Erwin McManus Quotes

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

Reason, alas, does not remove mountains. It only tries to walk around them, and see what is on the other side.

The things that go wrong for you have a lot of potential to become part of your gift to the world.

We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.

It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world, which the humblest man has not faculties to surmount.

When faced without a challenge, make one

Choose a challenge instead of competence

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

Challenges are solved by rising to a level higher than the challenge.

Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work though difficult problems.

You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.

People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve.

I mean, the things you think will never happen, you have to confront; those things that come into your life that you thought you never could deal with, you do.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.

If it were not for the bad things that've happened to me, I wouldn't be the person I am today.

It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique. And that's what I know for sure... I think.

The best way out is always through.

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.

You know, it's just a matter of working through the pitfalls sometimes and working through the challenges that lie ahead.

I've always felt in life, you get a lot of things you have to overcome.