Quotes About Obstacles

The journey of life is not taking place on a flat surface, there is hills and valleys on roads

One cannot individuate as long as one is playing a role to oneself; the convictions one has about oneself are the most subtle form of persona and the most subtle obstacle against any true individuation. One can admit practically anything, yet somewhere one retains the idea that one is nevertheless so-and-so, and this is always a sort of final argument which counts apparently as a plus; yet it functions as an influence against true individuation.

doesn't take much to derail a marriage. Sometimes the small pebble in your shoe at the start of a journey is the one that ends up making the most painful blister.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

just because you really want to organize your work around a mission doesn't mean that you can easily make it happen.

when you do have enough capital to successfully make a shift toward more control. It's at this point that you're most likely to encounter resistance from others in your life, as more control usually benefits only you.

I tried to get a baseball movie made a couple of years ago and I don't think it didn't happen because I was a woman, but because sports movie don't sell internationally.

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done.

If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure 9 will go in the ditch and you have only one to battle with.

Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold—where we trip is where the treasure lies.

consejos se convierten en reproches, sus reproches en críticas y sus críticas en vacas que no te dejan salir adelante.

sometimes you see problems instead of opportunities!

Close your eyes and you will see your dreams, open them and you will see obstacles.

How am I getting in my own way?

Meg invited me to come again, but I always had reasons why I couldn't: my schedule was busy, bus fare wasn't cheap. Both of which were true, even if they weren't the truth.

On était dans son bureau obscur, décoré avec des affiches à visée éducative. L'une d'elles représentait des oies sauvages volant en formation, avec une légende qui disait : << Si tu sais où tu vas, tu iras loin. >>Pour ma part, je ne risquais pas d'aller bien loin, car on m'avait pris mes vêtements et mes chaussures.

But problems, like dog poop left in the rain, rarely get better just by ignoring them.

problems, like dog poop left in the rain, rarely get better just by ignoring them.

For the leader, it no longer means directing and controlling, but guiding, enabling, and removing obstacles.

When John agrees, I thank him for his time. "Wait, one more question. Why do you believe that this product didn't cause the failure? Did you test the change?" There's a short silence on the phone before John replies, "No, we couldn't test the change. There's no test environment. Apparently, you guys requested a budget years ago, but…" I should have known.

my job is very simple: listen, do whatever you need me to do to help make you successful, and remove any obstacles in your way.

How long the flight took on one of those old prop aircraft on any given day depended on the size of the bugs that hit the windshield and slowed it down.

Rejections are not obstacles to a career. They're simply things that don't work and can do us no harm. Fearing rejection can do harm. It stops you from continuing.

no strategy ever survived contact with the enemy. Or, in the vernacular, Things Will Go Wrong. Be Prepared.