Obstacles Quotes - Page 25

• I want to share some insight into why someone would want to be a SEAL. A lot of us faced obstacles growing up. I didn't have any type of real nurturing as a kid. I hope people will relate to my story and go, 'Hey, if this guy can do it, so can I.

  Howard E. Wasdin

  Growing Up, Real, Kids

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• Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing.

  Nik Wallenda

  Negative, Way, Walks

  "Niagara Falls Tightrope Walker Garners U.S. Support". www.foxnews.com. August 03, 2011.

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• The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a pleasing personality: interrupting others; sarcasm; vanity; being a poor listener; insincere flattery; finding fault; challenging others without good cause; giving unsolicited advice; complaining; attitude of superiority; envy of others' success; poor posture and dress.

  Harold Geneen

  Attitude, Sarcasm, Vanity

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• There is a greater Christian faith than one which settles for the temporal happiness, and that is the augmentation of faith. The more faithful you become, the harder the obstacles get; but the harder the obstacles get, the tougher your spine grows; and the tougher your spine grows, the less dependent you are on man's approval. I came to know this about Christianity when valuing faith before comfort.

  Criss Jami

  Christian, Men, Faithful

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.44, Criss Jami

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• The State idea is not according to my heart. I cannot understand why it is needed. It is connected with narrow-minded and economic obstacles. I believe it is bad. I have always been against it.

  Albert Einstein

  Believe, Heart, Ideas

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• Every obstacle must at first be put in the path of the aspiring artist. For it is only those whom you cannot discourage who are worth encouraging.

  Harold Speed

  Artist, Path, Firsts

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• If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority not be liable to the same reproach? Men are not apt to change their character by agglomeration; nor does their patience in the presence of obstacles increase with the consciousness of their strength. And for these reasons I can never willingly invest any number of my fellow creatures with that unlimited authority which I should refuse to any one of them.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Character, Men, Numbers

  Alexis de Tocqueville, John Canfield Spencer (1854). “American Institutions and Their Influence”, p.260

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• Timidity puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them.

  Paulo Coelho

  Path, Boldness, Timidity

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• To me, obstacles in life build character. You have to be able to overcome adversity in order to succeed and appreciate the simple things life has to offer...that's where most of my inspiration for writing and singing comes from.

  Elliott Yamin

  Inspiration, Writing, Character

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The greatest obstacle to love is fear. It has been the source of all defects in human behavior throughout the ages.

  Mahmoud Mohammed Taha

  Love Is, Age, Behavior

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• The great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard.

  Andre Gide

  Artist, Greatness, Great Art

  Andre Gide (2017). “Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality”, p.54, Routledge

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• ...there are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no record of the numbers of able persons who fall by the wayside, persons who, with enough encouragement and opportunity, might make great contributions.

  Mary Barnett Gilson

  Teamwork, Perseverance, Encouragement

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• Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles.

  Terry Orlick

  Sports, Silver Platter, Hands

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• The principal hindrance to the advancement of the kingdom of God is greed. It is the chief obstacle to heaven-sent revival. It seems that when the back of greed is broken, the human spirit soars into regions of unselfishness. I believe that it is safe to say there can be no continuous revival without 'hilarious' giving. And I fear no contradiction: wherever there is 'hilarious' giving there will soon be revival!

  O. S. Hawkins

  Believe, Heaven Sent, Giving

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• When you are doing God's will everything seems to happen without much effort or many obstacles.

  Mary C. Neal

  God, Christian, Religious

  Mary C. Neal, M.D. (2012). “To Heaven and Back: A Doctor's Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels, and Life Again: A True Story”, p.12, WaterBrook

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• If the only obstacle to the renewal and modernization of France is a choice of personnel, I am completely convinced that the president will make the right choice. What is at stake is not Alain Juppe but France.

  Alain Juppe

  Choices, President, France

  "Chirac, French conservatives stung by election result". www.cnn.com. May 26, 1997.

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• When you flow like water you bring all of your talents and resources to your creative work... Flow around every obstacle you encounter, including any you've erected yourself.

  Eric Maisel

  Water, Creative, Encounters

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• My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful, the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles.

  Richard Diebenkorn

  Meaningful, Fields, Limits

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• The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Country, Army, Europe

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c”, Рипол Классик

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• 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?

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Cutting, Army, Paris

  Napoleon Bonaparte, D. A. Bingham (2010). “A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon: With Explanatory Notes”, p.24, Cambridge University Press

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• God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Overcoming, Politics

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• When fate throws a dagger at you, there are ways to catch it. If you catch it by the blade, you can harm yourself. But if you catch it by the handle, you can use it to help you fight through the obstacles ahead.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Fighting, Fate

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• I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Giving, Way, Objectives

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• Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!

  Pythagoras

  Shining, World, Consequence

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• Don't let any obstacle stop you. Always remember that you have spiritual and mental qualities within you that can overcome even the seemingly impossible.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Spiritual, Quality, Overcoming

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