Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.

Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.

Impossibilities are merely things of which we have not learned, or which we do not wish to happen.

The impossible - what nobody can do until somebody does

The impossible - what nobody can do until somebody does

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's read more

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.