Every one of us will face negativity, energy vampires, and obstacles on the road to success. That is why one of the most important things we can do in business and life is to stay positive with strategies that turn negative energy into positive solutions.

Obstacles are meant to be overcome. Fear is meant to be conquered. Success is meant to be achieved. They

If everything came easy, we wouldn't know what it felt like to truly succeed.

It is difficulties that show what men are.

Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

To THINK BIG and to use our talents doesn't mean we won't have difficulties along the way. We will--we all do. If we choose to see the obstacles in our path as barriers, we stop trying. "We can't win," we moan. "They won't let us win.

I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.

When you find yourself hitting up against a wall over and over again, it's time to try a different route.

There's too much at stake for you to let some little thing distract you and pull you down into defeat.