“Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
Leonardo da Vinci
“By changing our actions today and doing our personal best as much as possible each day, we're building a history of past successes--changing tomorrow's past; thus building a solid platform today to see and act on the day's obstacles, opportunities, and possibilities with confidence.”
David C. Sasser
“Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
Mark Victor Hansen
“We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.”
Bertrand Russell
“What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise”
Oscar Wilde
“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
Walt Disney
“The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero