Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

If you really want to do it, you do it. There are no excuses.

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.

Those who say, 'It can't be done,' are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Banish the words 'I can't' from your vocabulary. Remember: If 'can't' equals 'won't', 'can' equals 'will.'

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

A will finds a way.

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in a million that you can do something, anything, to keep what you want from ending, do it. Pry the door open or, if need be, wedge your foot in that door and keep it open.

I work on the motto that if something's not impossible, there must be a way to do it.

If you want something, and you find an obstacle, you need to get over it. By any means necessary.

In life, there is no such thing as impossible; it's always possible.

If I can do it, anyone can do it.

You can't try to make something crazy happen when nothing is there. You've just got to keep pushing.

If it doesn't seem possible, nothing much gets done.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

When I decide to do something, I do it.

I was brought up on a farm, and I've learned that every opportunity that I've had in my life has come from hard work and persistence.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

If you have passion, there is no need for excuses because your enthusiasm will trump any negative reasoning you might come up with. Enthusiasm makes excuses a nonissue.

Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.

I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.