Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.
Interpretation
Most people who say something can't be done are simply unwilling to try.
This quote by William Feather emphasizes that the primary barrier to achieving goals is often an individual's reluctance to put in the effort. It suggests that many assertions of impossibility stem not from reality but from a lack of willingness, urging us to overcome our doubts and take action.
In practice
This quote can inspire someone who feels discouraged about starting a new project.
An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know, and it's knowing how to use the information once you get it.
Do not forget: seek to win all your battles, including those you fight against yourself. Do not fear the scars. Do not be afraid of victory.
If you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? Carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary.
To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.
You don't enter a dance studio and say "I can't do that." If you do, then why are you in the studio in the first place?
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