Obstacles Quotes - Page 30

• A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world.

  Elizabeth George

  Godly, Average, Community

  Elizabeth George (2012). “A Woman's Daily Walk with God”, p.13, Harvest House Publishers

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• We're making far too big a deal out of our sexual preferences. It's just another form of narcissism, and I think it can be a big problem and a tremendous obstacle.

  Andrew Cohen

  Thinking, Literature, Narcissism

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• But by far the greatest obstacle to the progress of science and to the undertaking of new tasks and provinces therein is found in this-that men despair and think things impossible.

  Francis Bacon

  Science, Men, Thinking

  Francis Bacon (2012). “The Great Instauration”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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• Obstacles are only opportunities to succeed or fail; how we handle them determines what will happen.

  James Caan

  Motivational, Opportunity, Succeed

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• Most success springs from an obstacle or failure.

  Scott Adams

  Spring, Cartoonist

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• Sometimes things which at the moment may be perceived as obstacles-and actually be obstacles, difficulties, or drawbacks-can in the long run result in some good end which would not have occurred if it had not been for the obstacle.

  Steve Allen

  Running, Adversity, Long

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• Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world.

  Erwin McManus

  Challenges, World, Limits

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2008). “Wide Awake: The Future Is Waiting Within You”, p.45, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• This deep sense of feeling that, 'I am' blessed can help you overcome any obstacle in life. It gives you courage and confidence and it will open you up for grace to pour in.

  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

  Blessed, Giving, Grace

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• There is no upper limit to what individuals are capable of doing with their minds. There is no age limit that bars them from beginning. There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome if they persist and believe.

  H. G. Wells

  Believe, Mind, Age

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• Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles;
  Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Submissive, Surrender, Cowardice

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• Crossing over mountains, rivers, arid oceans, setting at naught, as it were, the obstacles of the distance of space and time, the blood of Indian thought has flowed, and is still flowing into the veins of other nations of the globe, whether in a distinct or in some subtle unknown way. Perhaps to us belongs the major portion of the universal ancient inheritance.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Distance, Ocean, Blood

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1794, Manonmani Publishers

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• I pray we... come to this darkness so far above light! If only we lacked sight and knowledge so as to see, so as to know, unseeing and unknowing, that which lies beyond all vision and knowledge. For this would be really to see and to know: to praise the Transcendent One in a transcending way... We would be like sculptors who set out to carve a statue. They remove every obstacle to the pure view of the hidden image, and simply by the act of clearing aside they show up the beauty which is hidden.

  Pope Dionysius

  Christian, Lying, Light

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• Anger, as long as it is controlled anger, is no obstacle to efficiency. Self-control is one thing the sociopath does not usually possess. Use yours to his undoing.

  Jeff Cooper

  Self, Long, Doe

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• Difficulties and obstacles are God's challenges to faith. When hindrances confront us in the path of duty, we are to recognize them as vessels for faith to fill with the fullness and all-sufficiency of Jesus.

  A. B. Simpson

  Jesus, Challenges, Path

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• Excuses are a list of self imposed obstacles that prevent you from having a better life.

  Tony Horton

  Self, Lists, Excuse

  FaceBook post by Tony Horton from Jul 20, 2010

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• We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure out daughters have no limits on their dreams, no obstacles to their achievements and no remaining ceilings to shatter.

  Barack Obama

  Daughter, Dream, Achievement

  FaceBook post by Barack Obama from Mar 01, 2011

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• If you have no obstacles in your own mind, then outer obstacles will not hinder you or cause you worry.

  Hsuan Hua

  Worry, Mind, Causes

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• We have so many opportunities in first world countries. Let's not squander them by focusing on obstacles-real or imaginary!

  Catherine DeVrye

  Wisdom, Country, Real

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• Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Character, Yield, Government

  Henry David Thoreau (1942). “Civil Disobedience”, p.8, Hayes Barton Press

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• Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Lying, Temptation, Overcoming

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• Often the biggest obstacle in meeting life’s challenges is actually our own fear of failure.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Challenges, Fear Of Failure, Meetings

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• Pursue the obstacle
  It will set you free

  Mark Nepo

  Pursue

  Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.400, Conari Press

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• Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Goal, Raw Materials, Purpose

  Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Aristotle (2012). “The Modern Library Collection of Greek and Roman Philosophy 3-Book Bundle: Meditations; Selected Dialogues of Plato; The Basic Works of Aristotle”, p.221, Modern Library

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• Disability need not be an obstacle to success.

  Stephen Hawking

  Needs, Disability

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• The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.

  Max De Pree

  Jobs, People, Leader

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