What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul. — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it. — Cullen Hightower Copy Share Image
Sometimes writer's block is no more than a signal that you have not done enough research. — Sophy Burnham Copy Share Image
One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need. — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
I grew up as a tomboy. I was always barefoot, running races with the guys on the block, climbing trees, and beating… — Edie Falco Copy Share Image
The idea of writer's block or not having inspiration is totally terrifying to me. — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
“When stumbling blocks can become stepping stones, then these stones that the builders reject can equally become chief corner stones!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the… — Thomas J. Watson Copy Share Image
Tithing isn't the ceiling of giving; it's the floor. It's not the finish line of giving; it's just the starting blocks. Tithes… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
Obstacles are not opposing you, but merely and gently re-routing you. It is important not to view that which stands in your… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
Those 4 guys in the late 60's who attacked a jewel merchant on New York's West 46th St. on the sidewalk, so… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I think that what is truly unfortunate is when an entire party makes a decision that they're going to block every single… — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
That was one thing you found out when you were stoned, or wasted, or feverish: that the world was always turning and… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
My daughter, who goes to Stuyvesant High School only blocks from the World Trade Center, thinks we should fly an American flag… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I wish I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.… — Don Herold Copy Share Image
'm constantly depressed by the Mexican gang members I meet in East L.A. who essentially live their lives inside five or six… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only a product of that mission… — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other… — Caroline Myss Copy Share Image
The urgency for me is to hurry up and become visible enough to either influence or shame other artists or corporations into… — Aloe Blacc Copy Share Image
We find that the child who does not yet have language at his command, the child under two and a half, will… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
For the most part wisdom comes in chips rather than blocks. You have to be willing to gather them constantly, and from… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
In the late 1600s the finest instruments originated from three rural families whose workshops were side by side in the Italian village… — Freda Bright Copy Share Image
Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
Traditional marriage in the platform is the essential building block to our civilization. — Ken Blackwell Copy Share Image
Your field report might be the reason someone detoured six blocks, say, on their way to the chiropractor. — Kevin Moffett Copy Share Image
The greatest block today in the way of woman's emancipation is the church, the canon law, the Bible and the priesthood. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Fear is an insidious virus. Given a breeding place in our minds ... it will eat away our spirit and block the… — James F. Bell, III Copy Share Image
As my mind can conceive of more good, the barriers and blocks dissolve. My life becomes full of little miracles popping up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Skating taught me to set a goal and to block out other things and just focus on this one thing. — Katarina Witt Copy Share Image
Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer. — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
Contrails are denser and block sunlight much more than natural cirrus clouds. — David Travis Copy Share Image
Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer. — Jack Welch Copy Share Image
Every couple I know has side-by-side grave plots, but when we do it we're the biggest weirdos on the block. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
In Russia, they do not generally block the Internet and directly censor websites. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
The art of growing old is the art of being regarded by the oncoming generations as a support and not as a… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
Why carve? It's a better sculpture that way. I'll never improve the block. So I just started using uncarved blocks. — Carl Andre Copy Share Image
When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad. — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots. — Oscar Robertson Copy Share Image
The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
