The story of how one of my favorite quotes came to be my favorite quotes. It was Mother’s Day 2010. I was trying to focus on something interesting to say “thank you,” to my mother, as I do annually.  Lately, instead of commercial, chain-store, manufactured things, I had been going for homemade artifacts and goods to share with her. For example, for Mother’s Day 2013, I made a mason jar full of slips of paper that listed why she was awesome!

But on this particular occassion, I found myself in the mall by happenstance, and decided to spontaneously pop into a Hallmark Card Store.

This quote jumped out at me right away.  It’s something my mom has always, ALWAYS shared with me, with the message: to set my sights on what I want to do and run with it, no matter if I think it is “impossible” or not.  After all, is “impossible” really even a thing?

I bought two of these stands, one for her and one for me.  The second one hangs proudly in my new, developing office, right above the light switch.  It’s a subtle reminder to both myself and all of my students that I work with that even what you think is impossible can be achieved; and when it is, you’ll like the feeling.  Similarly, another one of my favorite quotes, by Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t; you’re probably right.”

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” Many other quotes are being shared in another area of my office, on my newly made Quote Wall. Here’s just a few of them.

Many of these have already been tweeted, so check out the side-bar on the left if you’re looking for a little bit of daily inspiration. :)