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

The atom, being for all practical purposes the stable unit of the physical plane, is a constantly changing vortex of reactions.

I have to face life with a newly found passion. I must rediscover the irresistible will to learn, to live and to love.

Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as good.

True life is lived with tiny changes occur.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

But we cannot simply sit and stare at our wounds forever.

It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

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.

There is nothing in the world that empowers a human being to overcome external difficulties or internal hardships so much as the awareness that one has a task in life.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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