It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.
Interpretation
Dreams and hopes shape our reality over time.
This quote by Robert H. Goddard highlights the transformative power of dreams and aspirations. It suggests that what may seem impossible today can be achieved through hope and determination, as yesterday's dreams can eventually become the foundations of tomorrow's reality.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students during graduation.
How many more years I shall be able to work on the problem I do not know; I hope, as long as I live. There can be no thought of finishing, for 'aiming at the stars' both literally and figuratively, is a problem to occupy generations, so that no matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning.
The only barrier to human development is ignorance, and this is not insurmountable.
Every vision is a joke until the first man accomplishes it; once realized, it becomes commonplace.
It is not a simple matter to differentiate unsuccessful from successful experiments. . . .[Most] work that is finally successful is the result of a series of unsuccessful tests in which difficulties are gradually eliminated.
Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
If you don't come walking back to the pits every once in a while holding a steering wheel in your hands, you're not trying hard enough
Perseverance is more than endurance. It is endurance combined with absolute assurance and certainty that what we are looking for is going to happen.
No matter where you are now, whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve.
This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.
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