Overcoming Obstacles Quotes

"The greater the challenge, the greater the joy in overcoming it. Never let anything or anyone stop you from fulfilling your dreams."

- Steve

"A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome."

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"You can’t defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you."

- Seth Adam Smith

"An obstacle is often a stepping stone."

- William Prescott

"Fear freezes your actions because it takes you into the world of what-if, and that’s the worst place anybody can be. This is when you start doing stupid things like predicting the future, or thinking your career as a mixed martial arts world champion is going to end suddenly. Forecasting doom and gloom is not only useless, but detrimental. It’s giving away all your power to fear and letting it take over your life."

- Georges St-Pierre

"The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It’s fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today. I don’t think we give ourselves enough credit for the overcoming."

- Maya Angelou

"There's nothing easy about finding your way through a world loaded with obstacles that others can't or don't see."

- Michelle Obama

"The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better."

- Enid Blyton

"It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career."

- Carlton Fisk

"The truly great leader overcomes all difficulties, and campaigns and battles are nothing but a long series of difficulties to be overcome. The lack of equipment, the lack of food, the lack of this or that are only excuses; the real leader displays his quality in his triumphs over adversity, however great it may be."

- General of the Army George C Marshall

"I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience."

- Audrey Hepburn

"Every flower must grow through dirt"

- Laurie Jean Sennott

"A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome"

- Matshona Dhliwayo

"Problems are guidelines, not stop signs!"

- Robert H. Schuller

"Every album, I’m worried that I’m a dork and a fraud – ‘What if I can’t sing anymore?’ Then I stop thinking and start playing guitar, and I realize that it’s okay to suck, and move forward."

- P!NK

"Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember-the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you."

- Zig Ziglar

"I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder."

- Issa Rae

"Love conquers all difficulties, surmounts all obstacles, and effects what to any other power would be impossible."

- William Godwin

"Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature."

- Dennis Prager

"The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Super-success is not for everyone, and you will endure weeks and months and years of hard work, obstacles, failures, victories, pain, and any manner of 'negative' experiences to reap the rewards of success, drink from the golden goblet, own the brass ring."

- Dan Pena

"I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile."

- Chris Burke

"The ADA is essential in helping me overcome the obstacles I face as a Wounded Warrior and empowers me to assist other veterans. It allows me to be physically active, have my pilot's license, and serve in Congress."

- Tammy Duckworth

"Mental discipline and tenacity in the face of obstacles are traits that have greatly helped me in both my personal and professional journey thus far. I am also very optimistic by nature and tend to focus on the positive and remain hopeful when faced with adversity."

- Priyamvada Natarajan

"If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles."

- Carl von Clausewitz

"Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles?"

- Jeremy Renner

"Struggle is the enemy, but weed is the remedy."

"The Greater the Obstacle, the More Glory in Overcoming It"

"Fear of exams diminishes with every page you turn. Keep studying, keep succeeding."

"Through thick and thin, a mother and daughter always share the victory of overcoming."