A Quote by Caroline Myss

Get a backbone, not a wishbone. — © Caroline Myss
Get a backbone, not a wishbone.

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We like them big ... but we'll settle for players with three kinds of bones - a funnybone, a wishbone and a backbone. The funnybone is to enjoy a laugh, even at one's own expense. The wishbone is to think by, set one's goals high and have dreams and ambitions. And the backbone - well, that's what a player needs to get up and go to work and make those dreams come true.
We need a backbone, not a wishbone.
The wishbone will never replace the backbone.
Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where you backbone ought to be.
The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone.
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
Many a man has failed because he had his wishbone where his backbone should have been.
Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.
Put your backbone where your wishbone is.
Dream big . . . don't let anybody or anything break your wishbone. Stay strong, full of faith, and courageous... keep that backbone straight. And along the way, don't forget to laugh and enjoy the journey.
You don't need a wishbone, you need a backbone.
You see that in his foreign policy [Barack] Obama lacks a backbone - both a constitutional backbone and a personal backbone.
Although she was not a politician, my grandmother gave me the most important lesson I've ever received and one I carry with me today. That all you need to be successful in life is three things: your wishbone to dream big, your jawbone to speak the truth, and your backbone to persevere through it all.
Sometimes it's great to have a backbone, but you've got to be careful. Remember that sometimes, when you hurt your backbone, you can't get it fixed because you don't have enough money.
The farmers may be the backbone of the country, but who wants to be a backbone?
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