#16: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” — Nelson Mandela
Mandela’s quote has become a global shorthand for endurance. The line works because it respects the emotional reality of hard things. Before success, many worthy goals look unrealistic, exhausting, or even absurd. Afterward, people pretend the outcome was obvious. Successful people repeat this maxim because it helps them survive the gap between vision and proof. Impossible is often just the name a difficult task wears before someone finishes it.
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