"It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers
By (Author) Kathryn Petras
By (author) Ross Petras
Workman Publishing
Workman Adult
1st July 2014
22nd April 2014
United States
General
Non Fiction
Quotations, proverbs and sayings
158
Paperback
396
Width 100mm, Height 152mm, Spine 24mm
230g
Pursuing a dream is hard work, but the right words delivered at the right timeby people whove been there and done thatcan give us just the motivation we need. The right words can rekindle our enthusiasm, re-energize our efforts, dispel doubt, let us know were not alone, and show us that the fight is worth itand winnable.
Kathryn and Ross Petras are masters at choosing and delivering just the right words. Their bookssuch as Age Doesnt Matter Unless Youre a Cheese and Dance First. Think Later.and bestselling calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, have over 5.2 million copies in print. Now comes a book for dreamers and doers, plus writers, entrepreneurs, graduates, artists, future movers and shakers. Collecting the hard-won, brilliantly expressed advice from pioneers who have paved the way, including everyone from Rumi to Steve Jobs, Michelangelo to Oprah to Tina Fey, It Always Seems Impossible Until Its Done is like a rousing locker-room speech, inspiring courage, commitment, and perseverance.
Ive missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. Ive lost almost 300 games. 26 times, Ive been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. Ive failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
Go for it, baby! Life aint no dress rehearsal.
Tallulah Bankhead
Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.
Neil Gaiman
If you arent in over your head, how do you know how tall you are
T. S. Eliot
It always seems impossible until its done.
Nelson Mandela
Kathryn and Ross Petras, sister and brother, are great curators of quotes whose calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, has sold over 4.6 million copies. Kathryn Petras lives in Seattle.
Ross and Kathryn Petras, brother and sister, are great curators of quotes whose calendar, The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said, has sold over 4.6 million copies. Ross Petras lives in Toronto.