Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made.
Starting out, you’re just doing it because you love it so much; that’s what I remember about us. Looking back now, some of the things that seemed like big obstacles seem so small now – ‘Wow, how will we get through this?’ But we always did.
Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that.
When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.
Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves.
Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.
I like to set up obstacles and defeat them.
Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.
I really think if you take away a character’s obstacles then there’s no comedy.
Every day, I see my students work hard to overcome obstacles just to be in the classroom.
We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.
I was always taught to let the obstacles be your guide because they lead you to places that you wouldn’t have gone on your own. Instead of going through a rock, you go around it, creating a path.
Corky is the one who never gives up. I never gave up. He faces obstacles, and he couldn’t always reach his goals. But he tries to reach his dreams.
I learned that one’s mentality can influence how they react to physical obstacles.
I love telling stories from a kid’s point of view because they don’t really see all the obstacles in front of them. They’re resilient, and sometimes adults can steal that from them.
I’ve always said that Miguel Pinero’s story is a quintessential American tale. An immigrant who comes to this country, is immediately marginalized to the lowest economic level and persecuted because of his skin color and, in spite of all the obstacles put in his way, he becomes a huge popular success.
Raising a family is difficult enough. But it’s even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don’t need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.
Women don’t necessarily understand that it is possible to have the same level of ambition as men – they allow themselves to be held back by the obstacles rather than empowered by the possibilities.
Our key objective is to remove obstacles to trade.
Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
That’s what protagonists do. They work hard, they have a conflict, they overcome the obstacles.
Let’s remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day.
I never felt the need to introduce all the obstacles in my past when I say, ‘Hello, my name is Nate.’ But at the same time, I’ve never hidden from it.
For reasons which I can’t logically explain, in all of the films I’ve done, I’ve ended up doing love stories of one kind or another, and it seems to me that love stories are extremely dependent on the obstacles you can place between the lovers. There is no love story without it.
All writing and publishing is very difficult, regardless of genre. There are going to be obstacles no matter what.
In many ways, the South can be very traditional and confining. And what is interesting to me is how women find their way around it. Those obstacles create an amazing sense of humor, of fun, and, ultimately, of integrity. The fiercest and savviest women I have ever known are the women I grew up with.
When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.
I came to understand and observe that we’re all going to face obstacles. We’re going to have challenges. We’re going to fail. We’re going to have success. But all of it is going to ultimately be character-building. And it’s not going to deter us from wanting to achieve, to strive, and be successful.
Don’t let people steal your confidence and tell you what you can’t do because I’m living proof that you can overcome all the obstacles.
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
All of my fellow directors, I think, would agree that in whatever medium you are working, the challenges and obstacles push them to be more creative. That’s the case with VR.
If you throw obstacles at the relationship with Mexico, you would be shooting yourself in the foot.
Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms, carry out your plan.
No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.
I love solving puzzles, I love finding my way around obstacles, and I love learning new things about technology.
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.
At the point when I wanted to become a designer, I didn’t think about, ‘Oh, but I’m a woman,’ just like didn’t think about like, well, ‘I’m Chinese’ or that ‘I’m in Michigan.’ You know, none of those things were obstacles to me. I just had this idea that this is what I had to do.
I believe Colorado needs representation from a conservative who has worked his way through the types of obstacles with which nearly all middle-class and lower-income people struggle.
To overcome obstacles, you need solutions.
In my life, I don’t have roadblocks and obstacles. I might have something you would call a ‘challenge.’ I throw that out the window, and I call that a wonderful opportunity.
We talk about what’s important to Hispanics: education, family, creating an environment in which you can achieve what you want to achieve because there aren’t going to be obstacles in your way.
Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
In Silicon Valley, if you spend a lot of time thinking about the obstacles, you’ll talk yourself out of everything, because the more you look at it, the less logical something sounds, since no one has done it yet.
I love fighting different styles and overcoming obstacles.
If things are just gliding along easily and there’s no real obstacles or hurdles, those typically aren’t my most productive times, personally or professionally.
I was not satisfied at Rangers, not by a long way. I have hassles there, I had obstacles placed in front of me, and certain things never sat easily on my shoulders, and never will.
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.
I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.
Having achieved my own dreams, I want to give to kids who are less fortunate, who struggle with everyday obstacles. I want to give them something positive in their lives: support.
I’ve stood the test of time, weathered a lot of storms and hurdled a lot of obstacles.
He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
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.
Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation.
We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them.
As a documentary filmmaker, ‘Meru’ was an irresistible challenge. You can spend years searching for the right story, but this one had all the elements: the obstacles, the characters, and the drama.
As soon as we step beyond the established boundaries of pure thermodynamic theory, we enter a trackless region confronting us with obstacles which even the most astute of us are almost at a loss to tackle.
Emotions aren’t the obstacles to a successful negotiation; they are the means.
