Spencer Johnson quotes

I think you have to be much more secure and much less angry to trust the simple. You've got to be in a pretty good place to trust those simple, obvious answers and, most important, to use them. (Spencer Johnson)
I was taking myself very seriously when I was going through life changes. And I realized that I needed to laugh at myself, particularly at my mistakes. View quote
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I grew up in Hollywood, California. A lot of my parents' friends were in the motion picture industry, but I saw their doctor friends as more solid. I admired them; there was a peacefulness in them, a sense of purpose that I liked. So I became very interested in being a surgeon. View quote
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Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. View quote
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Only when you stop doing what doesn't work, can things get better. View quote
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Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go. View quote
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See what you're doing wrong, laugh at it, change and do better. View quote
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When you move beyond your fear, you feel free. View quote
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Life moves on and so should we. View quote
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Being in the uncomfortable zone is much better than staying in the cheese-less situation . View quote
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Finding inner success is the best, easiest and infact the only way to achieve and enjoy everything else in life. (Spencer Johnson)
What would you do if you weren't afraid? View quote
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I guess we resist changing, because we are afraid of change. View quote
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Pain is the difference between what is and what I want it to be. View quote
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When you change what you believe, you change what you do. View quote
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Movement in new direction helps find new cheese. View quote
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He knew sometimes some fear can be good. When you are afraid things are going to get worse if you don't do something, it can prompt you into action. But it is not good when you are afraid that it keeps you from doing anything. View quote
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I have more fun, and enjoy more finan­cial suc­cess, when I stop try­ing to get what I want and start help­ing other peo­ple get what they want. View quote
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Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old. View quote
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It is safer to search in the maze than to remain in a cheeseless situation. View quote
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When you stop being afraid you feel good. (Spencer Johnson)
Sometimes, Hem, things change and they are never the same again. This looks like one of those times. That's life! Life moves on. And so should we. View quote
Spencer Johnson

Spencer Johnson

Occupation: American Writer
Born: November 24, 1938
Died: July 3, 2017
Quotes count: 22

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