The obstacle is the path.

— Zen Proverb

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

— Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist, 1745-1833

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the path of the weak becomes a steppingstone in the path of the strong.

— Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881
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