Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles read more

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

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.

When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply read more

When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply means to follow through.

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.

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.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize read more

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

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 greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illusion of knowledge.