Don't be afraid
To take a big step
When one is indicated.
You can't cross a chasm
In two small steps

-David Loyd George

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
-Frank A. Clark

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
-Henry Ford

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals.
Think of Using All OBSTACLES as Stepping Stones... to Build the L I F E you Want
-Marsha Sinetar

There seemed to be endless obstacles... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.
-Joanna Field

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
- Thomas Carlyle

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.
-Michael Jordan

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them, they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
-Orison Swett Marden

I think self awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
-Billie Jean King

The glory of sport is born at the moment when the game and the person become one, when all the complexity of one's life finds a moment to emerge in the game.
-Timothy Shriver

Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing that it was the time and the effort you invested that led to your high achievement.
-Nicole Haislett

"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."
~Lao Tzu

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
~Confucius

"Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. "
~Karl "The Great" Wallenda

"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."
~Eden Phillpotts

Learning is movement from moment to moment
~Krishnamurti, J.

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing.
~Stein, Gertrude

In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, but in the experts mind there are few.
~Suzuki, Shunryu

The "silly question" is the first intimation of some totally new development.
~Whitehead, Alfred North

Just realize

where you come from:

this is the essence of wisdom

~Tao Te Ching