"To every obstacle oppose patience, perseverance and soothing language."
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"These numerous points at which money is withdrawn from circulation and accumulated in numerous individual hoards or potential money-capitals appears as so many obstacles to circulation, because they immobilise the money and deprive it of its capacity to circulate for a certain time."
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"Come on obstacles! I've been expecting you! This is the chance that I've been waiting for!"
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"Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness."
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"Feeling unworthy is like putting a huge obstacle into the God force, into the life force which is everywhere."
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"There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment."
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"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure."
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"We live in an information economy. The problem is that information's usually impossible to get, at least in the right place, at the right time."
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"Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress."
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"One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity."
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"Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?"
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"Being rich is an obstacle to loving. When you are rich, you want to continue to be rich, and so you end up devoting all your time, all your energy, in your daily life to stay rich."
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"Timidity puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them."
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"The biggest obstacle to taking a bigger perspective on life is that our emotions capture and blind us."
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"The great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard."
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"The past should remain firmly behind one. The present holds enough obstacles."
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"Disability need not be an obstacle to success."
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"What drives me is the prospect of turning an obstacle into a business opportunity, and then growing that into something lasting and rewarding."
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"Often the biggest obstacle in meeting life’s challenges is actually our own fear of failure."
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"We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity."
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