Impossibility Quotes

381 quotes by 313 authors

A poetâ€™s freedom lies precisely in the impossibility of worldly success. It is the freedom of one who knows he will never be anything but… — Walter Martin
You are treading the path to your greatness: no one shall follow you here! Your passage has effaced the path behind you, and above that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Perfection is impossibility but striving for perfection is not. Do the best you can. That is what counts. — John Wooden
If you've never had a God-sized dream that scared you half to death, then you haven't really come to life. If you've never been overwhelmed… — Mark Batterson
Nothing but physical impossibility, lack of space and money would make me close my doors to Allied refugees. — Edith Cavell
Upon the solution of this problem, or upon sufficient proof of the impossibility of synthetical knowledge a priori, depends the existence or downfall of metaphysics. — Immanuel Kant
Perceptions of impossibility are commonly disspelled by unmitigated courage and perseverance. — Wes Fesler
Things are changed by a faith that defies obstacles and laughs at impossibilities. — Nicky Gumbel
Everyone has love, but it can only come out when he is convinced of the impossibility and the frustration of trying to love himself. — Alan Watts
Those who are animated by hope can perform what would seem impossibilities to those who are under the depressing influence of fear. — Maria Edgeworth
It is really quite amazing by what margins competent but conservative scientists and engineers can miss the mark, when they start with the preconceived idea… — Arthur C. Clarke
Th'invention all admir'd, and each, how he to be th'inventor miss'd; so easy it seem'd once found, which yet unfound most would have thought impossible. — John Milton
My one and only piece of relevant evidence [for an Aristotelian God] is the apparent impossibility of providing a naturalistic theory of the origin from… — Antony Flew
There is not a point that needs to be dwelt upon more earnestly, repeated more frequently, or established more firmly in the minds of all… — Ellen G. White
Waiting for Godot . . . has achieved a theoretical impossibilityâ€”a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps the audience glued to their seats.… — Vivian Mercier
Whatever sense of professional competence we feel in adult life is less the sum of accomplishment than the absence of impossibility: it's really our relief… — Adam Gopnik
Culture is the possibility and impossibility that bacon and fruit can appear on the same plate. — Andy Hargreaves
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility. — William Cobbett
When we come to the place of impossibilities, it is the grandest place for us to see the possibilities of God. — Smith Wigglesworth
There is nothing impossible with God. All the impossibility is with us when we measure God by the limitations of our unbelief. — Smith Wigglesworth

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