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"The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach." (Clarence Blasier)

"The Promised Land always lies on the other side of a Wilderness." (Havelock Ellis)

"A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles." (Gunderson)

"For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life." (Bette Howland)

"Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better… or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future." (Og Mandino)

"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 slink out of sight." (Orison Swett Marden)

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." (Hannah More)

"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 there is a miracle." (Robert H. Schuller)

"Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up." (Source Unknown)

"Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things." (Henry Ward Beecher)

"You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life." (James G. Bilkey)

"Difficulties are things that show a person what they are." (Epictetus)

"Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion." (B. C. Forbes)

"It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes." (Louis Kossuth)

"Into each life some rain must fall, some days be dark and dreary." (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

"It cannot be too often repeated that it is not helps, but obstacles, not facilities, but difficulties that make men." (William Mathews)

"All things are difficult before they are easy." (John Norley)

"Undertake something that is difficult; it will do you good. Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." (Ronald E. Osborn)

"When difficulties are overcome they begin blessing." (Proverb)

"Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body." (Seneca)

"Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want." (Marsha Sinetar)

"Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed; it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road." (Source Unknown)

"Bumps are the things we climb on." (Warren Wiersbe)

"Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress." (Scott Alexander)

"A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved." (Dorothea Brande)

"Focus 90% of your time on solutions and only 10% of your time on problems." (Anthony J. D'Angelo)

"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." (Albert Einstein)

"There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems." (Henry Ford)

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me." (Charles F. Kettering)

"I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties." (J. C. (James Cash) Penney)

"The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it." (Alan Saporta)

"Avoiding a problem doesn't solve it." (Bonnie Jean Thornley)