Obstacle Quotes
469 quotes by 366 authors
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
— Lord Acton
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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
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In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
— Robert Benchley
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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…
— Andrew Bernstein
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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,…
— Kathryn Bigelow
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.
— Daniel J. Boorstin
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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…
— Robert Bork
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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…
— Thomas Carlyle
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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…
— Thomas Carlyle
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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
— Thomas Carlyle
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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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…
— Shane Claiborne
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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
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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it…
— Marcel Proust
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Those who see worldly life as an obstacle to Dharma see no Dharma in everyday actions. They have not yet discovered that there are no…
— Dogen
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.
— Daisaku Ikeda
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CHILDHOOD IS THAT STATE WHICH ENDS THE MOMENT A PUDDLE IS FIRST VIEWED AS AN OBSTACLE INSTEAD OF AN OPPORTUNITY
— Michael K. Williams
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I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me . . . Failure always made me try harder…
— Michael Jordan
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