Obstacles Quotes - Page 26

• 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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• Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. Difficulties must be studied and dealt with, but they must not be magnfiied by fear

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Christian, Imagination, Difficulty

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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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• 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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• When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Opportunity, Creative, Arise

  Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.8, Open Road Media

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• Power is the big obstacle, or one of them, that you have to overcome and learn to deal with effectively before you can reach enlightenment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Power, Enlightenment, Overcoming

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• When you are not following dharma, then you will not be at peace. You will not be happy. The simplest things will seem to be endless obstacles.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Endless, Dharma

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• In the modern view, unbridled personal freedom is the only good to be pursued; any obstacle to it is a problem to be overcome.

  Anthony Daniels

  Views, Overcoming, Problem

  "All Sex, All the Time". www.city-journal.org. Summer 2000.

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• It’s good to have obstacles and difficulties, and to fail and have things not go the way you want. And then have to figure out how to keep moving forward.

  Maya Forbes

  Moving, Want, Way

  "Mark Ruffalo and Maya Forbes on How YouTube and Wes Anderson Helped Shape Infinitely Polar Bear". Interview with Richard Lawson, www.vanityfair.com. June 19, 2015.

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• Immaterial art is the strongest because there's no obstacle; there's just energy, and I believe in energy.

  Marina Abramovic

  Art, Believe, Energy

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• Don't get discouraged. As far as I'm concerned, a positive attitude is the most important attribute any runner can have. You'll need it often. Every runner has bad days, every runner has occasional injuries, and every runner eventually slows down (take it from someone who has slowed down a lot). But as long as you maintain a positive attitude, you'll find ways to overcome the obstacles and continue running. After all, running offers countless rewards. It's simply up to you to find the ones that have the most meaning for you.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Attitude, Bad Day

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• Once the philosophical foundation of democracy has collapsed, the statement that dictatorship is bad is rationally valid only for those who are not its beneficiaries, and there is no theoretical obstacle to the transformation of this statement into its opposite.

  Max Horkheimer

  Philosophical, Democracies Have, Opposites

  Max Horkheimer (2013). “Eclipse of Reason”, p.19, A&C Black

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• The very aim of meditation is firstly subjugation of the mind, so that it can no longer be an obstacle to a clear vision of the Supreme cliché. Secondly, it is the full silencing of that mind, so that consciousness becomes similar to the mirror-like surface of a quiet lake or pool. I can see the real Reflection of Truth in it then, but not otherwise.

  Mouni Sadhu

  Real, Reflection, Lakes

  Mouni Sadhu (2005). “Meditation: An Outline for Practical Study”, p.196, Karnac Books

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• I look at obstacles as opportunities.

  Jon Jones

  Opportunity, Ufc, Mma

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• You cannot govern the creative impulse; all you can do is eliminate obstacles and smooth the way for it.

  Kimon Nicolaides

  Creativity, Creative, Way

  Kimon Nicolaïdes (1990). “The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study”, p.151, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Biggest obstacle to learning is thinking you already know.

  Mike Erre

  Thinking, Knows, Biggest Obstacles

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• If the people around you are negative and you can't change that, either remove yourself from the situation or view it simply as one obstacle you face in pursuing your own potential. Stay focused on your own goals and make the best of the situation.

  Terry Orlick

  Views, People, Goal

  Terry Orlick (1998). “Embracing Your Potential”, p.51, Human Kinetics

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• Set goals, challenge yourself, and achieve them. Live a healthy life...and make every moment count. Rise above the obstacles, and focus on the positive.

  Robert H. Goddard

  Goal, Focus, Challenges

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• I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers.... You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles.

  Millard Drexler

  Moving, Adversity, Thinking

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• Out of a very intimate acquaintance with D. L. Moody, I wish to testify that he was a far greater pray-er than he was preacher. Time and time again, he was confronted by obstacles that seemed insurmountable, but he always knew the way to overcome all difficulties. He knew the way to bring to pass anything that needed to be brought to pass. He knew and believed in the deepest depths of his soul that nothing was too hard for the Lord, and that prayer could do anything that God could do.

  R. A. Torrey

  Prayer, Soul, Wish

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• As the astronomer rejoices in new knowledge which compels him to give up the dignity of our globe as the centre, the pride, and even the final cause of the universe, so do those who have escaped from the Christian mythology enjoy their release from the superstition which fails to make them happy, fails to make them good, fails to make them wise, and has become as great an obstacle in the way of progress as the prior mythologies which it took the place of two thousand years ago.

  Harriet Martineau

  Wise, Christian, Giving Up

  Harriet Martineau (1877). “Harriet Martineau's autobiography, with memorials by M.W. Chapman”, p.356

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• Baby, I have no idea how this will end. Maybe the equator will fall like a hula hoop from the earth's hips and our mouths will freeze mid-kiss on our 80th anniversary or maybe tomorrow my absolute insanity combined with the absolute obstacle course of your communication skills will leave us like a love letter in a landfill. But whatever, however, whenever this ends I want you to know that right now, I love you forever.

  Andrea Gibson

  Inspirational, Baby, Fall

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• Should we not begin to redefine patriotism? We need to expand it beyond that narrow nationalism which has caused so much death and suffering. If national boundaries should not be obstacles to trade-we call it globalization-should they also not be obstacles to compassion and generosity?

  Howard Zinn

  Peace, War, Compassion

  "Dying for the Government" by Howard Zinn, progressive.org. July 16, 2007.

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• Obstacles are an opportunity to create something new

  Skrillex

  Opportunity, Something New

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