Obstacles Quotes - Page 5

• If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Wisdom

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Happiness, Fear, Journey

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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• Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Inspirational, Life, Fear

  Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”

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  The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Thomas Paine (1817). “The Political Works of Thomas Paine: In Two Volumes”

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• Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

  W. Clement Stone

  Motivational, Success, Time

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• Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Sports, Determination

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Strength, Perseverance

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• If you're going through hell, keep going.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Crush

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

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• Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

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• The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Change, Past, Space

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

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• Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Jul 07, 2014

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• We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Motivational, Determination, Business

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.82, Penguin

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• The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. - What does not destroy makes me stronger.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Ambition, Stronger, Overcoming

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• Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

  Barbara Sher

  Attitude, Real, Worry

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• When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Strong Women, Courage, Fear

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• Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

  Og Mandino

  Struggle, Victory And Defeat, Selling

  Og Mandino (2011). “The Greatest Salesman in the World”, p.25, Bantam

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• Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Persistence, Obstacles And Challenges, Strength In Adversity

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2003). “The Power of Positive Thinking: 10 Traits for Maximum Results”, p.123, Simon and Schuster

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• Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

  Les Brown

  Motivational, Order, Overcoming

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• Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

  Bernice Johnson Reagon

  Motivational, Stay Strong, Business

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• To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Mistake, Learning

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 20, 2016

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• Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

  Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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• We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

  Bertrand Russell

  Education, Art, Philosophy

  Bertrand Russell, Richard A. Rempel, Beryl Haslam (2000). “Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22”, p.356, Psychology Press

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• I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; Yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; Yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.

  Og Mandino

  Heart, Sadness, Grieving

  Og Mandino (2009). “The Greatest Secret in the World”, p.22, Bantam

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• I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it... I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it's an illusion to me.

  Michael Jordan

  Life, Sports, People

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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