When Prince Charming didn't come along, she went over to the palace and got him. Making it to space himself is something Robinson once believed to be an impossible wish. To a young woman who asked how hard it was to become an astronaut, Robinson said he applied for 12 years. Employed as a National Aeronautics and Space Administration engineering researcher at the time, Robinson chose to persist, because in the process of being interviewed, he met a lot of interesting and accomplished people. So pursuing the goal, he said, was satisfying in its own right.
Some people see things the way they are and ask why.
Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much, nor suffer much - because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. Something may be gaining on you.