“A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.”– Walter Bagehot Related Quotes “The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.”– Anna Letitia Barbauld “As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.”– Gunter Grass “Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.”– Laura Schlessinger