Quotes About Obstacles

I wanted to create a world that presented the Smurfs with obstacles and challenges and really put them in a fish-out-of-water situation but also make them very active in getting out of their situation. Make them really the central characters.

The best thing you can do as a leader when people are pressed is get the obstacles out of their way.

One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.

It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

Basically if you're trying to write films in England you might as well decide to hide for two years. It's just meetings with people who don't really have any money but pretend they do.

You know, everybody is dealing with issues.

Every once in awhile, we all get a bad hand dealt to us.

It hasn't been for a lack of trying. But we really have to analyze in a deeper way why we have these problems - at least at the state level - electing an African-American.

Unfortunately, defeats are part of the game.

All the projects that I am part of get delayed for reasons beyond my control!

Delays can't mar a film.

Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.

Most of the bad things that have happened to me happened in Denver.

There is no way, believe me, despite my name being Winfield, and loving the game dearly. It wasn't in the cards. I didn't know what it was going to take to get here.

Excuses destroy success every time.

Problems just make me more determined.

By far, the most disabling thing in my life is the physical environment. It dictates what I can and can't do every day.

Too often, researchers on the cusp of a new discovery are held back by needless red tape and paperwork, meaning their innovative work cannot be capitalised on.

In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.

I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape.

Bureaucracy and red tape should not delay our efforts to bring help to those in need.

Developing countries often have hypertrophied bureaucracies, requiring businesses to deal with enormous amounts of red tape.

The regulatory systems in place disincentive innovation. It's intense to fight the red tape.

I've been targeted since I was 17, 18, 19.