I wanted to raise the voice of a lot of the people that I knew growing up, and this was, for the most part, poor people who had extraordinary dreams but also very amazing obstacles. – Edwidge Danticat
It’s our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique. And that’s what I know for sure… I think. – Ellen DeGeneres
When things don’t come so naturally to you, you want to persevere, you want to keep pushing yourself to overcome obstacles that prevent you from having the kind of life that you want to have. – Daniel Tammet
Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture… Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. – Norman Vincent Peale
The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition. – Gustav Stresemann
Poverty places not just one or two obstacles but multiple obstacles in a child’s pathway to what we would consider to be regular development – cognitively, intellectually and emotionally. – Geoffrey Canada
There have been setbacks, illnesses and other obstacles, so inevitably I’ve had disappointments. But once you realise that things can’t always go your own way, you’re on the right track to being able to handle your own life. – Diana Quick
Within ourselves, there are voices that provide us with all the answers that we need to heal our deepest wounds, to transcend our limitations, to overcome our obstacles or challenges, and to see where our soul is longing to go. – Debbie Ford
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction – there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and obstacles that must be overcome. – Marco Tempest
As long as Wanxiang exists, we will pursue our dream to make electric cars, whatever the obstacles. – Lu Guanqiu
If you’re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. – Michael Jordan
By the time you get to your sixth record, some of the benefits of being in a band are grander than ever, but some of the obstacles are just massive. You deal with these lateral subjects, and all that is left is the elephant in the room. – Josh Homme
If the whole of mankind is to be united into one brotherhood, all obstacles must be removed so that men, all over the surface of the globe, should be as children playing in a garden. – Maria Montessori
I had been so focused on what to discard, on attacking the unwanted obstacles around me, that I had forgotten to cherish the things that I loved, the things I wanted to keep. – Marie Kondo
Marriage is a decades-long experiment, conducted mostly in private; a test of will in the face of unexpected obstacles. – Jojo Moyes
I live my life like everyone else; everyone has their own obstacles. Mine is deafness. – Marlee Matlin
Since coming back from Iraq, there’s been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set my mind to something, I definitely just go full blast at it. – Jessica Lynch
If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there’s usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that’s wrong. – Jeff Hawkins
I am extremely proud of my rags-to-riches story. It’s fun to be a misfit or an underdog if you acknowledge your gifts and befriend your obstacles. – Kangana Ranaut
That’s what protagonists do. They work hard, they have a conflict, they overcome the obstacles. – Jon Heder
The ogres and witches and giants of fairytales stand in as metaphors for those obstacles that we all face in our own lives. – Kate Forsyth
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. – Michael Jordan
Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization. – Maria Montessori
Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired. – Martha Graham