#obstacles

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. ↗

— Washington Irving

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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. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#achieve #around #climb #everybody #figure

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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To be gay is nothing to be proud of. It's in how you are gay that you have something to be proud of, considering the obstacles placed in your path if you are gay. ↗

— Dan Savage

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Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today. ↗

— Robert H. Schuller

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

— Albert Schweitzer

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Obstacles to job creation in America are a result of policy, not of motivation. ↗

— Rick Scott

#creation #job #job creation #motivation #obstacles

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

— Barbara Sher

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Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. ↗

— Marsha Sinetar

#determine #downs #goals #life #obstacles