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Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort. -- Leonardo da Vinci
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
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. -- Moliere
The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language. -- Christopher Dawson
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. -- Daniel J. Boorstin
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger. -- Brad Henry
The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further. -- Franz Kafka
The tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man... it constitutes the powerful obstacle to culture. -- Sigmund Freud
Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity. -- Marina Abramovic
The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you'll only achieve small things. -- T. Harv Eker
Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success. -- Jane McGonigal
Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment. -- Thomas Carlyle
The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. -- Woodrow Wilson
Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it. -- Theodor Herzl
'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with that girl. -- Jim Sturgess
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live. -- Eckhart Tolle
An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame. -- Robert Foster Bennett
Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing. -- Robert Falcon Scott
If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies. -- Kathryn Bigelow
The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link. -- J. R. R. Tolkien
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. -- Clement Clarke Moore
You see, revolution sounds like something that happens, like turning on the light switch, but actually it's moving a large obstacle, and a lot of folks' efforts to push it in one direction or the other have to combine. -- Gil Scott-Heron
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen. -- Andrew Bernstein
Early in life I learned, just through observation, that right always wins out over wrong. If a person has good intentions in his heart and wants to do the right thing, then there are certain ways that any obstacle can be overcome. -- Monte Irvin
Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes. -- Akon
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death and resurrection to remove every obstacle between us and himself so that we may find everlasting joy in seeing and savoring his infinite beauty. -- John Piper
The obstacle is the path. -- Sara Shepard
Every obstacle is a test. -- Wayne Dyer
Make an obstacle an opportunity. -- Linda Armstrong
Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor. -- Leonardo da Vinci
Never let any obstacle stop you, -- Ruth Gruber
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. -- Leonardo da Vinci
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity -- Robert South
Reality is the only obstacle to happiness. -- Russell Baker
The obstacle became his alibi for weakness. -- Anais Nin
The great obstacle to progress is prejudice -- Christian Nestell Bovee
Story is a yearning meeting an obstacle. -- Robert Olen Butler
Resistance to change is always the biggest obstacle. -- Chris Paine
Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. -- Ellen Terry
The perpetual obstacle to human advancement is custom. -- John Stuart Mill
Every little obstacle-every fall you have-is an opportunity. -- Wayne Dyer
I think sometimes the hardest obstacle is yourself. -- Tricia Helfer
Pursue the obstacle It will set you free -- Mark Nepo
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. -- Scott Adams
Fear is the greatest obstacle to any adventure. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Disability need not be an obstacle to success. -- Stephen Hawking
To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language. -- Thomas Jefferson
Biggest obstacle to learning is thinking you already know. -- Mike Erre
Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is. -- Wally Amos
You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself. -- Hafez
The hardest obstacle I've had to overcome is complacency. -- Malcolm Goodwin
You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself. -- Hafez
For success, focus on your goal, not an obstacle. -- Debasish Mridha
Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success. -- Peter Drucker
Sometimes a perceived obstacle is just an opportunity in disguise. -- Michael Hyatt
The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment. -- Pema Chodron
Stress should be a powerful driving force, not an obstacle. -- Bill Phillips
You make obstacle courses and hurricanes, I make T-shirt slogans. -- Kimberly Sabatini
The pre-eminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine. -- Jimmy Carter
You have to conquer every obstacle to realize the goal. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity. -- Dalai Lama
You ought to conquer the obstacle to achieve the goal. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse. -- Kelley Armstrong
[C]ontent [is] an obstacle to the exercise of power. -- John Ralston Saul
The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language -- Christopher Dawson
You can overcome almost any obstacles, unless you are the obstacle. -- Lynn Forester de Rothschild
The main obstacle is the entrenched power of the legacy polluters. -- Van Jones
When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself. -- Ryszard Kapuscinski
Practice with the obstacle, always with the obstacle, and seek combinations. -- Sebastien Foucan
It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty. -- Bill Vaughan
Every obstacle is a stepping stone. My good cannot be stopped. -- Louise Hay
A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it. -- Ray A. Davis
The greatest obstacle to pleasure is not pain; it is delusion. -- Stephen Greenblatt
Every obstacle is a hidden step on the path to promotion. -- Sunday Adelaja
It is a great obstacle to happiness to expect too much. -- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
You must keep your mind on the objective, not on the obstacle. -- William Randolph Hearst
There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. -- David Belle
The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management. -- Charles Edwards
An obstacle is nothing but a temporary obstruction waiting to be tackled. -- Edmond Mbiaka
Eating constitutes the greatest obstacle to self-control; it gives rise to indolence. -- Mahavira
Luxury is an obstacle, and so is the fatness of the body. -- Umar
I can get through anything, any obstacle, after what I've been through. -- Eddie Lacy
The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief. -- Rodney Mullen
Your willpower to achieve the goal ought to stronger than any obstacle. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
For most people, lack of consistent, persistent effort is the biggest obstacle. -- Edgar Cayce
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith. -- Simone Weil
When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up. -- Angela Lynne Craig
Biggest obstacle in the way of success is the fear of failure. -- Debasish Mridha
You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course. -- Anne Lamott
Bureaucracy is not an obstacle to democracy but an inevitable complement to it. -- Joseph A. Schumpeter
Faith looks beyond the walls of the obstacle and on to the answer. -- Benny Hinn
If you believe you can only go so far, it is an obstacle. -- Oprah Winfrey
To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory -- French Proverb
In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
It's never too late to turn things around. You are the only obstacle. -- Dave Ramsey
Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth. -- Nathanael Emmons
There is not one obstacle standing in the way of your success anymore. -- Jon Taffer
The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency. -- Diane Ravitch
In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid. -- Simone de Beauvoir
The bigger your obstacle, the bigger your future. Don't get discouraged, keep moving forward. -- Joel Osteen
You should have dreams, you should have visions. Never let any obstacle stop you. -- Ruth Gruber
I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself. -- Steve Earle
No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference. -- Jay Samit
A goal casually set and lightly taken is freely abandoned at the first obstacle. -- Zig Ziglar
The biggest obstacle to making Christ magnificent is the refusal to make yourself small. -- James MacDonald
When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. -- Mary Kay Ash
Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle. -- Daisaku Ikeda
Doubt is an obstacle to success, and success is how you control the doubt. -- Unarine Ramaru
The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon. -- Robert Benchley
Do not waste your time looking for an obstacle - maybe there is none. -- Franz Kafka
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. -- Don Marquis
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States. -- George Soros
Sometimes consciousness devises an obstacle in order to have the experience of transcending it. -- Mooji
Wake up knowing that Allah is greater than any obstacle you may face today. -- Omar Suleiman
There is no obstacle too great, no challenge too difficult, if we have faith. -- Gordon B. Hinckley
Know that there is something inside of you that is greater than any obstacle. -- John A. Passaro
I think isolation is one of the greatest problems, an ever-growing obstacle to political solidarity. -- Elfriede Jelinek

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