200 Quotes About Overcoming Obstacles that Will Motivate You
The roadblocks that stand in your way of realizing and accomplishing your objectives are called obstacles and you must go through them to advance in life. These quotes will help boost your strength to carry on swiftly.
Quotes About Overcoming Obstacles
1. “A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it.” – Ray Davis
2. “Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.” – Swedish proverb
3. “All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.” – Helen Keller
4. “Those who wish to sing, always find a song.” – Swedish proverb.
5. “Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.” – Roger Crawford
6. “With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.” -Clark Gable
7. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle
8. “As you start to walk out on the way, the way appears.” -Rumi
9. “I am more than my scars.” – Andrew Davidson
10. “No one can make me feel inferior without my consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt
11. “We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.” ―Ernesto Guevara
12. “Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success.” – Rob
13. 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. – Michael Jordan
Inspirational Quotes
14. “Courage is one step ahead of fear.” – Coleman Young
15. “He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” – Greek proverb
16. “Yesterday’s mistakes cannot affect today’s possibilities unless you dwell on them.” – Benjamin Lotter
17. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” – Michael Phelps
18. “Don’t be afraid to do something you’re not qualified to do.” – Dan Carlin
19. “You win not by chance but by preparation.” – Roger Maris
20. “There’s never enough time to do everything, but there’s always enough time to do the most important thing.” -Dean Bokhari
21. There are numerous examples of people throughout the world who have overcome handicaps to achieve great success. One thing separates these winners from those who fail: they disregard any and all obstacles. These people-and all winners-possess the will to win. -Chris S. Salazar
22. “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” -John Adams
23. “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.” – Michael Jordan
24. “Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” -Brian Tracy
25. “People will forget what you said and did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
Famous Quotes About Overcoming Obstacles
26. Find ways around the obstacles in your life. The power lies within you and your ability to change the way you think and act. Never forget that, and never give up. – Mike Finley
27. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford
28. “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I built my life.” – J. K. Rowling
29. “A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” -Bob Dylan
30. “When you see an obstacle approaching, grab your courage and speed up.” – Angela Lynne Craig
31. “Success is something you attract by the person you become.” -Jim Rohn
32. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
33. “Action is the foundational key to all success.” -Pablo Picasso
34. “Some fish love to swim upstream. Some people love to overcome challenges.” -Amit Ray
35. “Adversity is the first path to truth.” – Lord Byron
36. “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Molière
37. “Success is performing to the limit of your potential.” – Bob Knight
38. “Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.” – Zig Zigla
39. “Yesterday I dared to struggle, today I dare to win.”- Bernadette Devlin
40. “When you meet obstacles with gratitude, your perception starts to shift, resistance loses its power, and grace finds a home within you.” – Oprah Winfrey
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41. Don’t let obstacles stand in your way… develop the inner attitude of patience, persistence, and perseverance; and, defeat your own procrastination through action not dreaming. – Catherine Pulsifer
42. But instead of trying to avoid challenges, people should be learning how to overcome them. They should be learning how to defeat the obstacles that stand between them and their dreams. -Coach Flanagan
43. “You can make mistakes, but you’re not a failure until you start blaming others for those mistakes.” – John Wooden
44. “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” -Benjamin Franklin
45. “Don’t be afraid to do something you’re not qualified to do.” -Dan Carlin
46. “Focus equals reality to the individual, even if it’s not the reality in actuality.” -Anonymous
47. “He who sweats more in training bleeds less in war.” -Greek Proverb
48. “Love overcomes obstacles.” – Craig Groeschel
49. The difficulties in life never stop but we can learn to be resilient and successful in our journey of life. The quotes below depict this idea beautifully.
50. “Everything will be okay in the end. If it isn’t okay, it isn’t the end.” -Paulo Coelh
Motivational Quotes to Strengthen You
51. “Life keeps throwing me stones. And I keep finding the diamonds.”- Ana Claudia Antunes
52. “Sometimes you’ve got to experience the ugly inside yourself to discover the beauty inside yourself.” -Dean Bokhari
53. “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.” -Lou Holtz
54. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works. – Yanni
55. “It is easier to dig up the past than to save the present – Even though our past actions, have presently dug us in so deep.” – Kyle Fox
56. “Achieving success is a challenge but so is struggling so you may as well choose success.” – Rob Liano.
57. “The annoyance you ignore today only gets worse tomorrow. Solve it now.”- Auliq Ice
58. “Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” -Truman Capote
59. “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.” – Michael Jordan
60. “Accept the presence of thorns, but let the rose inspire you.” -Steve Pavlina
61. Life will throw many obstacles onto our life path that will make us sad or disappointed at times. Dealing positively with these obstacles is what makes the difference between them turning into worse states or being overcome. Jonny Oates
62. “Worry never accomplishes anything. When you have a problem, it is best to concentrate on the solution to that problem, not the problem itself.” – Thomas D. Willhite
63. “One who conquers the sea today is ready to conquer the ocean tomorrow.” – Matshona Dhliwayo
64. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein
65. “Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.” – William Arthur Ward
66. “Haters are like crickets. You can hear all the noise they make, but you can’t see them…Then, right when you walk by them, they’re quiet.” -Dean Bokhari
Quotes About Being Strong
67. “In fact, stories of people of achievement often show that obstacles and struggles are the stepping stones to success.” – Michal Stawick
68. “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly
69. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.” – Henry Ford
70. When you reach an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner, or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. – Mary Kay Ash
71. “Don’t just visualize success at the end. Visualize the process. Don’t just picture yourself winning. Picture the steps it takes to get there.” -Dean Bokhar
72. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles. – Helen Keller
73. Being able to see the end result, rather than just the task, eliminates obstacles, focuses your energy, and provides motivation to excel. – Catherine Pulsifer
74. “Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
75. “Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.” – Josephine Hart
76. “I am thankful for all of those who said no to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein
77. “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion.” – Muhammad Ali
78. When you have strong self-discipline you will be prepared to overcome any kind of obstacles that you might encounter on your journey toward creating good habits. – Ronald Valentino
79. “A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.” –George Patton
80. “Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.” –Horace
81. “You’ll never find a better sparring partner than adversity.”– Golda Meir
82. “There’s nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.”– Woody Hayes
83. “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.”– Malcolm X
84. “Turn your wounds into wisdom.”– Oprah Winfrey
85. “We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.”– Kenji Miyazawa
86. “Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.”– Josh Billings
87. “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.”– Lou Holtz
88. “The broken heart You think you will die, but you keep living, day after day after terrible day.”– Charles Dickens
89. “Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.”– E.B. White
Quotes About Facing Challenges
90. “We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”– Barbara De Angelis
91. “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.”– Martha Graham
92. “We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.”– Lucius Anneaus Seneca
93. “There is no education like adversity.”– Benjamin Disraeli
94. “The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.”– Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
95. “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”– Chinese Proverb
96. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you’re doing the impossible.”– Francis of Assisi
97. “Take a limitation and turn it into an opportunity. Take an opportunity and turn it into an adventure by dreaming BIG!”– Jo Franz
98. “He who doesn’t want to face his challenges shall always face challenges!”– Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
99. “Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.”– Helen Keller
100. “Because some people see a wall, and assume that’s the end of their journey. Others see it, and decide it’s just the beginning.”– Angeline Trevena
101. “I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot.” – Natalie Comaneci
102. “A new challenge keeps the brain kicking and the heart ticking.”– E. A. Bucchianeri
103. “Let your joy scream across the pain.”– Terri Guillemets
104. “Some people will just go with the flow of things and sway in life, while others will fight against the currents and go upstream to reach their destiny.”– Anthony Liccione
105. “When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.”– Paulo Coelho
106. “Those who wish to sing, always find a song.”– Swedish Proverb
107. “It’s part of life to have obstacles. It’s about overcoming obstacles; that’s the key to happiness.”– Herbie Hancock
108. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
109. “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door .” – Milton Berle
110. “The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
111. “You will know the limit of your strength when you fight for what you are afraid to lose. If you know what to be scared of, then you fight harder. Eventually, you learn how to win.” – Mystqx
112. “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. Strength comes from overcoming the things you thought you couldn’t.” – Unknown
113. “Anyone can give up; it’s the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, that’s true strength.” – Chris Bradford
114. “I am the bended, but not broken. I am the power of the thunderstorm. I am the beauty in the beast. I am the strength in weakness. I am the confidence in the midst of doubt. I am Her!” – Kierra C.T. Banks
115. “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.”– Susan Gale
116. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
117. “The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of the world but those who fight and win battles that others do not know anything about.” – Jonathan Harnisch
118. “When something bad happens, you have three choices: You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or let it strengthen you.” – Unknown
119. “Truth be told, you will never really know just how strong and adamant you are unless adversity strikes. Then you learn courage, you build resilience, you learn to persevere, you build character.” – T. Whitmore
120. “Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice – if not whether, then how, they may endure.” – Lois McMaster Bujold
121. “Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” – Bruce Lee
122. “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
123. “True strength is keeping everything together when everyone expects you to fall apart.”– Unknown
124. “As they expect to see you drowning, keep on floating.” – Gift Gugu Mona
125. “Your strength doesn’t come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.” – Germany Kent
126. “It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf
127. “To everyone battling a difficulty or under attack right now, smile, keep your head up, keep moving and stay positive, you’ll get through it.” – Germany Kent
128. “I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile, things will work out.” – Serena Williams
129. “Nothing is more beautiful than the smile that has struggled through the tears.”– Demi Lovato
130. “Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind’s tearing tension.” – Sri Chinmoy
Strength through Adversity Quotes
131. “In the face of adversity, you must become a rock, unbending and absolutely impregnable.”– Izaya Harden
132. “It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I’d rather spend my energy smiling.” – Eric Davis
133. “I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.” – Linda Ellerbee
134. “Instead of giving up on the face of adversity, you should face it with a positive attitude and smile.” – Anurag Prakash Ray
135. “Remember, even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling, the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.” – Anna Lee
136. “A forced smile covers many struggles and has the power to improve perspective. Despite any difficulties, a smile can change everything!” – Karen Gibbs
137. “Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don’t deserve you.” – Christine Lagarde
138. “When I look out at the people and they look at me and they’re smiling, then I know that I’m loved. That is the time when I have no worries, no problems.” – Etta James
139. “If the storm of life gives you a big blow, don’t worry, just give it a great smile and pursue to leave distinctive footprints with perseverance and tenacity regardless of how arduous the errand may be. It may not be so easy but, dare to win!” – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
140. “The truth is, we all face hardships of some kind, and you never know the struggles a person is going through. Behind every smile, there’s a story of a personal struggle.”
141. “A river cuts through a rock not because of its power, but its persistence.” – Unknown
142. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.” – Marie Curie
143. “Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.” – Lao Tzu
144. “Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.”– Og Mandino
145. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.” – Newt Gingrich
146. “Grit is that ‘extra something’ that separates the most successful people from the rest. It’s the passion, perseverance, and stamina that we must channel in order to stick with our dreams until they become a reality.” – Travis Bradberry
147. “We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.” – Helen Keller
148. “Life may try to knock you down but be persistent with your passions – cultivate grit, resilience, tenacity and endurance success will come.” – Amit Ray
149. “The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.” – Criss Jami
150. “In times of adversity and change, we really discover who we are and what we’re made of.” – Howard Schultz
151. “The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive.” – J.K. Rowling
152. “Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail.” – Oprah Winfrey
153. “Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena I believed I truly belonged.” – J.K. Rowling
154. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
155. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford
156. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
157. “Strength does not come from the body. It comes from the will.” – Unknown
158. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
159. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
Quotes About Strength
160. “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.” – Michael Jordan
161. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
162. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
163. “Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” – Dan Reeves
164. “Perseverance is not a long race; it’s many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot
165. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
166. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
167. “The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot.” – Benny Lewis
168. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
169. “Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.” – E. Joseph Cossman
170. “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
171. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
172. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
173. “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.” – Helen Keller
174. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
175. “When life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you can get up.” – Les Brown
176. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
177. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
178. “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Sir Edmund Hillary
179. “Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine
180. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
181. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
182. “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
183. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
184. “If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” – Frank A. Clark
185. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
186. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen R. Covey
187. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” – Charles Kingsleigh
188. “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” – Henry Ford
189. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
190. “Strength does not come from the body. It comes from the will.” – Unknown
191. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” – Henry Ford
192. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
193. “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.” – Michael Jordan
194. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
195. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
196. “Difficulties in life are intended to make us better, not bitter.” – Dan Reeves
197. “Perseverance is not a long race; it’s many short races one after the other.” – Walter Elliot
198. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
199. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.” – Maya Angelou
200. “The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot.” – Benny Lewis
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