Daily Inspiration Quote by Robert H. Schuller

Schuller’s line is optimism with scaffolding: it doesn’t just cheerlead progress, it retrofits struggle into a narrative of inevitability. By framing “today’s accomplishments” as “yesterday’s impossibilities,” he collapses time into a moral arc where doubt is always temporary and belief is the engine that turns “can’t” into “did.” That’s classic Schuller, a televangelist-era clergyman who translated Protestant self-help into a bright, camera-ready theology of possibility. The sentence is short, symmetrical, and easy to memorize, built to travel - from pulpit to poster to boardroom.

The intent is pastoral and motivational: reassure people that their current limits are not fixed truths but stale forecasts. The subtext is more complicated. It implies that impossibility is often a social verdict rather than a physical law - something decided by consensus, fear, or lack of resources. It also gently shifts responsibility onto the individual: if yesterday’s “impossible” became today’s “accomplished,” then your current “impossible” is suspect, and perseverance (or faith) becomes the decisive variable.

Context matters. Schuller rose alongside postwar American prosperity, the psychology boom, and an evangelical media ecosystem that prized uplift and personal transformation. The line fits a culture addicted to before-and-after stories, where success is proof of virtue and obstacles are raw material for testimony. It’s compelling because it offers a clean emotional trade: trade despair for momentum. Its risk is the same as its appeal - it can sanctify achievement while overlooking structural barriers, making the world feel fairer than it is.