the next twenty years. Such is the nature of comic-strips. Once established, their half-life is usually more than nuclear waste.

Artist

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if

The only difference between a good shot and a bad shot is if it goes in or not.

Charles Barkley

Basketball

A victim mentality is a prolonged form of suicide.

A victim mentality is a prolonged form of suicide.

Suicide Victim Mentality Self Pity

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I

How do you go from where you are to where you want to be? I think you have to have an enthusiasm for life. You have to have a dream, a goal, and you have to be willing to work for it.

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give

The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.

Life