So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
- Topic: Determination, Dreams, Possibility
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This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
› Ludwig Van Beethoven
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, Can circumvent or hinder or control. The firm resolve of a determined soul. Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great; All things give way before it, soon or late.
› Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.
› Frederick Douglass
Impossible is just an opinion.
› Paulo Coelho
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
› F. Scott Fitzgerald
I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true.
› Walt Disney
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
› Earl Nightingale
Remember your dreams and fight for them. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible:the fear of failure.
› Paulo Coelho
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!
› Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Now, I say to you today my friends, event though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.
› Martin Luther King Jr.
Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.
› Albert Einstein
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
› Paulo Coelho
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
› Claude Bernard
The positive thinker see the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieve the impossible.
› Winston Churchill
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.
› Michael Phelps
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.
› Tony Robbins
