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Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

“Am I no a bonny fighter?”

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Robert Louis Stevenson was a 19th-century Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His works are characterized by adventure and romance, with his most famous novels being 'Treasure Island' and 'The Adventure of the Treasure Island'. Stevenson's works have been beloved by readers and have had a profound impact on literature. more

“[In Adelie Land, Antarctica, a howling river of] wind, 50 miles wide, blows off the plateau, month in and month out, at an average velocity of 50 m.p.h. As a source of power this compares favorably with 6,000 tons of water falling every second over Niagara Falls. I will not further anticipate some H. G. Wells of the future who will ring the antarctic with power-producing windmills; but the winds of the Antarctic have to be felt to be believed, and nothing is quite impossible to physicists and engineers.”

“We are always imagining something, It is practically impossible to be awake without imagining something. Then why not imagine something at all times that will inspire the powers within us to do greater and greater things?”

Greater Imagine Impossible Inspire All Time Awake Why Not Greater Things

Book:The Optimist Creed

Source: The Optimist Creed

“I'll leave you with one that I have hanging on my office wall, compliments of Nike: Impossible is nothing.”

Impossible Wall Office Compliment Hanging On Nike

Author:Muhammad Ali

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