Life is too short to think small. Rather do as my pastor, Joel Budd, encourages us to do, “March off the map.”  Most people could do more than they think they can, but they usually do less than they think they can. You never know what you cannot do until you try. I agree with Oscar Wilde when he said, “Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.”  Everything is possible - never use the word never. Charles Schwab said, “When a man has put a limit on what he will do he has put a limit on what he can do.”

Dr. J. A. Holmes said, “Never tell a young person that something cannot be done. God may have been waiting for centuries for somebody ignorant enough of the impossible to do that thing.”  If you devalue your dreams, rest assured the world won’t raise the price. You will find that great leaders are rarely “realistic” by other people’s standards.

The answer to your future lies outside the confines that you have right now. If you want to see if you can really swim, don’t frustrate yourself with shallow water. Cavett Robert said, “Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.”  Rather be as Art Sepulveda said, “Be a history maker and a world shaker.”  Go where you have never gone before.

Ronald McNair says, “You only become a winner if you are willing to walk over the edge.”  Capture Randy Loescher’s perspective:  “God says, ‘Ask me for the mountain’.”  The Bible says, “Things which are impossible with men are possible with God” (Luke 18:27). Take the lid off.

When you climb the tallest tree, you win the right to the best fruit. Dag Hammarskjold said, “Is life so wretched?  Is it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled?  You are the one who must grow up?  Gloria Swanson said, “Never say never. Never is a long, undependable thing, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.”

To believe an idea impossible is to make it so. Consider how many fantastic projects have miscarried because of small thinking or have been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination. I like what Marabeau said. When he heard the word “impossible,” he responded, “Never let me hear that foolish word again.”

Pearl Buck said, “All things are possible until they are proved impossible — even the impossible may only be so as of now.”  John Ruskin said, “Dream lofty dreams and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil.”  Somebody is always doing what somebody else said couldn’t be done. Dare to think unthinkable thoughts.

Develop an infinite capacity to ignore what others think can’t be done. Don’t just grow where you are planted. Bloom where you are planted and bear fruit. Daniel Webster said, “There is always room at the top.”  No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.