"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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"Faith has played a major role in my life. Whenever I feel an obstacle is too great, I can always go to God in prayer and He'll help me through it."
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"Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles."
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"You should not bring more items and hurdles to the obstacle course."
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"Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith."
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"The greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment."
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"The obstacle became his alibi for weakness."
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"Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don't allow you to advance, then you're going to be a failure. If you look at them as hurdles that strengthen you each time you go over one, then you're going to be a success."
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"All great undertakings are achieved through mighty obstacles. Keep up the deepest mental poise. Take not even the slightest notice of what puerile creatures may be saying against you."
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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."
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"The search for truth is a cooperative, unending endeavor. We can, and should, engage in it to the extent we can and encourage others to do so as well, seeking to free ourselves from constraints imposed by coercive institutions, dogma, irrationality, excessive conformity and lack of initiative and imagination, and numerous other obstacles."
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"Obstacles don't have to stop you."
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"Too many facts are often as much of an obstacle to understanding as too few. There is a sense in which we moderns are inundated with facts to the detriment of understanding."
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"I think Muslims in particular are facing similar obstacles African Americans did, historically."
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"Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit."
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"Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success."
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