I recently happened upon a quote from John Stuart Mill, a British philosopher and worker in not only the Utilitarian movement, but the feminist as well. He once said, "A pupil from whom nothing is ever demanded which he cannot do, never does all he can."
He was largely self-taught as a child, but was still pushed by his father to constantly excel, reading contemporary college level books from the time he was eight years old.
If we push ourselves to go beyond our breaking points, where will we find ourselves?
What are the chances that we really will fail?
Why is it that we are afraid of giving our all into something?
Are we really afraid of failure? or simply of discovering all that we are truly capable of doing?
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