J. Cole
Rapper, songwriter
"Anything's possible, you gotta dream like you never seen obstacles."
Obstacles quotes
Obstacles
321 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Marcus Aurelius
Philosopher, Emperor
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."
Ramana Maharshi
Spiritual Teacher
"The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened."
Franz Kafka
Writer
"Do not waste your time looking for an obstacle - maybe there is none."
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Leader, Emperor
"I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way."
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"Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles; Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances."
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"Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen."
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"There are no impossible obstacles; there are just stronger and weaker wills, that’s all!"
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"Love that shines from within cannot be darkened by obstacles of the world of consequences!"
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"Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles."
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"I know that there are obstacles; I know that there are hills to climb, I know there were people before me that made my journey easier and there are people behind me that I have made the journey easier for."
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"It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished."
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"Sometimes consciousness devises an obstacle in order to have the experience of transcending it."
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"Faith is to fear nothing, to stand unswayed, the power to surmount any obstacle."
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"With a penetrating vision you can dissipate the obstruction, remove the obstacle, dissolve the wrong condition."
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"Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor."
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"Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals."
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"Your own Fear is the greatest obstacle you will ever face on your journey. Let your Faith be bigger than your Fear."
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"The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition."
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"In my career I have never felt that my being a woman was an obstacle or an advantage. I guess I've been oblivious."
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"It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles."
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"Obstacles are our friends: they teach us where we're stuck."
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"We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually experience. An affair is a perfect erotic plot because it fits the erotic equation of psychotherapist Jack Morin: "Attraction plus obstacle equals excitement."."
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"Every obstacle is a test."
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"When we point to obstacles we inhibit progress. When we offer solutions we advance."
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