#obstacle

We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof.... ↗

— Takayuki Yamaguchi

#equality #overcoming-obstacles #status #equality

We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof...." These words, wrung from the very depths of his soul, surprised even Seigen himself. He had not risen in the world merely in order to satisfy his ambition, but in order to repudiate hierarchical society and the fixed class system. ↗

— Takayuki Yamaguchi

#equality #hierarchy #overcoming-obstacles #purpose #society

Clearing out all your misery gets you out of the way. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to anyone else. Only then are you free to serve and enjoy other people. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#freedom #misery #obstacle #freedom

To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#determination #focus #frustration #goals #obstacles

Obstacles are opportunities turned upside down...or prisons self-imposed. ↗

— Chriscinthia Blount

#inspirational #mind-body-spirit #obstacles #opportunities #self-help

In this Life, we are given a choice to accept or reject our Lessons. If we accept them, we become a better person. If we reject the Lessons, we become a bitter person. ↗

— KoKo Nervelli

#overcome-obstacles #home

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient. ↗

— Eugene S. Wilson

#intelligence #learning #obstacles #quest #resolute

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. ↗

— Walt Disney

#best #had #happens #i #kick

The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud --- the obstacles of life and its suffering. ... The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. ... Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one. ↗

— Goldie Hawn

#depression #flower #growth #illness #kindness

My life is one long obstacle course with me as the chief obstacle. ↗

— Jack Parr

#self #life