Obstacles Quotes - Page 34

• If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

  Lord Acton

  Past, History, Burden

  Lord Acton (2016). “Lectures on Modern History: Great Event”, p.4, VM eBooks

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• We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

  Henry Adams

  Order, Sloth, Laziness

  'The Education of Henry Adams' (1907) ch. 29

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• Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.

  Scott Adams

  Happiness, Success, Hope

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• I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.

  Isabel Allende

  People, Overcoming, Umbrella

  "Allende Examines the Caribbean's Chaotic History Through New Novel". "PBS NewsHour" with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. May 23, 2010.

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• In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Stupid, Overcoming, Stubborn

  Martin Heidegger, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre (2016). “The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Essays in Metaphysics, The Ethics of Ambiguity, and The Philosophy of Existentialism”, p.71, Open Road Media

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• The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

  Robert Benchley

  Writing, Typewriters, Ribbons

  Chips off the old Benchley (1949) "Learn to Write"

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• 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

  Struggle, Hero, Men

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• 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

  Movie, Inspiring, Sex

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance.

  Robert Bork

  Religious, Believe, Views

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• When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Love, Husband, Passion

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• To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians.

  Shane Claiborne

  Christian, Sorry, Believe

  "What If Jesus Meant All That Stuff?". www.esquire.com. November 18, 2009.

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• If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Leadership, Military, Ambition

  Carl von Clausewitz (2012). “Principles of War”, p.65, Courier Corporation

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• The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Two, Abortion, Mixing

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• It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Fun, Unique, Thinking

  "11 Epic Ways Love, Bravery & Audacity Transform Your Life" by Maimah Karmo, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2017.

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• Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence.

  Bernadette Devlin

  Mother, Equality, Church

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• 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

  Character, Men, Trouble

  Henry Drummond (2013). “The Greatest Thing in the World: The Secret Edition - Open Your Heart to the Real Power and Magic of Living Faith and Let the Heaven Be in You, Go Deep Inside Yourself and Back, Feel the Crazy and Divine Love and Live for Your Dreams”, p.18, Lulu Press, Inc

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• There's definitely an obstacle in developing a brand for yourself that people can rely on when you're so eclectic.

  Fred Durst

  People, Eclectic, Brands

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• I take up the standpoint that the tendency to aggression is an innate, independent, instinctual disposition in man, and I come back now to the statement that it constitutes the most powerful obstacle to culture.

  Sigmund Freud

  Powerful, Independent, Men

  "Civilisation, War and Death".

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• Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Impact, Profound, Achievement

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• When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight - but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Years, Giving, Dignity

  "Confessions of an over-giver" by Elizabeth Gilbert, www.cnn.com. March 21, 2012.

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• It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness.

  Herbie Hancock

  Keys, Overcoming, Key To Happiness

  Twitter post from Mar 11, 2017

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• 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

  Wisdom, Self, Doubt

  The Blithedale Romance ch. 2 (1852)

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• Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.

  Brad Henry

  Oklahoma, Resilience, Stronger

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• One of the greatest obstacles to escaping poverty is the staggering cost of higher education.

  Chris Van Hollen

  Escaping, Cost, Poverty

  "Breaking the Cycle of Childhood Poverty" by Chris Van Hollen, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2012.

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• Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.

  Aldous Huxley

  Travel, Heart, Cutting

  Aldous Huxley (1956). “The collected works of Aldous Huxley”

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