Conquering Challenges: Quotes on Overcoming Obstacles

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Quotes About Obstacles Making You Stronger

It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop. – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. – Nelson Mandela

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure. – Winston Churchill

If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. – Martin Luther King Jr.

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

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. – Maya Angelou

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. – Ambrose Redmoon

Don’t despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don’t – surrender to events with hope. – Alain de Botton

It is our attitude toward events, not events themselves, which we can control. Nothing is by its own nature calamitous – even death is terrible only if we fear it. – Epictetus

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

No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That’s the only way to keep the roads clear. – Greg Kincaid

We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. – J.K. Rowling

Life is very interesting…in the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths. – Drew Barrymore

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Khalil Gibran

When you have strong self-discipline you will be prepared to overcome any kind of obstacles that you might encounter on your journey towards creating good habits.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. – Ernest Hemingway

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice. – Bob Marley

Only those who dare to fail greatly, can ever achieve greatly. – Robert F. Kennedy

Someone I once loved gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. – Mary Oliver

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

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don’t have the strength. – Napoleon Bonaparte

When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure. – Peter Marshall

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t. – Thomas A. Edison

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius

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

We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. – Eleanor Roosevelt

It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done. – Vincent Van Gogh

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time. – Maya Angelou

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. – Lao Tzu

You augment your strength every time you overcome obstacles. Discover and use that unique potential you have in coping well in a positive way no matter how bad the situation can be.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance. – Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper

It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even by death, and we fly back to first principles of hope and enjoyment. – Bram Stoker, Dracula

We don’t even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. – Isabel Allende

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ – Eleanor Roosevelt

If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it. – Michael Jordan

We are stronger, gentler, more resilient, and more beautiful than any of us imagine. – Mark Nepo

There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. – Charles Dickens

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles. – Audrey Hepburn

We need women who are so strong they can be gentle, so educated they can be humble, so fierce they can be compassionate, so passionate they can be rational, and so disciplined they can be free. – Kavita Ramdas

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. – Margaret Thatcher

Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

What makes you different or weird, that’s your strength. – Meryl Streep

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. – Dale Carnegie

Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong. – Muhammad Ali

Out of difficulties grow miracles. – Jean de la Bruyere

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

And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear. – Paulo Coelho

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and, above all, confidence in ourselves. We must believe we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. – Marie Curie

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Ghandi

Quotes About Overcoming Hard Times

You can’t just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You’ve got to get out there and make it happen for yourself. – Diana Ross

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. – Sarah Ban Breathnach

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success. – James Cameron

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson

Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create. – Roy T. Bennett

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. – Dale Carnegie

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. – Marcus Aurelius

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it. – Emery Lord

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. – Buddha

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. – Bruce Lee

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep. – Vernon Howard

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. – Bruce Lee

Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. – Muhammad Ali

Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. – Michael Jordan

Work and you’ll get what you need; work harder and you’ll get what you want. – Prabakaran Thirumalai

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. – Coco Chanel

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all. – Sam Ewing

Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. – Dwayne The Rock Johnson

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. – David Bly

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off. – Mary Lou Retton

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them. – Ann Landers

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. – Muhammad Ali

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.

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

Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don’t exist. – Tiffany Madison

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

Inspiring others can come in many forms; it can simply be by sharing your story, your struggles, and how you managed to overcome your obstacles. – Hagir Elsheikh

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. – Michael Phelps

Some people need a super hero to save them, but I am my own super hero. All I need is myself, my strengths and the fiery passions in my heart to overcome the obstacles in my life.

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

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

Obstacles are like wild animals. they are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will sink out of sight.

Faith and perseverance is the key to overcoming obstacles. – Lorna Jackie Wilson

Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you. – Jeffrey Gitomer

The best part of life is to decide to make the journey through life like a best selling book. Tell a fantastic story when you are ready to tell others how you did it. Make sure life the best story ever written through a journey filled with overcoming obstacles, taking risks, and continuing to develop.

But instead of trying to avoid challenges, people should be learning how to overcome them. They should be learning how to defeat the obstacles that stand between them and their dreams.

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.

Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.

A man does what he must – in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures – and that is the basis of all human morality. – John F. Kennedy

The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph but whether he can overcome obstacles. – Garth Stein

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

Life is full of challenges, obstacles, and problems. But learn to face them courageously with joy. Live every moment with happiness and positivity, for we never know. – Sai Kaustuv

When you meet obstacles with gratitude, your perception starts to shift, resistance loses its power, and grace finds a home within you. – Oprah Winfrey

There is strength in every struggle. Struggles create opportunities for you to become stronger, wiser and better. The moment you shift your thinking from I cannot to I must, you will begin to see ‘Beyond the Pain’ and draw strength from within. Learn to see each obstacle as a stepping stone and watch your life change significantly.

Find ways around the obstacles in your life. The power lies within you and your ability to change the way you think and act. Never forget that, and never give up. – Mike Finley

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. – Christian Larson

I certainly don’t regret my experiences because without them I couldn’t imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything.

Life will throw many obstacles onto our life path that will make us sad or disappointed at times. Dealing positively with these obstacles is what makes the difference between them turning into worse states or being overcome.

Quotes About Overcoming Obstacles And Achieving Goals

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that count. – Winston Churchill

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop. – Confucius

If you can dream it, you can do it. – Walt Disney

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. – Henry Ford

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. – Molière

Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. – Roger Crawford

Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success. – Rob Liano

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

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. – Robert F. Kennedy

Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change. – Martin Luther King Jr.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – Albert Einstein

Worry never accomplishes anything. When you have a problem, it is best to concentrate on the solution to that problem, not the problem itself. – Thomas D. Willhite

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember-the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you. – Zig Ziglar

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. – Mark Twain

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. – Anais Nin

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. – Muhammad Ali

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene

The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage. – Thucydides

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. – Barack Obama

I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. – Benjamin Franklin

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. – Thomas A. Edison

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. – Arnold Schwarzenegger

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome. – E.A. Bucchianeri

Many times we are our worst enemy. If we could learn to conquer ourselves, then we will have a much easier time overcoming the obstacles that are in front of us. – Stephan Labossiere

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

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. – Frank A. Clark

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles. – Stephen Covey

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

There will always be obstacles and challenges that stand in your way. Building mental strength will help you develop resilience to those potential hazards so you can continue on your journey to success.

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

Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal. – E. Joseph Cossman

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.

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life. – Albert Bandura

In fact, stories of people of achievement often show that obstacles and struggles are the stepping stones to success. – Michal Stawicki

Fear can be good when you’re walking past an alley at night or when you need to check the locks on your doors before you go to bed, but it’s not good when you have a goal and you’re fearful of obstacles. We often get trapped by our fears, but anyone who has had success has failed before.

If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works. – Yanni

There are numerous examples of people throughout the world who have overcome handicaps to achieve great success. One thing separates these winners from those who fail: they disregard any and all obstacles. These people-and all winners-possess the will to win.

I’ve always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you’ve got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

I thrive on obstacles. If I’m told that it can’t be told, then I push harder. – Issa Rae

I’m just going to keep going. That’s been my motto since I was younger, through all adversity and all obstacles. – Eddy Alvarez

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.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people’s criticisms, carry out your plan.

You show me anybody that’s great in anything they do, I’ll show you somebody that’s persevered, demonstrated that mental toughness to overcome some obstacles and adversity.

This past year has been something else. It’s opened my eyes to many things and many people. It’s had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we’ve all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We’ve over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

Short Positive Quotes About Life Challenges

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength. – Oprah Winfrey

Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life. – J.K. Rowling

That which does not kill us makes us stronger. – Friedrich Nietzsche

We will either find a way, or make one. – Anibal Barca

Grief and resilience live together. – Michelle Obama, Becoming

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. – Mahatma Gandhi

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others. – Veronica Roth

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. – Edmund Hillary

Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power. – Lao Tzu

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it. – Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

Courage is found in unlikely places. – J.R.R. Tolkein, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. – Abraham Lincoln

Remember: Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up. – Rocky Balboa

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems. – Gever Tulley

Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears. – Demi Lovato

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. – Wayne Dyer

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky

The most effective way to do it, is to do it. – Amelia Earhart

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius

I’m a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to. – Martin Freeman

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. – Maya Angelou

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. – Otto Rank

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. – George Addair

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. – Les Brown

Nothing is impossible. The word itself says ‘I’m possible!’ – Audrey Hepburn

The first step to getting what you want is to have the courage to get rid of what you don’t. – Zig Ziglar

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. – Henry Ford

There is no illusion greater than fear. – Lao Tzu

Silence is a source of great strength. – Lao Tzu

You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated. – Maya Angelou

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on. – Robert Frost

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. – Aristotle

In the midst of challenges lie opportunities. – Albert Einstein

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.

Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. – Napoleon Hill

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua J. Marine

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass; it’s about learning to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Nelson Mandela

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. – C.S. Lewis

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. – Charles R. Swindoll

You are stronger than you think.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph.

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day. – Alice Morse Earle

You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman