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

Change, But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

How much time he gains who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks, but only at what he does himself, to make it just and holy.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

The change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

The heights by great men reached and kept Where not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.

Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.

I have learned that 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 while trying to succeed.

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.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.

Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next.

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

Most obstacles melt away when we make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Against all odds and despite all the obstacles, we are going to make it.

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.

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