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Quotes About Obstacles

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or, if there be, they will not let you have it.
~ William Hazlitt
There are two kinds of stones, as everyone knows, one which rolls.
~ Amelia Earhart
Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
~ Ralph Blum
We have inherited new difficulties because we have inherited more privileges.
~ Dr. Abram Sacher
The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
~ Chinese proverb
To take arms against a sea of troubles.
~ William Shakespeare
Before you begin a thing remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. ... You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.
~ Kathleen Norris
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Words will build no walls.
~ Plutarch
Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
~ Theodore N. Vail
Water does not cross over holes; it must first fill the hole before it can move on.
~ Haitian proverb
Life is rough. If it were smooth, we'd slide right through it without noticing. A bumpy ride teaches us gratitude and perspective.
~ Terri Guillemets
Svi su oni u suštini jedno i podjednako vredni naše pažnje, jer pokazuju mesto na kome je ?ovek naišao na zapreku i nije zastao pred njom, nego je savladao i premostio kako je mogao, prema svom shvatanju, ukusu i prilikama kojima je bio okružen.
~ Ivo Andri?
Naposletku, sve ?im se ovaj naš život kazuje - misli, napori, pogledi, osmesi, re?i, uzdasi - sve to teži ka drugoj obali, kojoj se upravlja kao cilju, i na kojoj tek dobiva svoj pravi smisao. Sve to ima nešto da savlada i premosti: nered, smrti ili nesmisao, Jer, sve je prelaz, most ?iji se krajevi gube u beskona?nosti, a prema kom su svi zemni mostovi samo de?ije igra?ke, bledi simboli. A sva je naša nada s one strane.
~ Ivo Andri?
Kada je na kazan i?i, brzi ste i okretni svi, a kad je u službi potr?ati, vežu vam se noge i stane vam pamet. A meni obraz zbog vas gori.
~ Ivo Andri?
The good news is that when you have something to do, life will not allow you to move forward until you do it. The bad news is the same.
~ Iyanla Vanzant
When you spend more time being angry, hurt, and upset about what happened, you pretty much barricade the door of what is possible.
~ Iyanla Vanzant
You didn't make lieutenant without wading through, and learning to cut through, the usual crap.
~ J.D. Robb
Maybe that's what people did, bounced back where they were supposed to be, bumps or not.
~ J.D. Robb
Three a.m. in downtown Caldwell, New York, gave you just enough obstacles to keep shit amusing.
~ J.R. Ward
Then again, true love required so much more than the boy-meets-girl stuff- and mutual attraction was the easy part: Life did not sit back politely and not interrupt the conversation between two souls united.
~ J.R. Ward
The goat-fuck odds didn't slow Z down.
~ J.R. Ward
Weight carried, whether it was physically, mentally, or emotionally, slowed you down. And as she kept going
~ J.R. Ward
Yeah, I've been there. Sometimes you're not with the right person, and you don't even know it until it's time to say good-bye. But here's the thing. I don't think geography or job or anything else matters if you've found that one person you want to spend the rest of your life with. You know what I mean? She nodded. I do. If you're in love with someone---truly in love with them---there's no obstacle to the relationship that can't be worked out. You'll figure out a way.
~ Jaci Burton