Quotes about Obstacles

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success comes only later.

discovered that some of our efforts can actually drown out the good news and become stumbling blocks to faith.

You know, I was dealt a lot of bad hands.

Fighting the low-level cloud cover that's blocking out what you're wanting to see break through into your life.

The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their own internal corruption and pollution. The dirt and scum that has attached itself to our hearts and minds is agitated and revealed by both the workings of a guilty conscience and the devouring avarice of the enemy of our souls. The

The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain. —

Contentment is taking your present situation—whatever obstacles you are facing, whatever limitation you are living with, whatever chronic condition wears you down, whatever has smashed your dreams, whatever factors and circumstances in life tend to push you under—and admitting you don't like it but never saying, "I can't cope with it.

It's easier to move from failure to success than from excuses to success.

Charlie Brower said, "A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow." Negative environments kill thousands of great ideas every minute.

you have dreams, goals, or aspirations, you need to grow to achieve them. But if you're like I was—and if you're like most people—you have one or more mistaken beliefs that create a gap that

Failure results from bad breaks.

The leader is the servant who removes the obstacles that prevent people from doing their jobs.