Quotes About Obstacle

There is no greater threat to progress than the phrase, 'That's impossible.'

I find writing a book a slow, intricate process, a kind of obstacle course punctuated with great rewards. But research is always thrilling, and I tend to incorporate newfound material up to the very last minute.

I was sick. I had a polyp on my throat. It would have been foolish for me to go out on the road with the problem I had.

During the rehearsal process I got thrown off the horse.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster.

lack of execution is: "The single biggest obstacle to success and the cause of most disappointments.

When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle.

Metellus, who, by his exertions, had triumphed over every obstacle, over arms, deserts, seasons, and finally over Nature herself that controls all, nothing was impossible [...]

we'd had to walk alongside construction tape that kept us out

In two words: im-possible.

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

The obstacle is the path.

This investigation felt difficult, like driving in fog.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk. So my first year of school was my first mute year and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.

Next time someone tells you 'never,' remember that means 'not for at least one hour.'

Einstein says common sense is just habit of thought. It's how we're used to thinking about things, but a lot of the time it just gets in the way.

The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death.

Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

Doing time is like climbing a mountain wearing roller skates.

I click to buy it and I'm furious to discover that it's not available in Ireland and they won't post it from abroad and the only place that sells it is Harrods and it's impossible for me to go to Harrods because it's like being trapped in an Escher painting.

We're not being stopped by something on the outside, but by something on the inside.

Finally, I hope that this book is inspirational and teaches everyone that there is no obstacle that you cannot overcome if you have the will and love for what you do.