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Obstacles Quotes
Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
Barbara Sher
You
Overcome
Circles
Invented
Take
Obstacles
Like
Real
Maze
It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
Eric Hoffer
Man
Opportunities
He
True
Obstacles
Most
Still
Human
Holds
Turns
Uniquely
The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.
Henri Nouwen
Life
Man
Remove
Victim
Consistently
Entering
Able
Slowly
Spirit
Prevent
Longer
Obstacles
Himself
His
Articulate
Movements
Who
Inner
Inner Life
Need
If the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden.
Maria Montessori
Garden
Men
Must
Brotherhood
Over
Obstacles
Globe
Surface
Children
Mankind
Should
Whole
United
Playing
I had been so focused on what to discard, on attacking the unwanted obstacles around me, that I had forgotten to cherish the things that I loved, the things I wanted to keep.
Marie Kondo
Me
Unwanted
Focused
Attacking
Had
Obstacles
Discard
Around
Cherish
Been
Forgotten
Wanted
Loved
Keep
Things
Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
Naomi Wolf
Patience
Strategy
Thinking
Kids
Critical
Critical Thinking
Obstacles
Course
Teach
Necessary
Resilience
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
Bill Bradley
Great
Sports
Important
Odds
Difficulty
Athletes
Obstacles
Overcoming
Overcoming Obstacles
Important Role
Metaphor
Times
Role
Role Models
Models
Achieving
Against
Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.
Bill Richardson
Family
Opportunities
Parents
Single
Difficult
Enough
Meet
More
Struggling
Obstacles
Make
Ends
Even
Need
Raising
Super-success is not for everyone, and you will endure weeks and months and years of hard work, obstacles, failures, victories, pain, and any manner of 'negative' experiences to reap the rewards of success, drink from the golden goblet, own the brass ring.
Dan Pena
Success
Work
Hard Work
You
Negative
Will
Own
Reap
Pain
Everyone
Months
Ring
Drink
Weeks
Failures
Obstacles
Years
Brass
Any
Rewards
Golden
Endure
Experiences
Victories
Manner
Hard
There have been setbacks, illnesses and other obstacles, so inevitably I've had disappointments. But once you realise that things can't always go your own way, you're on the right track to being able to handle your own life.
Diana Quick
Life
You
Right Track
Own
Other
Once
Way
Able
Had
Disappointments
Obstacles
Track
Always
Inevitably
Go
Been
Handle
Being
Realise
Your
Illnesses
Right
Things
Setbacks
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
Life
Adversity
Character
Me
You
Writing
Simple
Overcome
Singing
Build
Able
Inspiration
Simple Things
Obstacles
Most
Offer
Where
Order
Succeed
Things
Appreciate
Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.
Ferdinand Marcos
You
Challenges
Overcome
Will
Before
Whatever
Everybody
Everybody Else
Else
Say
Obstacles
Us
Regardless of the obstacles or hurdles that are ahead of you, regardless of the opponent, regardless of the odds, your goal and objective always is to win. I think that's part of sports.
Grant Hill
You
Sports
Win
Hurdles
Odds
Think
Objective
Part
Obstacles
Always
Opponent
Goal
Regardless
Your
Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.
Henry Drummond
Life
Yourself
Men
Difficulties
Troubles
Obstacles
Isolate
Midst
Therefore
Keep
Among
Things
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction - there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome.
Marco Tempest
Death
Overcome
Creation
Must
Tricks
Follow
Magic
Archetypes
Resurrection
Obstacles
Tales
Narrative
Loss
Fiction
As an actor, secrets and obstacles fuel the character.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Character
Secrets
Obstacles
Fuel
Actor
I want a painting to be difficult to do. The more obstacles, obstructions, problems - if they don't overwhelm - the better. I would like to feel that I am involved at any stage of the painting with all its moments, not just this 'now' moment where a superficial grace is so available.
Richard Diebenkorn
Grace
Better
Problems
Stage
Painting
Difficult
Would
Superficial
More
Feel
Obstacles
Like
Involved
Am
Overwhelm
Any
Just
Where
Want
Available
Moment
Moments
Now
No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.
Robert Zemeckis
Matter
Path
Live
Our
Ways
Except
Through
Thrown
Obstacles
How
Them
Many
Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.
Tom Stoppard
Theatre
Imminent
Road
Obstacles
Disaster
Insurmountable
Series
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
Success
Time
Great
Problem
Met
Unknown
Everyone
Out
Through
Obstacles
Powers
Venture
Voyage
Known
Came
Were
Going
Achieves
Regardless
Them
Themselves
Who
Helped
Each
Keep
Keep Going
Set
Love conquers all difficulties, surmounts all obstacles, and effects what to any other power would be impossible.
William Godwin
Love
Impossible
Power
Difficulties
Other
Would
Would-Be
Obstacles
Effects
Any
Conquers
It is true that Egypt's attempt at democracy after the 2011 revolution encountered many obstacles in governance and infrastructure.
Ahmed Zewail
Democracy
Revolution
Attempt
True
Obstacles
Governance
Encountered
Egypt
After
Infrastructure
Many
Like myself, President Obama is the father of two daughters. He understands the obstacles that they face as women, but he also understands the emergency of the state of young black men in America.
Al Sharpton
Myself
Women
Father
Black
Men
Face
Young
President
State
President Obama
Obama
Emergency
Daughters
He
Obstacles
Like
Also
Understands
America
Two
The day of the daredevil reporter who refuses to see obstacles to getting the truth, and seeing it with his or her own eyes, seems to have died.
Alastair Campbell
Truth
Day
Eyes
Own
Daredevil
See
Seeing
Seems
Obstacles
His
Reporter
Died
Getting
Refuses
Who
Her
I just wanted to be who I was, which was like so many other girls I knew. We grew up in the city, had a hard edge and obstacles to overcome, but we were still young and beautiful. I didn't want to be all dressed up, all made up - I wanted to be myself, which hadn't been done before.
Alicia Keys
Beautiful
Myself
Overcome
Made
Girl
Edge
Before
Young
Other
City
Dressed
Had
Knew
Obstacles
Like
Still
Were
Been
Up
Done
Just
Want
Wanted
Grew
Which
Hard
Who
Many
That's where I'll get the love in my heart: from, the fact that little young guys can look at the obstacles that I had to go through to become a Hall of Famer and know it's not so bad when it comes to them trying to accomplish the same goal.
Allen Iverson
Love
Heart
Become
Young
Bad
Guys
Fact
Through
Had
Obstacles
Know
Look
Hall
Go
Accomplish
Goal
Get
Trying
Same
Where
Young Guys
Little
Them
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