Proverbs

"The one who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the one doing it"
~~ Chinese Proverb

once your consciousness has been raised, it cannot be lowered

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
-- Walter Bagehot

"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because
he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears,
however measured or far away.
-- Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862, Writer and Philosopher