"It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done." Quotes

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. —Pablo Picasso artist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few. —Bill Watterson cartoonist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Do It! Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. —Theodore Roosevelt U.S. president”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“To Thine Own Self Be True Just keep moving forward and don’t give a shit about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you. —Johnny Depp actor”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn’t run away–I rose right where I’d been knocked down. And then that’s how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up! I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That’s it. —Maya Angelou writer”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“A couple of times I’ve been called on to do things–jobs or whatever–where I’ve felt, Maybe I’m not quite ready. Maybe it’s a little early for this to happen to me. But the rules are so ingrained. “Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterward” has helped me to be more adventurous. It has definitely helped me be less afraid. —Tina Fey comedian and writer”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do. —Eleanor Roosevelt humanitarian”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Hard times ain’t quit and we ain’t quit. —Meridel Le Sueur writer and activist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses. —George Washington Carver scientist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down. —Charles F. Kettering businessman”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“I keep on making what I can’t do yet in order to learn to be able to do it. —Vincent van Gogh artist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“It always seems impossible until it’s done. —Nelson Mandela politician and activist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“So how do you know what is the right path to choose to get the result that you desire? And the honest answer is this. You won’t. And accepting that greatly eases the anxiety of your life experience. —Jon Stewart humorist and talk show host”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“If you want a job, and you’re not as good as the next guy, then work longer than the next guy. Work faster. Be there before him–because talented people show up late, and sometimes shit needs to get done. —Kevin Costner actor”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do. —Bob Dylan musician”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“A lot of the time our ideas about what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They’re sucked in from other people. And we also suck in messages from everything from the television to advertising to marketing. . . . We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we’re truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it’s bad enough not getting what you want, but it’s even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn’t, in fact, what you wanted all along. —Alain de Botton philosopher”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. —J. C. Penney businessman”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. —Isak Dinesen writer”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. —Abraham Lincoln U.S. president”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. —Henry Ford industrialist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. —Steven Pressfield writer”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort. —Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. president”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers