Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.
Jack Paar

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
Scott Adams

Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is.
Wally Amos

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
Andrew Bernstein

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
Thomas Carlyle

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.
Eric Butterworth

One person can take papers, photograph them without getting excited, return them, and give them away without any scruples; while someone else has to overcome an enormous obstacle.
Markus Wolf

Our opponents maintain that we are confronted with insurmountable political obstacles, but that may be said of the smallest obstacle if one has no desire to surmount it.
Theodor Herzl

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
Thomas Carlyle

Resilience is woven deeply into the fabric of Oklahoma. Throw us an obstacle, and we grow stronger.
Brad Henry

So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology.
Daniel Yergin

Studies have consistently shown that financial hardship is the biggest obstacle to heterosexual marriage, yet the Republican leadership has done precious little to help address the financial hardship faced by American families.
Kendrick Meek

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.
Robert Benchley

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
Thomas Carlyle

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.
Frank Carlucci

The business is a very tricky obstacle course, and you should be very clear about work begetting work. If you're not working, you're not interesting.
Elisabeth Rohm

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Don Marquis

The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other.
John Carmack