If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.

— Murray Bookchin, U.S. libertarian socialist author, historian, and political theorist, who was a pioneer in the ecology movement, 1921-2006

The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the pathway of the strong.

— Unknown Source

There are no extraordinary people, only ordinary people with extraordinary challenges to take on.

— Unknown Source

If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.

— Unknown Source

You must do things you think you cannot do.

— Eleanor Roosevelt, politician, diplomat, and activist who was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, 1884-1962

If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable.

— Murray Bookchin, U.S. libertarian socialist author, historian, and political theorist, who was a pioneer in the ecology movement, 1921-2006

The block of granite which is an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the pathway of the strong.

— Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

— Jonathan Kozol, U.S. educator, activist, and prize-winning author, Born 1936

It’s not how hard you hit. It’s how hard you get hit in life . . . and keep moving forward.

— Randy Pausch, U.S. professor of computer science and design, 1960-2008

We can throw stones, complain about them, stumble on them, climb over them, or . . . build with them.

— William A. Ward, U.S. writer of essays, maxims, and poems, 1921-1994

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

— Unknown source

A wounded deer leaps the highest.

— Emily Dickinson, U.S. poet, 1830-1886

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

— English proverb
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