I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
Obstacle - Obstacles Quotes
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligent quotient.
We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.
Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Our species can only survive if we have obstacles to overcome. You take away all obstacles and without them to strengthen us, we will weaken and die. (Captain James T. Kirk, “Metamorphosis”)
Our project may be 99% perfect, but we focus on the 1% that is bad, the negative. We keep our eyes on the obstacles instead of on the main goal. Negative attitudes bring negative results.
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.