Any technique

Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.

~ Bruce Lee

The journey

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire.

~unknown

You cannot

You cannot feel others pushing you. You can only feel yourself pushing back.

~Anonymous

We put ourselves

"We put ourselves in boxes that seem impenetrable....but they are only put there by our own doing...boxes can be opened and new things/places/people discovered. Life is really more than what we see and hear with our eyes and ears....life is lived through our hearts."

-- Thea Graham

We aquire

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are built

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

~Maxwell Maltz

Obstacles will look

Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.

~Orison Swett Marden

Stand up

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

For every mountain

For every mountain there is a miracle.

~Robert H. Schuller

Patience and preserverance

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

~John Quincy Adams

History has demonstrated

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

~B. C. Forbes

It's the constant

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

~Claude M. Bristol

As long as

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

~Thoreau

Obstacles

Obstacles are things to be overcome.

~Samuel Gridley Howe

The best defence

The best defense against contemplation is a long list of chores and the fierce drive to beat them down just before collapsing into bed.

~Grace Gibson