Famous Quotes & Sayings

Brian Tracy

Obstacles come to instruct, not obstruct.

Bertrand Russell

Dogmatism is the greatest of mental obstacles to human happiness.

Ashleigh Brilliant

The greatest obstacle to discovering the truth is being convinced that you already know it.

Diane Keaton

Even though all these obstacles keep coming at you, you just have to keep going through them. Because it's worth it to do something in your life, as opposed to fantasizing about doing something.

Tommy Bailey

There are a lot of obstacles to be overcome.

Robert Rosenberg

There are obstacles here that are artificial. There?s really no reason why it should be taking this long,

Alan Taylor

He truly is one of the most optimistic persons that I think I've ever been around. It's amazing, with all the disabilities and obstacles that he's had to overcome, that he's remained so positive.

Saeb Erekat

We had in-depth discussions and very serious talks on all issues. There were no results. The differences and obstacles are still there.

Daphne Koller

Start marching forward, even when into the new and unknown, and don't be deterred by obstacles.

Carlos Ghosn

I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.

Carlos Fuentes

I discovered very quickly that criticism is a form of optimism, and that when you are silent about the shortcomings of your society, you're very pessimistic about that society. And it's only when you speak truthfully about it that you show your faith in that society.

Charlie Crist

I'm here tonight, not as a Republican, not as a Democrat, but as an optimistic American who understands that we must come together behind the one man who can lead the way forward in these challenging times: my president, our president, Barack Obama!

Charles Stanley

Our problems may stay, our circumstances may remain, but we know God is in control. We are focused on His adequacy, not our inadequacy.

David Miliband

"I think the wonderment of seeing my two sons developing makes me incredibly optimistic about human potential. It makes you think: 'My goodness. It's a miracle that's going on here. What could the human race do together?"'

David Rakoff

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

Carl Sagan

The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.

Byron Katie

For me, the future lives only here in my mind, as thoughts and images, just as the past does, and I love those thoughts and the world that it produces. I am entirely optimistic about the future.

Jared Diamond

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history.

Alan Sugar

I like to be a very fair person.

Susan B. Anthony

The only question left to be settled now is: Are women persons?

Jamie Redknapp

I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me.

Cheri Huber

A person who is without fear cannot be controlled.

Eckhart Tolle

The other person's presence ultimately is the same as your presence, because it is in presence that there is true meeting.

Basmah bint Saud

I am a very public person. I have nothing to hide.

Ashley Olsen

I'm the most private person.

Brad Feld

I no longer really ever like to be pitched. Instead, I prefer to engage in a relationship as part of learning the other person.

Camille Paglia

I am a very reclusive, private person.

Max Heindel

Every child is innocent because it has not been tempted, but only when we have been tempted and have remained pure, or when we have fallen, repented and reformed, are we virtuous.

Cheri Yecke

What we see from our state university system is no growth. It has remained static over time.

Pola Negri

I then remained in Berlin until Dec. 1938, spending my time between pictures at my villa on the Riviera.

Josiah Royce

The world, as transformed by this creative deed, is better than it would have been had all else remained the same, but had that deed of treason not been done at all.

James Meade

I remained a member of the section till 1947, becoming Director in 1946.

Dianna Agron

Without love we are not truly living.

Marianne Williamson

When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal.

Albert Schweitzer

Every person I have known who has been truly happy has learned how to serve others.

H. Hunt

We are now well and truly in the post-Maui era.

Barbara Green

Those who complained truly feel that they are discriminated against, they truly feel that way.

Carrie Fisher

I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result.

Craig Bruce

In order for a man to be truly evil, he must be a woman.

Chris Hemsworth

I can remember watching 'Lord of the Rings' and being truly regretful that I wasn't a being in that world.

August Wilson

I think it is an extraordinary honor, and it is truly a capstone of my career. I am overwhelmed.