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Originally posted by ASouthernMan
I have a personal philosophy that I love to live by (I actually live by a few personal philosophies, but this one is among the top ten)...
-Never stop looking. Even if you don't find what your looking for in your lifetime, you're leading someone else one step closer to finding the same thing you're looking for
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An interesting philosophy which frequently proves itself quite true in science and mathematics.
I happen to follow, among others, some of the philosophies contained in Edgar Guest's poem, "It Couldn't be Done."
"Somebody said that it couldn't be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one
Who wouldn't say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that;
At least no one ever has done it";
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he'd begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing as he tackled that thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go do it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That "cannot be done," and you'll do it."