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What is impossible?

March 8, 2012 by Alan R Leave a Comment

What do you think is impossible?  I just finished reading 50 Impossible Quotes from Joel Runyon at the Blog of Impossible Things.  Here are a few that struck me:

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done.  God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

– G M Trevelyan

Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible

– Doug Larson

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

In order to attain the impossible one must attempt the absurd

– Miguel de Cervantes

What if you told yourself that the impossible was possible… how would that change your life?

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Things which matter most…

December 19, 2011 by Alan R Leave a Comment

Papercut family“…must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, nineteenth-century dramatist, poet, and polymath

I like quotes by famous people (and some by not so famous people).  I happened upon this one while reading The Personal MBA: Master The Art of Business by Josh Kaufman (A really, really great book by the way; truly a MUST read).  As I read this and many other quotes, I reflect on my own life and how I can apply this little bit of wisdom to make me a better person.  Am I focusing on the things that matter most to me?

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Goethe, Josh Kaufman, quotes, success, The Personal MBA

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