#obstacle

Among the best traitors Ireland has ever had, Mother Church ranks at the very top, a massive obstacle in the path to equality and freedom. She has been a force for conservatism... to ward off threats to her own security and influence. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#been #best #church #conservatism #equality

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats. ↗

— B. C. Forbes

#become #before #defeats #demonstrated #discouraged

Every walk that I do, there's obstacles in the way. There's always somebody or something that comes across negative, but I live for that sort of thing. ↗

— Nik Wallenda

#always #comes #every #i #i do

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. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#life #measured #much #obstacles #overcome

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 had to overcome while trying to succeed. ↗

— Booker T. Washington

#i #i have learned #learned #life #measured

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability to make yourself work at your craft, every day - the belief, even in the face of obstacles, that you've got something worth saying. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#actually #belief #believe #between #books

Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage to get a good education despite the many obstacles they face every day. ↗

— Armstrong Williams

#broken #children #come #crime #day

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#become #between #hang-ups #obstacles #own

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#brave men #challenge #does #frighten #men

You have to go understand that life and baseball is littered with all kinds of obstacles and problems along the way. You have to learn how to overcome them to be successful in life. ↗

— Dave Winfield

#baseball #go #how #kinds #learn