Nikos Kazantzakis Quotes

I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.

I just want to do something challenging.

It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.

Impossibility is a dictionary word.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

I am still where I started. I am still struggling. In fact, the struggle has only got bigger. I always try to go beyond my means, and this where the struggle comes in.

There's no limit to what you can accomplish, but there's always someone one step ahead of you, so it's a constant uphill battle.

Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible.

As much as you may be sitting in the top five or the top 10, sometimes you just don't get that chance to get to the top.

Each Mexican has his own dream, and I've come to believe as long as we focus, you can accomplish anything you want.

My legacy is almost like a personal challenge to go as far as I can go.

I think that's the point of what we all should all be doing: trying to make the impossible possible.

Some can go further than others.

It's never been done doesn't mean it can't be done.

Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.

Goals should always be made to a point that will make us reach and strain.

The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.

No great goal was ever easily achieved.

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible.

True success is one of the greatest needs. Success is not something you stumble onto or come to by accident. It is something you must sincerely prepare for. Take a good look at successes, and you'll see he same consistent qualities all the time - qualities of one's character that make one strive for a goal with a standard of unmatched excellence.

Remember, if you succeed in everything you try in life, you're living below your full potential and you should take up more difficult or daring things.

The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.

Work hard for what you want in life.