Quotes About Possibility

Those who believe that they can achieve the object of their definite chief aim do not recognize the word impossible.

It has been said that man can create anything which he can imagine. Of

Sua única limitação é aquela que você impõe em sua própria mente".

Ninguém está pronto para alguma coisa até acreditar que pode tê-la.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible." He knows all the rules which will NOT work. He knows all the things which CANNOT be done.

Through some strange and powerful principle of mental chemistry, Nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire that something which recognizes no such word as impossible, and accepts no such reality as failure.

the only thing stopping a man from success is his will to try and believe it possible......... Napoleon Hill

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.

We foolishly believe that our own limitations are the proper measure of limitations.

Seize any opportunity or anything that looks like opportunity.

considering that alternative outcomes could have taken place, that the world could have been different, is the core of probabilistic thinking.

after the event you start predicting the possibility of other outliers happening locally, that is, in the process you were just surprised by, but not elsewhere. After

as they think that they will beat the odds.

that there is no evidence of the possibility of large events, i.e., Black Swans. You are likely to confuse that statement, however, particularly if you do not pay close attention, with the statement that there is evidence of no possible Black

there is a disproportionate payoff from the unknown, since you typically have little to lose and plenty to gain from a rare event.

because they underestimate the impact of the highly improbable

So we are blind to the possibility of the alternative process, or the role of such a process, a loop:

Imagine what might have happened had you not missed your train

Uncertainty did occasionally pay off there.

have made the claim that most of history comes from Black Swan events, while we worry about fine-tuning our understanding of the ordinary, and hence develop models, theories, or representations that cannot possibly track them or measure the possibility of these shocks.

the alternative would have been inconceivable.

Drogo is obsessed and blinded by the possibility of an unlikely event;

Put yourself in situations where favorable consequences are much larger than unfavorable ones.

because they want to make sure it is available if they decide they want to use it on a whim.