Quotes from Kathryn Petras

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

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. —Henry Ford industrialist

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. —Abraham Lincoln U.S. president

When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. —Isak Dinesen writer

Do It! Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. —Theodore Roosevelt U.S. president

I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. —J. C. Penney businessman

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

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

So how do you know what is the right path to choose to get the result that you desire? And the honest answer is this. You won't. And accepting that greatly eases the anxiety of your life experience. —Jon Stewart humorist and talk show host

It always seems impossible until it's done. —Nelson Mandela politician and activist

I keep on making what I can't do yet in order to learn to be able to do it. —Vincent van Gogh artist