Obstacles Quotes - Page 4

• 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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• Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Imagination, Power Of Positive Thinking, Permit

  Norman Vincent Peale (2012). “The Power Of Positive Thinking For Young People”, p.13, Random House

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• Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Positive, Congratulations

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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• Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Positive, Strength

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

  Michael Jordan

  Motivational, Basketball, Running

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

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

  Barbara Sher

  Attitude, Real, Worry

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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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• 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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• If we have strong desire then God miraculously removes obstacles and gives us the power to overcome them.

  Radhanath Swami

  Strong, Giving, Desire

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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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• Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Motivational, Wisdom, Perseverance

  Quoted in Quotable Calvin Coolidge, ed. Peter Hannaford (2001).

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• I didn't have anybody, really, no foundation in life, so I had to make my own way. Always, from the start. I had to go out in the world and become strong, to discover my mission in life.

  Tina Turner

  Happiness, Success, Perseverance

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• History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

  B. C. Forbes

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Courage

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• All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Depression

  "The Story of Walt Disney". Book by Diane Disney Miller, Pete Martin, 1957.

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• I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

  Jack Penn

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

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• Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

  Paul J. Meyer

  Inspirational, Confidence, Determination

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  Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 12, 2016

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