52 Quotes by David Viscott

Everyone needs time for woolgathering, resting, for avoiding the sound of another human voice or just for paying attention to the counsel of one's inner thoughts and feelings. Everyone needs to remain in touch with the quiet parts of their thoughts that do not easily find their way into consciousness amid the noisy stresses of daily life.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

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 gift away.

If you could get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed.

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 be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.

You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make Better Oven.'

No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.