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“عندما ينغلق باب ، يُفتح آخر ، ولكننا في الغالب نظل نديم النظر بأسى إلى الباب المغلق ، لدرجة أننا لا نرى الأبواب التي تفتحت أمامنا”
― Kathryn and Ross Petras

“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. —Pablo Picasso artist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“Do It! Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. —Theodore Roosevelt U.S. president”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks. —George Allen”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“let’s not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness. —James Thurber”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: “He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned.” —Epictetus”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few. —Bill Watterson cartoonist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. —Rumi (Jalal ad-Din)”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“I want to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand. —Warren Buffett”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“Hard times ain’t quit and we ain’t quit. —Meridel Le Sueur writer and activist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. —Henry Ford industrialist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. —Flannery O’Connor”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do. —Bob Dylan musician”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want.”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“If you want a job, and you’re not as good as the next guy, then work longer than the next guy. Work faster. Be there before him–because talented people show up late, and sometimes shit needs to get done. —Kevin Costner actor”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“A couple of times I’ve been called on to do things–jobs or whatever–where I’ve felt, Maybe I’m not quite ready. Maybe it’s a little early for this to happen to me. But the rules are so ingrained. “Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterward” has helped me to be more adventurous. It has definitely helped me be less afraid. —Tina Fey comedian and writer”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“You must do the thing you think you cannot do. —Eleanor Roosevelt humanitarian”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“To Thine Own Self Be True Just keep moving forward and don’t give a shit about what anybody thinks. Do what you have to do, for you. —Johnny Depp actor”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. —Steven Pressfield writer”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“Age Doesn't Matter Unless You're a Cheese”
― Kathryn and Ross Petras

“A lot of the time our ideas about what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They’re sucked in from other people. And we also suck in messages from everything from the television to advertising to marketing. . . . We should focus in on our ideas and make sure that we own them, that we’re truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it’s bad enough not getting what you want, but it’s even worse to have an idea of what it is you want and find out at the end of the journey that it isn’t, in fact, what you wanted all along. —Alain de Botton philosopher”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“I keep on making what I can’t do yet in order to learn to be able to do it. —Vincent van Gogh artist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle. —James Russell Lowell
Poet, Editor, and Diplomat”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.”
― Kathryn Petras, "Don't Forget to Sing in the Lifeboats": Uncommon Wisdom for Uncommon Times

“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort. —Franklin D. Roosevelt U.S. president”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers

“It always seems impossible until it’s done. —Nelson Mandela politician and activist”
― Kathryn Petras, "It Always Seems Impossible Until It's Done.": Motivation for Dreamers & Doers