Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Overcoming Obstacles Quotes
ComparisonCreativityOvercoming ObstaclesSelf WorthSuccess One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.
AspirationOvercoming ObstaclesPassionPerseverance When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood - and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii.
CreativityGratitudeInspirationOvercoming Obstacles I want to thank The Beatles for almost single-handedly getting me out of writer's block.
Hard WorkLeadershipOvercoming ObstaclesPerseveranceSacrifice Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
Family and CareerLegal EducationMentorshipOvercoming ObstaclesPerseverance At Columbia Law School, my professor of constitutional law and federal courts, Gerald Gunther, was determined to place me in a federal court clerkship, despite what was then viewed as a grave impediment: On graduation, I was the mother of a 4-year-old child.
DeterminationEffortGrowthOvercoming ObstaclesPersistence Continuous effort-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking our potential.
Overcoming ObstaclesPersistenceStrength In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
BelongingOvercoming ObstaclesPersistenceRejectionSelf-Identity I can remember getting rejected systematically by casting directors as a young kid. I felt like the biggest outsider there ever was; that I'd never belong in that club.
AchievementInspirationOvercoming ObstaclesSports excellence It's a pretty cool feeling to be the person to knock down a barrier - just like the Williams sisters did in tennis or Tiger Woods in golf.
ChallengesFocusOvercoming ObstaclesPerseveranceResilience It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
CollaborationCourageDeterminationInitiativeOvercoming Obstacles I have a mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it.
AmbitionDreamOvercoming ObstaclesPerseveranceSelf-awareness I really can't honestly give any tips beyond hang on to your dream, Hang on to what you want, what you feel you want to achieve and go for it. We are all the victims of our own talent and our own shortcomings sometimes, and we have to be aware of those things because they will trip us up and stop us from achieving what our aims are.
HopeKnowledgeOvercoming ObstaclesProgressUncertainty It is in the admission of ignorance and the admission of uncertainty that there is a hope for the continuous motion of human beings in some direction that doesn't get confined, permanently blocked, as it has so many times before in various periods in the history of man.
