“If you can't you must, and if you must you can.”

“Kill what you can't save
what you can't eat throw out
what you can't throw out bury

What you can't bury give away
what you can't give away you must carry with you,
it is always heavier than you thought.”

Margaret Atwood (1939) Canadian writer

“Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.”

William S. Burroughs book The Western Lands

“Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must.
Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse.”

Philip Pullman book The Amber Spyglass

“Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.”

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

“I can't do everything for you. You must walk alone to find your soul.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

“You can be anyone you want, but you must be real. ”

Jared Leto (1971) American actor and musician

“You must create your own path if you wish to become successful in life. Meaning, you must seek for success where you believe it can't be found and not where many individuals claim it's found.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“You must be the person you have never had the courage to be. Gradually, you will discover that you are that person, but until you can see this clearly, you must pretend and invent.”

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

“Be pretty if you can, be witty if you must, but be gracious if it kills you.”

Elsie De Wolfe (1865–1950) American interior decorationinterior decorator