Quotes About Obstacles

A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.

Quien identifique las barreras que protegen a los poderosos y averigüe si están elevándose o debilitándose, tendrá valiosas pistas para anticipar hacia dónde se moverá el poder.

Las barreras en torno al poder, en definitiva, son los obstáculos que impiden que nuevos actores desplieguen suficiente fuerza, código, mensaje y recompensa, por separado o combinados, para tener posibilidades de competir;

Power becomes entrenched as a result of barriers that shield incumbents from rivals.

Be grateful even for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.

It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.

The greater our level of understanding, the harder the tests become.

Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.

Ba kuja sar niham keh chun zanjir Har dare halqa-e dare digar-ast (Hide—but where? Each door I close opens another.) —Anonymous (found in a ghazal by Mir Taqi Mir)

It is said that the ignorant are obstructed by ignorance, while the intellectuals are obstructed by intellectual knowledge. One way of getting past these obstacles and approaching inherent knowledge is to let go of whatever comes to mind.

All great things are hidden and difficult to achieve. But once you figure it out, you will start to live.

Fear will hold you back from achieving happiness in life. Expectation is the mother of fear.

Focus on the brightest star, but also watch out for potholes. Otherwise, you will end up being crushed by the world itself.

Most of the so-called visionaries make the mistake of focusing too much upon the stars to the point where they end up falling to the potholes.

View these challenges as your ladder to success and you will never complain or whine again in life.

Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challanges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful. —Mark Victor Hansen

As we reflect on the value of resolving to do better, let us determine to discipline ourselves to carefully select the resolutions we make, to consider the purpose for making them, and finally to make commitments for keeping them and not letting any obstacle stop us. Let us remind ourselves at the beginning of each day that we can keep a resolution just for that day.

Gabriel had never given up on anything in his life. When obstacles appeared, he found an alternate route.

I see only the objective, the obstacles must give way.

Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.

It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

Failure is what we're all running from, we're always running toward success with failure at our back.

Sometimes people say to me, "I want to write, but I have five kids, a full-time job, a wife who beats me, a tremendous debt to my parents," and so on. I say to them, "There is no excuse. If you want to write, write. This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait. Make the time now, even if it is ten minutes once a week.