It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Laziness leads people to claim tasks are impossible to avoid effort.
- In plain terms
- People say things can't be done when they just don't want to try.
- What can you take from it?
- Don't use excuses to avoid work.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you avoiding something because it's hard?
- What have you said is impossible without trying?
Another view
Sometimes tasks are genuinely impossible regardless of effort.
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