Quotes About Obstacles

The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.

This idea of starting at the bottom and working one's way up may appear to be sound, but the major objection to it is this— too many of those who begin at the bottom never manage to lift their heads high enough to be seen by opportunity, so they remain at the bottom. It should be remembered, also, that the outlook from the bottom is not so very bright or encouraging.

THE THIRTY MAJOR CAUSES OF FAILURE

qual era o seu maior problema. Ele respondeu: "Não é uma questão de maior ou menor; nós temos apenas um problema, e este problema é parar o medo e suplantá-lo com a fé".

I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say 'no' when I ask them to buy insurance.

Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (one of the doer-Stoic authors), "fire feeds on obstacles.

Otherwise they become fragile. That, I completely missed.* Organisms need, to use the metaphor of Marcus Aurelius, to turn obstacles into fuel—just as fire does.

Anything that hinders one's survival at an individual, collective, tribal, or general level is, to me, irrational.

We are largely collaborative—except when institutions get in the way.

To persevere with the will to understand in the face of obstacles is the heroism of consciousness.

We recognize that families in which reality is often denied and consciousness often punished place devastating obstacles to self-esteem; they create a nightmare world in which the child may feel that thinking is not only futile but dangerous.

It is as clear to me as sunshine–were there any in the sky–that the greatest possible stumbling-blocks in the path of human happiness and improvement, are these heaps of bricks, and stones, consolidated with mortar, or hewn timber, fastened together with spike-nails, which men painfully contrive for their own torment, and call them house and home! The soul needs air; a wide sweep and frequent change of it.

Com'è facile cadere per un essere umano, non trovi? mormorò, e Masako le rivolse uno sguardo pieno di compassione. Sì. Poi è come scendere precipitosamente per una china con una bicicletta senza freni. Vuoi dire che nessuno riesce più a fermarti? Sì. A meno che non si vada a sbattere contro qualcosa

Walls don't fall without effort.

The problem with setting out to change the world was that you were never the only one. It was an endless tug-of-war with powerful players pulling—not just against you, but in every direction—so that whatever you did, even if you made progress against all those vectors, at some point you were bound to go sideways.

She could already sense that the answers were in there, but they were buried beneath so many layers she feared she'd never find them.

It was a dream. Reality got in the way, that's all. And running away doesn't solve anything

Any weed dumb enough to grow tall ain't got no chance. It gets decapitated by the next train that comes through.

Don't be ridiculous," Goddard said. "Only idiots build walls.

But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something getting in the way of my getting to myself.

There is always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life.

As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Nobody escapes them. Some even live with them. The idea is to realize that a trap is a trap. If you are in one and you don't realize it, then you're finished.

it's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse. death he's ready for, or murder, incest, robbery, fire, flood … no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies that send a man to the madhouse …

There's always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life.