Quotes on Overcoming Obstacles

"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."
- Leonardo da Vinci

"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."
- Alfred D. Souza

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
- Henry Ford

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person's determination."
- Tommy Lasorda

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
- Mahatma Gandhi

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
- Albert Einstein