Favorite Inspirational Quotes

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.

Henry Ford

This would be a very inspirational quote if I simply knew or could understand how you do what you’re afraid you can’t do.  Maybe he means that you just keep slogging away to reach a goal and one day you wake up and realize you’ve accomplished it.

That’s where persistence and determination come in.  But if you have no faith in achieving something, how do you keep that up?  I mean, that if you are afraid you can’t do it, then you don’t have the belief that you can.  You won’t keep going over the hurdles to achieve you goal.

Maybe this is more in line with Nike’s motto, “Do it now!” or maybe even better is one I learned but don’t remember where; “Do it scared!”  Even if you are afraid, even if you doubt, you just keep going on and taking action until one day you make a great discovery that you have done what you were afraid you couldn’t do.

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