Quotes about Obstacles

moral character gets formed through hardship, through overcoming obstacles, through enduring despite difficulties. Courage, for example, would be impossible in a world without pain. The apostle Paul testified to this refining quality of suffering when he wrote that 'suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.'13

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living out fears.

Alice: I simply must get through! Doorknob: Sorry, you're much too big. Simply impassible. Alice: You mean impossible? Doorknob: No, impassible. Nothing's impossible.

Our environment either inspires who we want to become or challenges us on what we must avoid.

I've never known anybody to achieve anything without overcoming adversity.

If you can get out of your own way, you won't be in anyone else's.

We cannot count on God to arrange what happens in our lives in ways that will make us feel good.We can, however, count on God to patiently remove all the obstacles to our enjoyment of Him. He is committed to our joy, and we can depend on Him to give us enough of a taste of that joy and enough hope that the best is still ahead to keep us going in spite of how much pain continues to plague our hearts.

And I learned that are troubles Of more than one kind Some come from ahead And some come from behind.

You will find a common dichotomy in life. Those who don't have vision or determination, and refuse to dream the impossible, are always in the majority.

There is only one group of people who do not have problems, and they are all dead. Problems are a sign of life, so the more problems you have, the more alive you are.

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you.

We are kept out of the Garden by our own fear and desire in relation to what we think to be the goods of our life.