George William Russell Quotes

Life is an obstacle course. You succeed at one thing and then you move on to the next. When an obstacle is tough, you try harder. When an obstacle is insurmountable, you change course. But you never sit down and refuse to finish.

Keep trying. It's only from the valley that the mountain seems high.

When your way doesn't work, don't be disheartened. You must be willing to try another way. A closed door doesn't mean you have been cut off permanently. It is a challenge, an obstacle, a tool to be used.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

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

Don't lose faith in what you are trying to do, even though you will get pummeled emotionally left and right. There are a lot of "nos" to any "yes." And that's OK.

You show me a 50-foot wall and I'll show you a 51-foot ladder.

There are tough times and mountains to climb, but you've got to go for it.

Do not let the fact that things are not made for you, that conditions are not as they should be stop you. Go on anyway. Everything depends on those who go on anyway.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

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.

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.

You do the best you can with what's thrown at you, then you try again.

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.

If you were to be put off by every little problem life throws at you, you'd get nowt done.

I'm learning along the way, and there's going to be some little bumps and bruises, but as long as I keep rolling with the punches, I will keep moving up.

For all of us today, the battle is in our hands. The road ahead is not altogether a smooth one. There are no broad highways to lead us easily and inevitably to quick solutions. We must keep going.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Problems, obstacles, and challenges can either become the markers of our limits and limitations, or they can become the springboard into a whole new world.

Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.