Quotes about Obstacles

There is a part of me that's oblivious. People always ask me, 'What obstacles have you faced?' and I always think, 'What are you talking about?' Whether or not there were obstacles, I never saw obstacles. It's never occurred to me that I wasn't good enough for something.

My parents thought it was nice to develop my imagination, but they never seriously thought that anything would ever come of it. They said that I couldn't be an actress because I would be taller than all my leading men, so I thought I would be a writer instead.

Only those who never step, never stumble.

For the third time since I began, my walk has been delayed. In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my journey as interruptions---but I'm coming to understand that perhaps these detours are my journey. No matter how much I, or the rest of humanity wishes otherwise, life is not lived in smooth, downhill expressways, but in the obscure, perilous trails and rocky back roads of life where we stumble and feel our way through the fog of the unknown.

We do not succeed in spite of our obstacles and challenges. We succeed precisely because of them.

Faith is not for overcoming obstacles; it is for experiencing them—all the way through!

for a staggering number of people in our world the for of the Jesus message has been buried under a massive pile of againsts. Somewhere

It is your responsibility to stop listening to voices that hinder your ongoing growth and maturity.

He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

Door in the Dark: In going from room to room in the dark, I reached out blindly to save my face, But neglected, however lightly, to lace My fingers and close my arms in an arc. A slim door got in past my guard, And hit me a blow in the head so hard I had my native simile jarred. So people and things don't pair any more With what they used to pair with before.

The best way out is always through

Religion can be one of the greatest impediments to finding God.