35 Quotes About Conquering Obstacles

Fear is a major cause of failure. Not following through with something because of fear can help prevent you from making successes. First and foremost, you need to find a way to conquer your fear. Here are some amazing quotes about conquering obstacles that will empower you to take action today.

“Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.”

“Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.”

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.”

“All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them but confront them.”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

“Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body.”

“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

“Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.”

“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed.”

“I release the familiar that I may better discover my inspiring future.”

“Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”

“It is never good dwelling on good-byes … it is not the being together that it prolongs, it is the parting.”

“It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: ‘And this, too, shall pass away.'”

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”

“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance. ”

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

“One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.”

“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”

“Others can stop you temporarily — you are the only one who can do it permanently.”

“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.”

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

“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. ”

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

“The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome.”

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

“The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.”

“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”

“We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.”

“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

“You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there.”

“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.”

Just because you are confronted with some challenges in life, does not mean they will not go on to become some of your greatest successes.