David Viscott Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.”

“Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.”

“This is really America in therapy, people trying to get themselves together and be whole.”