31 Kickass Quotes About Life Obstacles & Breaking Barriers

Quotes About Life Obstacles

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

Every adversity contains, at the same time, a seed of equivalent opportunity!

Napoleon Hill

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

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.

Walt Disney

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

Stephen Covey 

We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.

Seneca

Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.

Helen Keller 

One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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

Robert H. Schuller

Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Lou Holtz

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.

Paulo Coelho

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.

Epictetus 

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Martha Graham

There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

Woody Hayes

Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.

Naomi Wolf

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

Christopher Columbus

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Henry Ford

If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.

Seth Godin

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

 You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

Tim Cook

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

Chinese Proverb

There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.

Ralph Marston

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Christopher Reeve

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

Bertrand Russell

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

Daniel J. Boorstin

When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.

Zig Ziglar

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity.

Robert South

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds.

Bill Bradley

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.

Ray Davis

Let your joy scream across the pain.

Terri Guillemets

I know fear is an obstacle for some people, but it is an illusion to me. Failure always made me try harder the next time.

Michael Jordan 

Have any other quotes about life obstacles you’d add to the list? Let me know in the comments!

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Originally Published: September 4, 2019