“It's hard to be what you can't see.”

— Jason Reynolds

On becoming a writer despite the lack of role models in “How a kid who didn’t read a book until he was 17 grew up to become a literary star” https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/he-didnt-read-books-as-a-kid-but-jason-reynolds-wants-to-make-sure-your-kids-do/2017/10/23/ed4b55da-9d4c-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html in Washington Post (2017 Oct 23)

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author of young adult novels 1983

Steve Maraboli (1975)

Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 110

“You can't be what you can't see.”

Marian Wright Edelman (1939) American children's rights activist

“It's just hard to see a friend hurt this much. Especially when you can't do anything except "be there". I want to make him stop hurting, but I can't.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”

Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer

Source: It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

“I've lost interest in the theatre because you can't get what you want ever. I used to think it would be wonderful to see what you had written come to life. Here in Australia it's very hard to get an adequate performance because of the state of the theatre; but even if you have the best actors in the world it's never what you visualised. One can't say all one wants to say, one can't convey it.”

Patrick White (1912–1990) English-born Australian writer

In The Making (1970)

“I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.”

James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States

“I hate clowns. You can't see what they're thinking.”

Geraldine McCaughrean book Peter Pan in Scarlet

Source: Peter Pan in Scarlet

“If you can't see God in All, You can't see God at All.”

Harbhajan Singh Yogi (1929–2004) Indian-American Sikh Yogi

As quoted inKundalini Yoga : The Flow of Eternal Power‎ (1998) by Shakti Pawha Kaur Khalsa; also in Education as Transformation : Religious Pluralism, Spirituality, and a New Vision for Higher Education in America (2000) by Victor H. Kazanjian and Peter L. Laurence

“Sometimes you have to take a hard decision and when you take such decision, you have to stand by it. It’s not everybody who sees what you are seeing.”

Ibukun Awosika (1962) Nigerian business magnate

Cited in " 8 business quotes from First Bank Chairperson Ibukun Awosika http://enterprise54.com/insights-from-ibukun-awosika-to-help-entrepreneurs-in-their-businesses/", 26 February 2013

“When your heart's not open you can't see what you've got.”

Tarkan (1972) Turkish singer

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Come Closer (2006)

“It's hard to be what you can't see.”

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