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You are here: Home / Hacks / 25 Quotes To Inspire You To Do The Impossible

25 Quotes To Inspire You To Do The Impossible

August 12, 2010 By Joel Runyon 104 Comments

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela

“To believe a thing impossible is to make it so.” – French Proverb

“Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” – G. M. Trevelyan

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

“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll

“It is either easy or impossible.” – Salvador Dali

“To the timid and hesitating everything is impossible because it seems so.” – Sir Walter Scott

“We have more power than will; and it is often by way of excuse to ourselves that we fancy things are impossible.” – Francois Duc De la Rochefoucauld

“Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.” – Robert A. Heinlein

“The word impossible is not in my dictionary.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“Impossible only means that you haven’t found the solution yet.” – Anonymous

“No one gets very far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day.” – Elbert Hubbard

“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” – Marcus Aurelius

“What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.” – Anthony Robbins

“The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams

“We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.” – Vince Lombardi

“The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” – Robert Schuller

“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.” – Anonymous

“In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” – Miguel de Cervantes

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho

“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.” – Amelia Earhart

“Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.” – Charles F. Kettering

“Every noble work is at first impossible.” – Thomas Carlyle

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” – Alexander the Great

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney

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I started IMPOSSIBLE to push myself to try to live a life worth writing about by pushing my limits, living an adventure & telling a great story by doing the impossible. You can get free updates in your inbox via your new favorite newsletter, free fitness training tutorials, and see all my businesses at Impossible X and our philanthropic efforts at Impossible.org

Comments

  1. David Crandall says

    August 12, 2010 at 10:05 am

    These are great, Joel. My favorite is by far the last one by Disney. 🙂

    I love that you continue to challenge people to do what they have believed to be impossible. Keep it up!

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 12, 2010 at 1:44 pm

      I have about 3 favorite ones here, but that’s one of ’em. Thanks David! Keep doing the Impossible at HD. Better see you speak at SXSW this spring 🙂

      Reply
      • Chris Navarro says

        September 8, 2012 at 6:41 am

        Joel I have been a professional artist as a bronze sculptor for over 26 years. I specialize in large monumental sculpture. I love it when others tell me I can’t do something. I love it when I prove them wrong. If you want to do something bad enough you will find a way. If not you will find an excuse! You can check out my sculptures at http://www.chrisnavarro.com It is all in the power of belief.

        Reply
        • Elisabeth says

          January 18, 2014 at 1:29 pm

          Note to Chris Navarro: I tried to log on to your website but found that your godaddy subscription had ended two days ago. I don’t know whether you’re aware of this, so I thought I’d drop you a note here in case it helps as a reminder for you to renew it if you plan to keep it open. I saw some your work on another site and it’s impressive! Congratulations!

          Reply
    • Lorcán says

      August 24, 2012 at 8:50 am

      “It is either easy or impossible.” – Salvador Dali

      That’s ridiculous ! The Apollo moon landings weren’t easy. Defeating Nazism wasn’t easy. Finding a cure for cancer isn’t easy. Comforting a dying child isn’t easy. The list is endless. Some quotes are just silly.

      Reply
      • Sam says

        September 23, 2012 at 9:25 pm

        @Lorcán, I don’t think that quote is meant to be literal. It’s only because if we find it easy, we do it. But when it gets really difficult, we find it impossible. Quoting Paulo Coelho “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

        Reply
  2. Milt says

    August 12, 2010 at 10:17 am

    Impossibly incredible post, Joel.
    Hard to pick a favorite but,
    “It is either easy or impossible.” – Salvador Dali
    is a definite contender.
    Thanks

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 12, 2010 at 1:46 pm

      Thanks Milt! Dali’s, Mandela & Disney were my favorites 🙂 Glad you liked them!

      Reply
  3. Josh Crocker says

    August 12, 2010 at 10:50 am

    I love the 3rd! Two others come to mind:

    “Do one thing every day that scares you” (unknown)

    “I guess I’m not really good at reality” (Ferriss, The Four Hour Workweek)

    Love it Joel! Thanks for the inspiration!!

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 12, 2010 at 1:47 pm

      Thank you Josh!
      “Do one thing everyday that scares you” – I like that a lot 🙂

      Reply
      • Josh Crocker says

        August 12, 2010 at 2:35 pm

        I like it also. It’s terrifyingly good advice to bring action to a dull day! 🙂

        Reply
        • Joel Runyon says

          August 12, 2010 at 5:44 pm

          Terrifying is right! 🙂

          Reply
  4. Steve says

    August 12, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Very inspirational quotes! thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 12, 2010 at 1:48 pm

      No problem Steve! Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  5. Jess says

    August 12, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    This is easily my favorite one:

    “We have more power than will; and it is often by way of excuse to ourselves that we fancy things are impossible.”

    The word “can’t” is all in our heads. I don’t think of things as impossible on a full term scale. At this point in time, it is not possible for me to do one unassisted pull-up, but at some point in the future, I will be able to do one 🙂

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 12, 2010 at 2:59 pm

      it’s often an excuse, an easy way out. It’s a lot easier to say it’s flat-out impossible than to admit it’s just impossible for you, right now.

      That’s why I like Marcus Aurelius’s quote 🙂 . When’s the deadline for the pull-up?

      Reply
      • Allan Quillen says

        January 19, 2018 at 2:55 pm

        My name is Allan Quillen I have done the impossible but did one thing wrong ask for a hand and got screwed bye my business pattern and the people I had working for myself.that was my mistake for asking for help .if I would of stand on the book God wrokeni would of been fine it seem no one in the world what you to be successful at it .I didn’t know what to do when I lost my dream becausebof others I thought .but I realize God still what me to achieve the book of life he wrote. So I am and well except if the games that are plaied

        Reply
  6. Mark Lawrence says

    August 12, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    I LOVE THE MIGUEL DE CERVANTES QUOTE!!! Nikola Tesla was “insane” for proposing impossible inventions like “the radio”. Those that thought the world was round and not flat were “insane” and “blasphemous”!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 12, 2010 at 5:56 pm

      Tesla was a nut! He was also pretty frickin’ brilliant! I’ve read about him on the web, but I need to sit down with his biographer and give it a proper reading. For now, I’m off to attempt the absurd.

      Reply
      • Lach says

        August 13, 2010 at 1:04 am

        Tesla was a genius of extraordinary proportions; and such an enigma. His life story is fascinating.

        Here’s a few nuggets from Arthur C. Clarke:

        “Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: (1) It’s completely impossible. (2) It’s possible, but it’s not worth doing. (3) I said it was a good idea all along.”

        Clarke’s three laws:

        1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong.

        2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

        3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

        Reply
        • Joel Runyon says

          August 13, 2010 at 12:18 pm

          Haven’t heard of Arthur C. Clarke before…I’ll have to look him up. So much reading to do!

          Reply
          • Charles Richmond says

            November 19, 2012 at 2:11 pm

            Nicola Tesla is “the man who invented the 20th century”. More specifically, he invented the 3-phase electric motor. This motor is the one that industry uses to do all the “heavy lifting” in manufacturing. Without the 3-phase electric motor, the 20th century would *not* be the one that you recognize.

  7. Nate says

    August 12, 2010 at 9:11 pm

    Wooo! Very nice, man. My fav:

    “The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible.”

    If I was smart I would read that every day. Simply thinking positive can go such a long way.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 13, 2010 at 12:02 pm

      Print it out. Make it your wallpaper. Read it everyday. What’s stopping you 🙂

      Reply
      • Frankie Cardamone says

        April 22, 2018 at 8:51 pm

        Hey Joel,

        I just did a search on this quote: The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible and achieves the impossible. It attributes it to Winston Churchill.

        All the best,
        Frankie C

        Fran

        Reply
  8. Matt says

    August 12, 2010 at 10:41 pm

    I really like the Alexander the Great quote – “There is nothing impossible to him who will try”. So true. If you don’t try you’ll never know and it will always seem impossible and out of reach. I also like this quote by Doug Larson:

    “Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.” This bodes well for me. 🙂

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 13, 2010 at 12:16 pm

      Nice find!

      Reply
  9. Lach says

    August 13, 2010 at 1:00 am

    Thanks so much for this post, Joel. They’re all great, but perhaps the ones I most resonate with is Christopher Reeve and Tony Robbins.

    One of my favourite Chinese proverbs:

    “The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person who is doing it”

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 13, 2010 at 12:17 pm

      I like it! While some people are busy giving reasons for why something can’t be done, others are busy doing it.

      Reply
  10. wilson says

    August 22, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    “The word impossible is not in my dictionary.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

    How cocky was he? But that’s the kind of mentality we should all have.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 22, 2010 at 8:35 pm

      Dude, this ended up in spam! Sorry I missed it!

      And of course it wasn’t in his dictionary…he spoke French 🙂 Either way, that’s the type of mentality you need to conquer Europe.

      Reply
    • Daniel Bollen says

      March 16, 2017 at 11:15 pm

      Bonaparte was basically a nut case. His words sounds wise but he failed to accomplish what he intended. Much too sure of himself. Those are qualities that can make things impossible. None of us do things alone.

      Reply
  11. Dave M says

    August 23, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    “The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the one doing it.” – Chinese proverb

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 23, 2010 at 10:13 pm

      I love that one. I might have to include it on the version #2 of this.

      Reply
  12. Martin says

    August 27, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Great quotes! I got a few more:

    Christopher Morley (1890-1957):
    “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.”

    Anais Nin (1903-1977):
    “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”

    Indira Gandhi (1917-1984):
    “There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.”

    John F. Kennedy (1917-1963):
    “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
    “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
    “We should not let our fears hold us back from pursuing our hopes.”

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      August 27, 2010 at 9:32 pm

      ooo, thanks for the additions! I love the Anais Nin one =)

      Reply
  13. Sarah says

    September 11, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    These are great, Joel! Thank you so much for sharing with everyone.

    I’m really liking the GM Trevelyan quote. How often does this occur…the dreams & exuberance of youth squelched out by the limitations of adults??!? What else is possible?! How can adults set aside their limitations to allow the dreams of youth to occur?! WOW!

    So grateful for your sharing!
    Sarah

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      September 12, 2010 at 6:29 pm

      No problem Sarah! glad you liked ’em. The more & more I read it, the more & more I like the GM quote.

      Reply
  14. crazy sexy fun traveler says

    December 10, 2010 at 9:49 am

    very inspirational all of them 🙂 I always say IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING 😉

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      December 10, 2010 at 12:01 pm

      Thanks Alexandra! I think Adidas says that too =)

      Reply
  15. Ricardo Jimenez says

    December 23, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    Here is my favorite quote on the topic, “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” -Chinese Proverb

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      December 23, 2010 at 3:12 pm

      That seems to be a favorite around here :).

      Reply
  16. Kim says

    January 1, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    I’ve got one more, my favorite poem by Shel Silverstein

    Listen to the musn’ts child,
    Listen to the don’ts,
    Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts,
    Listen to the neverhaves, then listen close to me.
    Anything can happen, child,
    Anything can be.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      January 1, 2011 at 2:38 pm

      Shel Silverstein is awesome. What collection does this happen to be in?

      Reply
      • Kim says

        January 1, 2011 at 3:39 pm

        It’s in Where the Sidewalk Ends. It is one of the few poems I’ve also managed to carry around in my head (aka memorize)

        Reply
        • Joel Runyon says

          January 4, 2011 at 12:25 pm

          I’ll have to do that.

          Reply
  17. Jez says

    March 5, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    Brilliant set of quotes there. They’ve given me some important motivation to keep on going when I need to, as has your blog.
    Keep on going and keep being awesome. Cheers

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      March 8, 2011 at 10:11 pm

      Thanks for stopping by Jez :). Hope to see you around!

      Reply
  18. Andrea D says

    May 5, 2011 at 12:50 am

    The Lewis Caroll quote is one of my ultimate favorites. I really like how much emphasis they put on it in the new Alice in Wonderland movie.

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      May 6, 2011 at 1:05 am

      I haven’t seen the movie, but I love the quote

      Reply
  19. Adrian A. says

    July 26, 2011 at 5:22 am

    These are all great, I really like Paulo Coelho’s. Just thought I’d add on with my favorite quote… “If you believe in the impossible, the incredible can come true”

    Reply
    • Joel Runyon says

      July 26, 2011 at 2:22 pm

      Thanks Adrian – any idea who that’s from?

      Reply
      • Adrian A. says

        July 26, 2011 at 4:23 pm

        Unfortunately I don’t know the author but I first heard it in a movie called Field of Dreams and it’s stuck with me ever since…

        Reply
        • Joel Runyon says

          July 29, 2011 at 12:24 am

          Best Movie Ever 🙂

          Reply
  20. rohit says

    July 29, 2011 at 4:26 am

    nothing is impossible its just time which take place to make that possible……

    Reply
    • Susan says

      July 31, 2013 at 7:34 pm

      Rohit – you are Soooo right. I remember when I was a child, (I am now 72) and there was a Sunday Comic Strip called “Flash Gordon” – about a man who could travel into space – on a regular basis. Now we all knew that was IMPOSSIBLE and that NO ONE could ever travel in space, after all the gravity would prevent it, but it was just FANTASY and made for a good story. And lo and behold, someone DARED to attempt the impossible, and in 1967 when my youngest son was born, the newspaper headlines touted “Men walking on the Moon.”
      YES, it truly was TIME that made the IMPOSSIBLE now POSSIBLE! SO instead of giving up on things that just APPEAR impossible, we just need to keep TRYING until such time passes and it becomes POSSIBLE!
      I recently went to the State Capital in Austin to ATTEMPT to BLOCK something HORRIBLY wrong in the public schools, and this was after many people stronger than I, insisted it could not be done! But, Little old me, refused to listen, and guess what? I DID IT! I came back from Austin and my feet never touched the ground all the way home! WOW, the feeling of empowerment is unbelievable. I know now I can move ANY mountain that dares to stand my way, for haven’t we all heard, “All things are possible . . with GOD.” And without GOD, I never could have attempted it, let alone achieved it.
      I hope that everyone who has read ANY of these comments, will apply what they have learned here, for if they do, they will never regret it, AND they will go far in life. God bless each of you for sharing inspiration with others!

      Reply
  21. Joakim says

    October 27, 2011 at 3:59 am

    “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re probably right.” – Henry Ford

    Reply
    • Frankie Cardamone says

      April 22, 2018 at 8:58 pm

      Here’s another that is listed as anonymous, but turns out, it’s Henry Ford:
      Impossible only means that you haven’t found the solution yet.

      Reply
  22. Sergio Felix says

    December 21, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Hey Joel,

    I normally thought that many things were impossible until I got to see them happening.

    I think that’s why I love to watch amazing things happen and now I normally think “I believe it can be possible”.

    The right mindset changes everything.

    Sergio

    Reply
  23. Todd Kuslikis says

    January 25, 2012 at 5:07 pm

    Very inspirational Joel! I am starting a website and this was very encouraging for me.

    Todd

    Reply
  24. Kathy Hilsinger Walliser says

    May 29, 2012 at 2:09 am

    I like this quote by Fridtjof Hansen:
    “The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.” He was a Norwegian (born 10 October 1861 – 13 May 1930) explorer, scientist, diplomat, humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. In his youth he led the team that made the first crossing of the Greenland interior in 1888, and won international fame after reaching a record northern latitude of 86°14′ during his North Pole expedition of 1893–96.

    Reply
  25. Alain says

    August 7, 2012 at 4:37 am

    I especially like a commercial (yes… ;)) about “impossible”. This is from Adidas.

    “Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they have been given, rather than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It is a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”

    (A bit more details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas#Marketing)

    Reply
  26. Martin Gebhardt says

    August 8, 2012 at 5:37 am

    Great collection and very inpiring! I immediately felt that I missed Arthur C. Cark’s quote about the limits of the possible, because I went along with that one for quite some time. But for me it was more like: I really wonder, where the limit is. And when I made a guess and went there — it was not.

    But anyway, I like this place and very likely come back. 🙂

    Reply
  27. Dave says

    August 19, 2012 at 10:04 am

    How about “Impossible is just an opinion.” by Paulo Coelho

    Reply
  28. Matt Law says

    August 24, 2012 at 8:06 am

    “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t; you are right.” – Henry Ford

    Reply
  29. Graham Page says

    August 28, 2012 at 9:36 pm

    “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda (Former manager of the LA Dodgers)

    Read some of your impossible quotes and though of this one. Your encouraging words are great.
    – Graham Page

    Reply
  30. jeff says

    November 15, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    How about this one: “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” not sure who said it but i like it.

    Reply
  31. Rahul Yadav says

    May 8, 2013 at 11:10 am

    i loved this site and i liked the napoleon bonaparte’s quote:
    the word impossible is not in my dictionary

    Reply
  32. Anders Persson says

    September 2, 2013 at 3:38 pm

    Impossible is not a word. It’s just a reason for someone not to try – Kutless

    Reply
  33. Sebastian says

    October 22, 2013 at 10:14 am

    Great collection! I saw this after I subscribed!

    Reply
  34. Ray says

    October 23, 2013 at 11:13 am

    I love this site … here is a few inspirational quotes that I live by …

    If you do what you have always done, you will get what you’ve always got

    A distraction is only a distraction if you pay attention to it

    The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything

    Fear is something you learn. You are not born with it

    Remember, no-one can make you feel inferior without your consent” Eleanor Roosevelt

    We cannot discover new oceans until we have the courage
    to lose sight of the shore “Muriel Chen”

    Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that
    failure is inevitable “Coco Chanel”
    Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world “Arthur Schopenhauer”

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  35. Praveen says

    December 16, 2013 at 10:41 am

    Thank you so much for this 🙂 and also for “Do the impossible” pdf……. I am making 2014 calender out of it…… My 2014 is going to be awesome!!

    Reply
  36. Julee says

    May 25, 2015 at 10:54 am

    So my neighbour has this 2000 Mustang that I really badly want but problem is he’s selling it for 6,200$
    And I’m 15 yrs old and the type of jobs I can get are minimal,
    My parents say it’s impossible for me to get the mustang at my age. So idk what to do I need some motivation,

    Reply
  37. Numerogy says

    January 1, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    When we want to know about the horoscope for love and marriage it is simply
    to know about the relationship of two opposite sex people.

    Stop making excuses, and take responsibility for your actions.
    Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundaysare suitable days for them.

    Reply
  38. Rajpal Productions says

    July 30, 2016 at 5:03 am

    Hi David, Thanks for sharing! These quotes are really amazing. They have power to inspire & motivate anyone. Keep sharing such wonderful quotes.

    Reply
  39. David Murph Henderson says

    September 14, 2017 at 8:11 pm

    Good Day:

    Joel Runyon has it spot on , you may at any given time or place be challenged as I was during my military service as follows:

    David you are completely in charge;
    But you better be right !

    Impossible, only happens when we ourselves extricate the possibility of providing personally the solution to the bigger picture.

    David Murph Henderson

    Reply
  40. Mark says

    September 30, 2019 at 7:24 am

    Nothing is impossible, but to convince someone who is always right that they are wrong comes close.

    Reply
  41. Hussain12 says

    October 28, 2022 at 7:02 am

    Thank you so much for sharing all these beautiful collection

    Reply
  42. Adam Hale says

    November 17, 2022 at 2:45 pm

    Hi
    Here are the collections of quotes is brilliant and I really appreciate your work great.

    Reply
  43. Kashi says

    November 28, 2022 at 1:44 pm

    Hi,
    Nice post

    Reply

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