“Even those who kept chanting that nothing was impossible ended up dying with unfulfilled dreams.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

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Congolese author 1996

Theodore Roethke (1908–1963) American poet

"Root Cellar," ll. 10-11
The Lost Son and Other Poems (1948)

“‎"Those who give up dreams, do injury to their own hearts and cannot possibly enjoy a profound sense of fulfillment in the end.”

Daisaku Ikeda (1928) Japanese writer

“The most content people are those who expect nothing, who have ceased to dream.”

Christopher Pike (1954) American author Kevin Christopher McFadden

Source: The Red Dice

“This world is for those who are born to conquer it, Not for those who dream that are able to conquer it, even if they're right.”

Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher

Source: Poems of Fernando Pessoa

“People who respect nothing dread fear. It is upon fear, therefore, that I have built up my organization. But understand me correctly, please. Those who work with me are afraid of nothing. Those who work for me are kept faithful, not so much because of their pay as because they know what might be done with them if they broke faith.”

Al Capone (1899–1947) American gangster

“After spending an adult life of unfulfilled dreams and promises, a man has to prove something to himself.”

John B. Anderson (1922–2017) American politician

As quoted in “Anderson Climbs Uphill Toting Heavyweight Issues” by Dan Balz, in The Washington Post (17 November 1979)
Context: After spending an adult life of unfulfilled dreams and promises, a man has to prove something to himself. Maybe I’m trying to sum it all up to convince myself that everything I’ve been doing makes sense. I guess, I just want to get it all off my chest before I close up the books.

“It all comes down to who is by your side and who is willing to stand up for love even when it seems impossible.”

Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember

Source: A Walk to Remember

“Women still dream and hope, pin their emotions on some man who doesn't reciprocate, and end up in confusion.”

Elisabeth Elliot book Passion and Purity

Source: Passion and Purity

“Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.”

Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher

Section 44
Reflections on the Human Condition (1973)

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”

Alexander the Great (-356–-323 BC) King of Macedon

On taking charge of an attack on a fortress, in Pushing to the Front, or, Success under Difficulties : A Book of Inspiration (1896) by Orison Swett Marden, p. 55

“Even those who kept chanting that nothing was impossible ended up dying with unfulfilled dreams.”

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