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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and read more
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them read more
A good intention but fixed and resolute - bent on high and holy ends, we shall find means to them on every side and at every moment; and even obstacles and opposition will but make us "like the fabled specter-ships," which sail the fastest in the very teeth of the wind.
Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards.
Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards.
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness read more
The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value.
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited read more
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.
Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every read more
Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up.
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
