Quotes About Obstacle

It was not through wrong judgment that they failed, but through want of will-power. In such times the Kingdom of Heaven can only be taken by storm.

One thing is absolutely certain, namely, that victory will never be found by taking the line of least resistance.

I am my own obstacle.

Everything here is too far to walk - or too muddy; for the dirt in Paris is beyond all description.

La adversidad es una carambola imposible. Una chuza robada por el diablo. Un triste logaritmo inoperante. Pienso que la conozco, y ella a mí, pero seguro estoy exagerando. Dudo que sea digno de que La Adversidad me vea de frente y pronuncie mi nombre.

Strach to jedyny prawdziwy przeciwnik ?ycia.

The grand march of progress apparently includes the unfortunate necessity of chopping down every obstacle in its way.

Her fear was something useless that only hampered her.

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment.

Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight,And burned is Apollo's laurel bough,That sometime grew within this learned man.

The first step in overcoming any serious problem is acknowledging that there is a problem.

Fear is the polio of the soul which prevents our walking by faith.

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

Often, simply knowing the answer is the largest hurdle to overcome when formulating a proof.

Sometimes life can be tough and hard. Technicalities of life make it harder.

The law of gravity is like any human problem or any testing situation. You can defy it, but the longer you hold on to it, the heavier it gets.

We have an opponent who wants nothing more than to bring about our demise.

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

When the cardinal came to a closed door he would flatter it--oh beautiful yielding door! Then he would try tricking it open. And you are just the same, just the same." He pours himself some of the duke's present. "But in the last resort, you just kick it in.

You shouldn't always take the path of least resistance. It can become a habit.

My goal is to deny yours.

Tell me what I must slay, what I must steal, tell me the riddle I must solve or the hag I must trick. Only tell me the way, and I will do it, no matter the danger, no matter the hardship, no matter the cost.

It's hard to come up with a scheme to thwart some other scheme you don't even know about.

my will was an inconvenience to be cleared away like a cobweb.