Obstacles Quotes
1313 quotes by 928 authors
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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…
— Nicolas Chamfort
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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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If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
— Frank A. Clark
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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…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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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
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Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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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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When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved in the work of the…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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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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Whatever blocks you encounter, you have learned that there is a way over, around or through them. It is not those obstacles that inhibit your…
— Douglas Smith
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Good character is that quality which makes one dependable whether being watched or not, which makes one truthful when it is to one's advantage to…
— Arthur S. Adams
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Genuine confidence is a way of thinking about yourself and your abilities. Confidence is your perception of your own potential; it's a kind of long-term…
— John Eliot
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Consider the possibility that the little obstacles in life are not obstacles at all, but stepping stones.
— Neale Donald Walsch
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A population weakened and exhausted by battling against so many obstacles - whose needs are never satisfied and desires never fulfilled - is vulnerable to…
— Ryszard Kapuscinski
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We can do nothing without prayer. All things can be done by importunate prayer. It surmounts or removes all obstacles, overcomes every resisting force and…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the ponderous stroke, to…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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We have a long way to go, some tough issues ahead of us, and I'm sure there will be some obstacles in the path ...…
— Dick Durbin
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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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