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Overcoming obstacles11 quotes
Character, not circumstances, makes the man. — Booker T. Washington · 1896Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride over all obstacles, and win the race! — Charles Dickens · 1850Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed. — Herodotus · 430 BCAs in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens. — William Seward · 1863Man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. — Eric Hoffer · 1982The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. They are inconvenient. They cost us something. But are we not made better for the effort and sacrifice, and are not those we serve lifted up and blessed? — William McKinley · 1901All 11 quotes →Courage2 quotes
As in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens. — William Seward · 1863Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. — John Quincy Adams · 1802Adversity1 quote
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. — John Quincy Adams · 1802Character1 quote
Character, not circumstances, makes the man. — Booker T. Washington · 1896Failure1 quote
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. — Boris Pasternak · 1958Faith1 quote
As in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens. — William Seward · 1863Opportunities1 quote
Man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. — Eric Hoffer · 1982Overcoming adversity1 quote
I don't like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless and it isn't of much value. Life hasn't revealed its beauty to them. — Boris Pasternak · 1958Perseverance1 quote
Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. — John Quincy Adams · 1802Personal growth1 quote
It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself. — Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989Personal responsibility1 quote
Character, not circumstances, makes the man. — Booker T. Washington · 1896Progress1 quote
The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. They are inconvenient. They cost us something. But are we not made better for the effort and sacrifice, and are not those we serve lifted up and blessed? — William McKinley · 1901Success1 quote
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration. — Confucius · 221 BC