Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for December 21, 2015
December 14, 2015
December 28, 2015
Transcript:
The brick walls are not there to keep us out. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people. - Randy Pausch
Kind&Kinder about 9 years ago
Overcoming obstacles is a challenge of life, and the attempt to do it polishes our character and shines our spirit—whether we win or lose. But only if we really try. The attitude to attack the problem with just might be, “There is no ‘try’; there is only ‘do’.”
soupygeorge about 9 years ago
But without ‘try’, there can be no ‘do’.
hoot1 about 9 years ago
Winning is an illusion. It’s only did or did not…the rest is story…
Duncan Idaho about 9 years ago
How did he get to the far wall in the first place ? He would have had to scale down the opposite wall and cross over the beast there, where it would have eaten him.
nawsa Premium Member about 9 years ago
If “wanting it badly enough” was the key, the second guy wouldn’t have slipped and Randy Pausch would still be alive.
Strider Keninginne Premium Member about 9 years ago
Still, what if the brick wall you’ve overcome with such an exhaustive effort holds a prize that’s too much for you to handle or keep? To paraphrase Sydney J. Harris: Winners know when the price of winning is too high, losers strive to win what they can ill afford to handle or keep.