Quotes About Obstacles

It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity.

By using your intelligence, you can sometimes make your problems twice as complicated.

Expect while reaching for the stars, people to whirl by with their dark clouds and storm upon you.

There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved.

Una pareja, pensé, que depende y vive de sus obstáculos: una pareja que se deshará cuando ya no los haya, si es que no la deshacen antes esos mismos obstáculos tan fatigosos y prolongados, que sin embargo tendrán que alimentar y cuidar y procurar hacer eternos, si ya les ha alcanzado el momento de no poder pasarse sin ti y sin mí, o el uno sin el otro.

Cada vez que das un paso adelante, estás destinado a perturbar algo. Agitas el aire mientras avanzas, levantas polvo, alteras el suelo. Vas atropellando cosas. Cuando una sociedad entera avanza, ese atropello se hace en una escala mucho mayor; y cada cosa que trastornes, los intereses creados que quieras suprimir, todo se convierte en un obstáculo. MAHATMA GANDHI

Don't substitute. Carroll O'Connor, the late actor who played the role of Archie Bunker in the sitcom All in the Family, said that the problem for most people is that when they meet resistance in pursuit of their goals, they substitute easier goals rather than create better plans. When you meet resistance in pursuit of your goals (and you will), do not substitute easier goals; rather, create a more refined plan or work harder at the one you have.

Obstacles in life are similar to speed bumps on roads. They are both in place for a reason. So, slow down, be observant and make it to the end of the road successfully.

The only way to ensure that your actual success will equal your current potential for success is to eliminate the constraints that are holding you back. The

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give it up. I'm only six feet tall, so I couldn't play basketball. I'm only 190 pounds, so I couldn't play football. And I have 20-20 vision, so I couldn't be a referee.

Money can't fix everything, but it can make a lot of problems go away.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

If only their bodies could pass unimpeded along these highways as quickly and safely as her finger traces the route along the map.

As a software developer, you are your own worst enemy. The sooner you realize that, the better off you'll be.

Problems are often life's way of letting you know that you're off course and need to take corrective action.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. — Seneca

Are the things around you helping you toward success—or are they holding you back? — W. Clement Stone

Consider failure as just a comma in the middle of a sentence that tells the story of your life.

What do most people do? When there's a tree in the way they grab that axe, dull or not, and start whaling away at it. And if they

That doesn't change the fact that it's really hard to walk through the jungle when you can't see." "It's not the jungle. It's the rainforest." "Same thing." "No, it's not.

Perhaps [he had] persevered for too long, in the face of too many obstacles, his hair proof of his tenacity - the stark black streaked with white or, in certain light, stark white shot through with black, each strand of white attributable to the jungle fever (so cold it burned, his skin glacial), each strand of black a testament to being alive afterwards.

Never skip a step. Skip a step, you'll find five more new ones waiting ahead of you." The