Self-Imposed Obstacles Quotes

My biggest enemy is typically me.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

The humor is that finally when you have the power to move the mountain, you are the person who placed it there-so there the mountain stays.

I think my worst enemy was myself. It's like I've been in my own way more than anybody else has been.

So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense

Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that the far greater part, if not all, of those difficulties which have hitherto amused philosophers, and blocked up the way to knowledge, are entirely owing to our selves. That we have first raised a dust, and then complain, we cannot see.

No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.

The only limitations that I can have are the ones that I set on myself.

The mind in itself wants nothing, unless it creates a want for itself; therefore it is both free from perturbation and unimpeded, if it does not perturb and impede itself.

The greatest enemy one ever faces is one's own self.

Certainly. But take this into consideration: of every ten problems we have, nine are created by our own selves - through guilt, self-punishment, self-pity. However, from time to time a great obstacle appears in our path, which was put there by God, and which is there for a reason. The reason is: to give us the opportunity to change everything, to move forwards.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

In most cases, our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decision to limit ourselves.

Perfectionism is really a manifestation of the belief that one's efforts are never good enough. Imagine: How many of the obstacles standing in your way are the product of your own imagination? What have you convinced yourself that you can't do? What limitations have you come to believe in? Your mind is very powerful and effective. Is it working for you, or against you?

You have those walls up all around you...Come a day you gonna want to tear them down brick by brick and gonna find that the cement is all hard. What you gonna do then?

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

I was an accomplice in my own frustration.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.

I think my worst enemy is me.

Being human is difficult. Some people make it more difficult than others. I was one of those people.

The only thing that can stop me from being me is me.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.