Pursuing a dream is hard work but the right words delivered at the right time by people who ve been there & done that can give us just the motivation we need The right words can rekindle our enthusiasm re-energize our efforts dispel doubt let us know we re not alone & show us that the fight is worth it & winnable Kathryn & Ross Petras are masters at choosing & delivering just the right words Their books such as " Age Doesn t Matter Unless You re a Cheese " & " Dance First Think Later " & bestselling calendar " The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said" have over 52 million copies in print Now comes a book for dreamers & doers plus writers entrepreneurs graduates artists future movers & shakers Collecting the hard-won brilliantly expressed advice from pioneers who have paved the way including everyone from Rumi to Steve Jobs Michelangelo to Oprah to Tina Fey " It Always Seems Impossible Until It s Done " is like a rousing locker-room speech inspiring courage commitment & perseverance" I ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career I ve lost almost 300 games 26 times I ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot & missed I ve failed over & over & over again in my life & that is why I succeed " Michael Jordan" Go for it baby Life ain t no dress rehearsal " Tallulah Bankhead" Perfection is like chasing the horizon Keep moving " Neil Gaiman" If you aren t in over your head how do you know how tall you are? " T S Eliot" It always seems impossible until it s done " Nelson Mandela"