Of my two handicaps, being female put many more obstacles in my path than being black.
Shirley Chisholm

One way or the other, if you want to find reasons why you shouldn't keep on, you'll find 'em. The obstacles are all there; there are a million of 'em.
Benny Goodman

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Albert Schweitzer

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

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
John Quincy Adams

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.
Lucinda Williams

Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.
Martha Graham

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.
Robert H. Schuller

Raising a family is difficult enough. But it's even more difficult for single parents struggling to make ends meet. They don't need more obstacles. They need more opportunities.
Bill Richardson

Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
Barbara Sher

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles.
Kim Wilde

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!
Buddy Ebsen

Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles.
Washington Irving

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
Bill Bradley

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.
Norman Vincent Peale

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.
Booker T. Washington

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.
Jayne Meadows

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
Theodore Roosevelt

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.
Nassau William Senior

The life of the individual is a continuous combat with errors and obstacles, and no victory is more satisfying than the one achieved against opposition.
Gustav Stresemann