#obstacle

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#been #best #church #conservatism #equality

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#life #measured #much #obstacles #overcome

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. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#i #i have learned #learned #life #measured

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#become #between #hang-ups #obstacles #own

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#brave men #challenge #does #frighten #men

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of 'em. ↗

— Benny Goodman

#keep #million #obstacles #other #reasons

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

— Anthony Michael Hall

#done #growth #i #i think #jobs

In this respect I expressed my doubts about using the Corps directly on the South coast, to form a bridgehead for the Army - as the area immediately behind the coast was now covered with obstacles. These doubts were accepted by Hitler. ↗

— Kurt Student

#accepted #area #army #behind #coast

To remove this obstacle I repeat or refer to such knowledge as has come under my notice, my own previously expressed views, and also describe and exhibit my last experiments and explain their novelty and utility. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

#come #describe #exhibit #experiments #explain

A successful woman preacher was once asked what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the ministry? Not one, she answered, except the lack of a minister's wife. ↗

— Anna Garlin Spencer

#asked #except #lack #met #minister