Maureen Johnson Quotes

Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.

I just try to get out of my own way because if anyone is their own worst enemy, it's usually you.

As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind.

I often obsess so much about things that I can't get done, that I ruin other things.

Just get out of your own way.

After spending most of her life scanning the horizon for slights and threats, genuine and imagined, she knew the real threat to her happiness came not from the dot in the distance, but from looking for it. Expecting it. Waiting for it. And in some cases, creating it. Her father had jokingly accused her of living in the wreckage of her future. Until one day she'd looked deep into his eyes and saw he wasn't joking. He was warning her.

I stand in my own way on a daily basis. I don't know if this is something I will ever overcome completely, and I'm oddly okay with that.

Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success.

Stressing and obsessing over your vision blocks it.

So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way.

Anything that immobilizes you, gets in your way, or keeps you from your goals is all yours. You can throw it away anytime you choose.

My excitement about my life and my future makes me happy, because I am a dreamer, and I always dream, no matter how many obstacles are in my way.

Life is brutal that way ... the loss of irrecoverable moments amid trivia and distraction.

If you think too far ahead, if you even try to think too far ahead, you'll never make it.

When you're playing poorly, you start thinking too much. That's when you confuse yourself.

Fear's the only obstacle that gets in the way of doing what we love. Fear holds us back from living the lives we're made to live.

Amy: I had something I wanted to tell him. Stuff always gets in the way. Canton: Stuff does that.

A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him.

Frustration, discouragement, and depression mean you are working against yourself.

It is hopeless trying to go forward when you are looking backward.

Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey—I'm constipated.

wit is often its own worst enemy.

With traps and obstacles and hazards confronting us on every hand, only blindness or indifference will fail to turn in all humility, for guidance or for warning, to the study of examples.

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you.

Doubt is probably the biggest obstacle to overcome. Once you rise above doubt, you are on your way to success.