The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

I respect his talents, even as he does mine.

Marriage, even the best marriages are tough.

I never say a funny thing intentionally.

Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano.

We are not equally talented. Steve is enormously talented.

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience.

I never look at a note. I just roam the stage. The people do not want to leave.

My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.

There is only one secret. To love what you are doing.

I just loved and love life. I love it today.

I have this tremendous energy. I just loved and love life. I love it today. I never want to die.

I was fed up with being just plain Jane.

I'm too insecure to have people hate me.

Steve Laurence is the only person that was on the first 'Tonight Show,' right to the end. He was a little high school boy, 14 years old.

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.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy.

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.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.