“People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.”
Stephen King book The Stand
Source: The Stand
2016, Interview with Bill Kristol (2016)
“People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.”
Stephen King book The Stand
Source: The Stand
“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
André Gide (1869–1951) French novelist and essayist
Si le grain ne meurt [If It Die] (1924), ch. III
Source: Autumn Leaves
“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.”
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome
Source: The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
“All things are possible until they are proven impossible.”
Pearl S. Buck (1892–1973) American writer
Lewis Pugh (1969) Environmental campaigner, maritime lawyer and endurance swimmer
There's a big difference.
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“I always wanted to have the courage to do totally crazy, impossible, and also wrong things.”
Isa Genzken (1948) German sculptor
Quote of Isa Genzken, 1994; as cited on the website of Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/exhibitions/isa-genzken#sthash.9tR3JC9l.dpuf: exhibition Isa Genzken: Mach dich Hübsch! 11-2015 - 03-2016. <br class="br">1990 - 2000
“The neurotic always wishes people would let him alone - until they do.”
Mignon McLaughlin (1913–1983) American journalist
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Neurotics and neurosis