Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.

And our dreams are who we are.

You don't have to get it right the first time.

Isolation is a dream killer.

When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.

Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.

You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.

The cure for sorrow is to learn something.

You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.

It's essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.

Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.

Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.

Doing what you love isnt a priviledge its an obligation.

As soon as you start to pursue a dream your life wakes up and everything has meaning.

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Go out and make a difference in your community. You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.

You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.

I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all 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.

No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to except them and to live through them.

Many obstacles to the expansion of good will have presented themselves.

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.

There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life.

The majority see the obstacles; the few see the objectives; history records the successes of the latter, while oblivion is the reward of the former.

Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone. I can see all obstacles in my way.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

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.

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.