#obstacle

Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#along #become #cutting #desire #desires

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#despite #had #hold #i #left

My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore. ↗

— Roberta Williams

#definition #explore #game #interactive #obstacles

This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives. ↗

— Kyle Schmid

#been #believe #change #come #downs

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. ↗

— Barbara Sher

#insurmountable #obstacles #ones #real #real ones

It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder -if not impossible- to lose. ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#auden-west #eli-stock #life-lesson #overcoming-obstacles #risks

Venture to a remote corner of a faraway land and, from the moment you get there, every person and every thing becomes an obstacle, designed to entrap you, to stop you proceeding on your way. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#obstacle #perseverance #remote #struggle #design

Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#obstacles #dreams

The limiting factor on your success is not the size of the obstacles, but the size of your dream. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#goal #obstacles #success #dreams

I told him I had once lost everything I had, too, and that I think that can be God’s way of building walls around us to force us to look up at Him. ↗

— Kimberly Novosel

#god #inspiration #loss #lost #love