Obstacles
» “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”
– John Quincy Adams
» ”The greatest obstacle to progress is prejudice.”
– Bavee
» ”The senses have been conditioned by attraction to the pleasant and aversion to the unpleasant: a man should not be ruled by them; they are obstacles in his path.”
– Bhagavad Gita
» ”Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along too.”
– Lawrence Bixby
» ”The obstacles you face are… mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach.”
– Clarence Blasier
» ”The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge.”
– Daniel J. Boorstin
» ”It’s the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.”
– Claude M. Bristol
» ”You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.”
– Les Brown
» ”A barrier is of ideas, not of things.”
– Mark Caine
» ”It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.”
– Charles The Bold
» ”The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor…”
– Robert Collier
» ”The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness.”
– Havelock Ellis
» ”As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
» ”A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles.”
– Gunderson
» ”It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.”
– Sir Edmund Hillary
» ”For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
– Bette Howland
» ”In each age men of genius undertake the ascent. From below, the world follows them with their eyes. These men go up the mountain, enter the clouds, disappear, reappear, People watch them, mark them. They walk by the side of precipices. They daringly pursue their road. See them aloft, see them in the distance; they are but black specks. On they go. The road is uneven, its difficulties constant. At each step a wall, at each step a trap. As they rise the cold increases. They must make their ladder, cut the ice and walk on it., hewing the steps in haste. A storm is raging. Nevertheless they go forward in their madness. The air becomes difficult to breath. The abyss yawns below them. Some fall. Others stop and retrace their steps; there is a sad weariness. The bold ones continue. They are eyed by the eagles; the lightning plays about them: the hurricane is furious. No matter, they persevere.”
– Victor Hugo
» ”When man meets an obstacle he can’t destroy, he destroys himself.”
– Ryszard Kapuscinski
» ”The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.”
– Helen Keller
» ”A man does what he must — in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers — and this is the basis of all human morality.”
– John F. Kennedy
» ”We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.”
– Maxwell Maltz
» ”Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better
