“I’ve always had the feeling that nothing is impossible if one applies a certain amount of energy in the right direction. If you want to do it, you can do it.” -Nellie Bly (pseudonym of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1864 - 1922))
“Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“You can’t pick a lock with a pickle, you can’t cure the sick with a sickle, pluck figs with a figment, drive pigs with a pigment, nor make your watch tick with a tickle. You can’t slacken your gait with a gaiter, you can’t get a crate with a crater, catch moles with a molar, or bake rolls with a roller. But you can get a wait from a waiter.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Sunshine Magazine”
“Never let the word ‘impossible’ stop you from pursuing what your heart and spirit urge you to do. Impossible things come true every day.” -Robert Cooper
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“The faith and belief that something can be done is more important than the knowledge of how to do it, because when we believe something can be done, by persistence we will find a way to do it.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” -Vince Lombardi (Vincent Thomas ‘Vince’ Lombardi (1913 - 1970))
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” -Author Unknown
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“I’m always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890)): letter (1885) to Anthon van Rappard
“When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.” -Nancy Coey
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“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” -Doug Larson (Douglas Lincoln ‘Doug’ Larson (1926 - 2017))
“What we need are more people who specialize in the impossible.” -Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
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“I believe anything is possible. Research into quantum physics proves that a system changes simply by someone observing it. Therefore, all you have to do is be awake and aware of your environment, and that enables you to transform everything around you. It sounds like hocus pocus, but scientists are coming to realize that just thinking about something can make it happen. Turns out maybe faith can move mountains.” -Christine Anderson
“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.” -Louis Brandeis (Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856 - 1941))
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“Most of the things worth doing in the world have been declared impossible before they were attempted.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Impossible things are simply those which so far have never been done.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
“You can’t pick a lock with a pickle, you can’t cure the sick with a sickle, pluck figs with a figment, drive pigs with a pigment, nor make your watch tick with a tickle. You can’t slacken your gait with a gaiter, you can’t get a crate with a crater, catch moles with a molar, or bake rolls with a roller. But you can get a wait from a waiter.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Sunshine Magazine”
“Never let the word ‘impossible’ stop you from pursuing what your heart and spirit urge you to do. Impossible things come true every day.” -Robert Cooper
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“The faith and belief that something can be done is more important than the knowledge of how to do it, because when we believe something can be done, by persistence we will find a way to do it.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” -Vince Lombardi (Vincent Thomas ‘Vince’ Lombardi (1913 - 1970))
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” -Author Unknown
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“I’m always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” -Vincent van Gogh (Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853 - 1890)): letter (1885) to Anthon van Rappard
“When work, commitment, and pleasure all become one and you reach that deep well where passion lives, nothing is impossible.” -Nancy Coey
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“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” -Doug Larson (Douglas Lincoln ‘Doug’ Larson (1926 - 2017))
“What we need are more people who specialize in the impossible.” -Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
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“I believe anything is possible. Research into quantum physics proves that a system changes simply by someone observing it. Therefore, all you have to do is be awake and aware of your environment, and that enables you to transform everything around you. It sounds like hocus pocus, but scientists are coming to realize that just thinking about something can make it happen. Turns out maybe faith can move mountains.” -Christine Anderson
“Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.” -Louis Brandeis (Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856 - 1941))
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“Most of the things worth doing in the world have been declared impossible before they were attempted.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)
“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’ ‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’” -Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 - 1898)): “Through the Looking-Glass” (1872), chapter 5
“Things that are impossible just take longer.” -Ian Hickson
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“I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.” -Wernher von Braun (Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (1912 - 1977))
“What is impossible today that if made possible would change everything?” -Joel Barker
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“If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.” -William Lyon Phelps (William Lyon ‘Billy’ Phelps (1865 - 1943))
“The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.” -Fridtjof Nansen (1861 - 1930): as quoted in the “Listener” (14 December 1939)
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“The impossible is often the untried.” -Jim Goodwin
“It is our duty as human beings to proceed as though the limits of our capabilities do not exist.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955)
“The impossible: What nobody can do, until somebody does.” -Author Unknown
“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” -Arthur C. Clarke (Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 - 2008))
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“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” -Alexander of Macedonia (also known as Alexander the Great (356 B.C.E. - 323 B.C.E.))
“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.” -John Heywood (about 1497 - 1580): “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
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“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.” -Richard M. DeVos (Richard Marvin DeVos, Senior (1926 - 2018))
“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” -Robert H. Goddard (Robert Hutchings ‘Bob’ Goddard (1882 - 1945))
“‘Impossible’ is not a scientific term.” -Vanna Bonta (1953 - 2014): ‘Space’ published in “The Space Review” (25 October 2004)
“It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))
“When someone tells you that you can’t do something, perhaps you should consider that they are only telling you what they can’t do.” -Sheldon Cahoon
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“Things that are impossible just take longer.” -Ian Hickson
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“I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.” -Wernher von Braun (Wernher Magnus Maximilian, Freiherr von Braun (1912 - 1977))
“What is impossible today that if made possible would change everything?” -Joel Barker
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“If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible.” -William Lyon Phelps (William Lyon ‘Billy’ Phelps (1865 - 1943))
“The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.” -Fridtjof Nansen (1861 - 1930): as quoted in the “Listener” (14 December 1939)
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“The impossible is often the untried.” -Jim Goodwin
“It is our duty as human beings to proceed as though the limits of our capabilities do not exist.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955)
“The impossible: What nobody can do, until somebody does.” -Author Unknown
“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” -Arthur C. Clarke (Arthur Charles Clarke (1917 - 2008))
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“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” -Alexander of Macedonia (also known as Alexander the Great (356 B.C.E. - 323 B.C.E.))
“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.” -John Heywood (about 1497 - 1580): “The Proverbs of John Heywood” (1546)
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“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.” -Richard M. DeVos (Richard Marvin DeVos, Senior (1926 - 2018))
“It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.” -Robert H. Goddard (Robert Hutchings ‘Bob’ Goddard (1882 - 1945))
“‘Impossible’ is not a scientific term.” -Vanna Bonta (1953 - 2014): ‘Space’ published in “The Space Review” (25 October 2004)
“It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))
“When someone tells you that you can’t do something, perhaps you should consider that they are only telling you what they can’t do.” -Sheldon Cahoon
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“The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.” -Walter Bagehot (1826 - 1877)
“You can do the impossible, because you have been through the unimaginable.” -Christina Rasmussen (born 1972)
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“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” -Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)
“What is not yet done is only what we have not yet attempted to do.” -Alexis de Tocqueville (Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (1805 - 1859))
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“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” -Author Unknown
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” -Jamie Paolinetti (born 1964)
“There is no limitation other than what you think.” -Kenneth Mills
“Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))
“Impossible only defines the degree of difficulty.” -Author Unknown
“You have to believe in the impossible.” -Howard Head
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“What is possible? What you will.” -Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare: “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers” (1827)
“We have no limits - we create them in our mind.” -Bud LaBranche
“Everything is always impossible before it works.” -Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work is as impossible as it is to live without being born.” -A. P. Gouthey (Aldolph Philip Gouthey (some sources may show Adolph Philip Gouthey) (1892 - 1963))
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“The impossible is possible if you want it to be.” -Author Unknown
“Nothing is impossible.” -Author Unknown
“So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” -Norton Juster (born 1929): “The Phantom Tollbooth” (1961)
I May, I Might, I Must
If you will tell me why the fen*
appears impassable, I then
will tell you why I think that I
can get across if I try.
by Marianne Moore
*fen: a wetland or often flooded area
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“You cannot make a silk purse of a sow’s ear.” -Stephen Gosson (1554 - 1624): “The Ephemerides of Phialo” (1579)
“Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing but the unwillingness to do it.” -William A. Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981))
“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.” -George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” -Author Unknown: Adidas print advertisement published in “ESPN” (1972) magazine, as attributed in John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)): “The Difference Maker” (2006), page 53
“Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” -Edwin Land (Edwin Herbert Land (1909 - 1991))
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“There is a better way to spell ‘impossible’: ‘I’m possible.’” -Author Unknown
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“You can do the impossible, because you have been through the unimaginable.” -Christina Rasmussen (born 1972)
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“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” -Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)
“What is not yet done is only what we have not yet attempted to do.” -Alexis de Tocqueville (Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, comte de Tocqueville (1805 - 1859))
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“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” -Author Unknown
“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.” -Jamie Paolinetti (born 1964)
“There is no limitation other than what you think.” -Kenneth Mills
“Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))
“Impossible only defines the degree of difficulty.” -Author Unknown
“You have to believe in the impossible.” -Howard Head
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“What is possible? What you will.” -Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare: “Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers” (1827)
“We have no limits - we create them in our mind.” -Bud LaBranche
“Everything is always impossible before it works.” -Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
“To get profit without risk, experience without danger, and reward without work is as impossible as it is to live without being born.” -A. P. Gouthey (Aldolph Philip Gouthey (some sources may show Adolph Philip Gouthey) (1892 - 1963))
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“The impossible is possible if you want it to be.” -Author Unknown
“Nothing is impossible.” -Author Unknown
“So many things are possible just as long as you don’t know they’re impossible.” -Norton Juster (born 1929): “The Phantom Tollbooth” (1961)
I May, I Might, I Must
If you will tell me why the fen*
appears impassable, I then
will tell you why I think that I
can get across if I try.
by Marianne Moore
*fen: a wetland or often flooded area
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“You cannot make a silk purse of a sow’s ear.” -Stephen Gosson (1554 - 1624): “The Ephemerides of Phialo” (1579)
“Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing but the unwillingness to do it.” -William A. Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981))
“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.” -George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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“Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” -Author Unknown: Adidas print advertisement published in “ESPN” (1972) magazine, as attributed in John C. Maxwell (John Calvin Maxwell (born 1947)): “The Difference Maker” (2006), page 53
“Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” -Edwin Land (Edwin Herbert Land (1909 - 1991))
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“There is a better way to spell ‘impossible’: ‘I’m possible.’” -Author Unknown
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“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says, ‘I’m possible’!” -Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993)
“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the Moon.” -Paul Brandt
“Anything in life is possible if you make it happen. And it’s never too late.” -Jack LaLanne (François Henri ’Jack’ LaLanne (1914 - 2011))
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“What is now proven was once only imagined.” -William Blake (1757 - 1827): “Proverbs of Hell” (1790 - 1793)
“When someone tells you it can’t be done, it’s more a reflection of their limitations, not yours.” -Author Unknown
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“She didn’t know that it couldn’t be done, so she went ahead and did it.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Mary’s Almanac”
“Impossible is only an opinion.” -Author Unknown
“I dwell in possibility.” -Emily Dickinson (Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
“To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
“Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” -J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965))
“Never tell a young person that something cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” -John Andrew Holmes (1874 - 1937): “Wisdom in Small Doses” (1927)
“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.” -Author Unknown
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“Nothing is impossible to industry*.” -Periander (about 625 B.C.E. - about 585 B.C.E.)
*industry: hard work
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“Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.” -Cherie Carter-Scott (born 1949)
“Nothing is impossible: there are ways which lead to everything; and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))
“It’s going to be difficult, but difficult is not impossible.” -Author Unknown
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“Only one who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.” [translation to English]
“Sólo el que ensaya lo absurdo es capaz de conquistar lo imposible.” [original Spanish]
-Miguel de Unamuno: “Vida de D. Quijote y Sancho: Según Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: Explicada y Comentada por Miguel de Unamuno” (1905), pages 175 and 176
“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the Moon.” -Paul Brandt
“Anything in life is possible if you make it happen. And it’s never too late.” -Jack LaLanne (François Henri ’Jack’ LaLanne (1914 - 2011))
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“What is now proven was once only imagined.” -William Blake (1757 - 1827): “Proverbs of Hell” (1790 - 1793)
“When someone tells you it can’t be done, it’s more a reflection of their limitations, not yours.” -Author Unknown
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“She didn’t know that it couldn’t be done, so she went ahead and did it.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Mary’s Almanac”
“Impossible is only an opinion.” -Author Unknown
“I dwell in possibility.” -Emily Dickinson (Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
“To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.” -Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)
“Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.” -J. K. Rowling (Joanne Kathleen ‘Jo’ Rowling (born 1965))
“Never tell a young person that something cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” -John Andrew Holmes (1874 - 1937): “Wisdom in Small Doses” (1927)
“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.” -Author Unknown
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“Nothing is impossible to industry*.” -Periander (about 625 B.C.E. - about 585 B.C.E.)
*industry: hard work
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“Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.” -Cherie Carter-Scott (born 1949)
“Nothing is impossible: there are ways which lead to everything; and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means.” -François de La Rochefoucauld (also known as François Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680))
“It’s going to be difficult, but difficult is not impossible.” -Author Unknown
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“Only one who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible.” [translation to English]
“Sólo el que ensaya lo absurdo es capaz de conquistar lo imposible.” [original Spanish]
-Miguel de Unamuno: “Vida de D. Quijote y Sancho: Según Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: Explicada y Comentada por Miguel de Unamuno” (1905), pages 175 and 176
Overheard: If you live on Impossible Street, you might want to move to Possible Street.
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951))
“If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” -Jesus of Nazareth: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Mark,’ chapter 9, verse 23
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
“Think of the thing you cannot do, and then do it.” -Author Unknown
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“What ‘exists’ is only a small part of what is ‘possible.’” -Pere Alberch (born Pere Alberch Vie (1954 - 1998))
“Every noble work is at first impossible.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): “Past and Present” (1843), Chapter XI: ‘Labour’
“All things are possible until they are proved impossible. Even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” -Pearl S. Buck (Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known as Sai Zhenzhu (1892 - 1973)): “A Bridge for Passing” (1962)
“Do not suppose that, if you find something hard to achieve, it is beyond human capacity; rather, if something is possible and appropriate for man, assume that it must also be within your own reach.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “The Meditations” (C.E. 167)
“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” -Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” -Tommy Lasorda (Thomas Charles ‘Tommy’ Lasorda (born 1927))
“Impossibility simply means ‘I’m possibility.’” -Monsieur Nana Adom
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“It is certain because it is impossible.” [translation to English]
“Certum est quia impossibile.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (also known simply as Tertullian (about C.E. 155 - about C.E. 240))
“Nothing is impossible to the man who can will and then do; this is the only law of success.” -Mirabeau (Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau (1749 - 1791))
“All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.” -Frank Richards
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“That which is impossible today will be possible tomorrow.” -Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
“To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 5138
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia” (1759), Chapter 12
“Once you stop dismissing something as unattainable, then you start working on its development.” -Jerome Pearson
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“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” -Arnold Palmer (Arnold Daniel Palmer (1929 - 2016))
“And all may do what has by man been done.” -Edward Young (1683 - 1765): “Night Thoughts” (1742 - 1745), Night VI, line 606
“You can’t roller-skate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you’ve a mind to.” -Roger Miller (Roger Dean Miller, Senior (1936 - 1992))
“Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870)): “David Copperfield” (1849 - 1850)
“Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.” -Gillian Anderson, excerpt from the foreword in “Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks” (1999)
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” -Walt Disney (Walter Elias ‘Walt’ Disney (1901 - 1966)): as attributed in Derek Walker: “Animated Architecture” (December 1982), page 10
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“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951))
“If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” -Jesus of Nazareth: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Mark,’ chapter 9, verse 23
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” -Charles R. Swindoll (Charles Rozell ‘Chuck’ Swindoll (born 1934))
“Think of the thing you cannot do, and then do it.” -Author Unknown
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“What ‘exists’ is only a small part of what is ‘possible.’” -Pere Alberch (born Pere Alberch Vie (1954 - 1998))
“Every noble work is at first impossible.” -Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881): “Past and Present” (1843), Chapter XI: ‘Labour’
“All things are possible until they are proved impossible. Even the impossible may only be so, as of now.” -Pearl S. Buck (Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known as Sai Zhenzhu (1892 - 1973)): “A Bridge for Passing” (1962)
“Do not suppose that, if you find something hard to achieve, it is beyond human capacity; rather, if something is possible and appropriate for man, assume that it must also be within your own reach.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180)): “The Meditations” (C.E. 167)
“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.” -Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man’s determination.” -Tommy Lasorda (Thomas Charles ‘Tommy’ Lasorda (born 1927))
“Impossibility simply means ‘I’m possibility.’” -Monsieur Nana Adom
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Daffynitions and Definitions” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“It is certain because it is impossible.” [translation to English]
“Certum est quia impossibile.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (also known simply as Tertullian (about C.E. 155 - about C.E. 240))
“Nothing is impossible to the man who can will and then do; this is the only law of success.” -Mirabeau (Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau (1749 - 1791))
“All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.” -Frank Richards
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Fun and Learning about Simpletons and Sages” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont.
“That which is impossible today will be possible tomorrow.” -Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky
“To believe a Business impossible, is the Way to make it so.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 5138
“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia” (1759), Chapter 12
“Once you stop dismissing something as unattainable, then you start working on its development.” -Jerome Pearson
Continue scrolling down this website page to read the rest of the article, or click or tap on these words to read “Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Beginnings And Starting” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont.
“The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.” -Arnold Palmer (Arnold Daniel Palmer (1929 - 2016))
“And all may do what has by man been done.” -Edward Young (1683 - 1765): “Night Thoughts” (1742 - 1745), Night VI, line 606
“You can’t roller-skate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you’ve a mind to.” -Roger Miller (Roger Dean Miller, Senior (1936 - 1992))
“Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870)): “David Copperfield” (1849 - 1850)
“Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears.” -Gillian Anderson, excerpt from the foreword in “Girl Boss: Running the Show Like the Big Chicks” (1999)
“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” -Walt Disney (Walter Elias ‘Walt’ Disney (1901 - 1966)): as attributed in Derek Walker: “Animated Architecture” (December 1982), page 10
We are MFOL! . . . wishing you many trouble-free days as you make your way through a world in which more and more is possible all the time . . .
