Peace Pilgrim Quotes

The person who doesn't know something can't be done will often find a way to go ahead and do it.

It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do.

The greatest gift I've been given is being naive, because I don't know what I can't do. And when you don't know what you can't do, you think you can do everything.

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

I think there is something to be said for what you can do when you don't know what you aren't supposed to be able to do.

I like taking parts where I'm like: "I don't know how I'm going to do this exactly but I know I can do it." As opposed to doing something where you go: "There's nothing that I can contribute to this."

I know it's impossible. But I know I'll do it!

They did not know it was impossible so they did it

...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

When I went into film, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to do whatever I wanted to do. Maybe that was a good thing in the beginning. I had blinders on, and I charged forward.

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.

There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.

I made a film that was impossible to make, but I didn't know it was impossible, and that's how I was able to do it.

Great things are accomplished by men who are not conscious of the impotence of man. Such insensitiveness is precious.

I love to come to L.A. because it's one of the most inspiring places because there are no rules.

I've always been the type of person that thinks, 'If someone else can do it, so can I.'

I was always excited about doing things with people that were ahead of their time, that were sort of out of sync with the rest of society.

I never thought that I couldn't do what I set out to do. It wasn't from arrogance; it was from ignorance.

The doubters said, "Man can not fly," The doers said, "Maybe, but we'll try," And finally soared In the morning glow While non-believers Watched from below.

Imagination is the politics of dreams; imagination turns every word into a bottle rocket. . . . Imagine every day is Independence Day and save us from traveling the river changed; save us from hitchhiking the long road home. Imagine an escape. Imagine that your own shadow on the wall is a perfect door. Imagine a song stronger than penicillin. Imagine a spring with water that mends broken bones. Imagine a drum which wraps itself around your heart. Imagine a story that puts wood in the fireplace.

Impossible is not a fact... it's an opinion. What's impossible only remains so until someone finds a way to do what others are sure can't be done.

Remember, your motto is, if they can do it, I can do it!

I begin by imagining the impossible and end by accomplishing the impossible.

Don't let people who you may respect and who you believe know what they're talking about, don't let them tell you it can't be done because often they will tell you it can't be done, and it's just because they don't have the courage to try.

Somebody said that it couldn't be done But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it.