Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
In plain words
When something feels hard, decide it can be done. Then figure out how.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Primary text confirmed: Speech in the House of Representatives on Internal Improvements, June 20, 1848 (Collected Works, via Wikisource 'Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln' Vol. 3). Also listed in Wikiquote's Sourced section (not Disputed/Misattributed).
- Speech in the House of Representatives, on Internal Improvements
- 1848 · Washington, D.C. · arguing Congress should keep backing hard infrastructure projects instead of giving up on them
