Possible And Impossible Quotes

• Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

  "Everybody's political what's what?" by George Bernard Shaw, Chapter XXXVII, (p. 330), 1944.

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• Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.

  Louis D. Brandeis

  Perseverance, Motivation, Fear

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• Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.

  Charles Kettering

  Motivational, Positive, Faith

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• Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Thinking

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• The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

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• What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.495, Simon and Schuster

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• What is the beautiful, if not the impossible.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Beauty, Beautiful, Achieving The Impossible

  Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1980). “The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857”, p.7, Harvard University Press

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• We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Charles R. Swindoll (1997). “Three Steps Forwards, Two Steps Back”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc

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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

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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  Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!

  Audrey Hepburn

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

  Eric Hoffer

  Work, Ambition, Men

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• There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

  Alexander the Great

  Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting

  "Pushing to the Front, or, Success under Difficulties: A Book of Inspiration". Book by Orison Swett Marden (p. 55), 1896.

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• We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Believe

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• So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

  Christopher Reeve

  Positive, Inspiring, Graduation

  Christopher Reeve (1998). “Still Me”, Random House Incorporated

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• What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

  Theodore Roethke

  Inspirational, Faith, Teaching

  Theodore Roethke, Carolyn Kizer (2013). “On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose”, p.93, Copper Canyon Press

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  The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

  George Santayana

  Motivational, Perseverance, Courage

  Quoted in Reader's Digest, Nov. 1939 See Calonne 1; Nansen 1; Trollope 3

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• There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Apr 08, 2014

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• Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

  Helen Keller

  Positive, Hope, Encouragement

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• I love those who yearn for the impossible.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Philosophy, Life Is Good

  "Faust, Part 2". Book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Act II, "Classical Walpurgis Night", 1832.

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• Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Fables (Book VIII)". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668-1694.

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  Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

  Amelia Earhart

  Motivational, Strong Women, Blessing

  "On a wing and a prayer" by Maxie Szalwinska, www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2007.

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  The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

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• Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

  Lewis Carroll

  Children, Creativity, Ignorance

  Through the Looking-Glass ch. 5 (1872)

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• In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Life And Love, Creativity, Impossible Things

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• Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  "Famous Sayings and their Authors" by Edward Latham, (p. 138), 1906.

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