James Frain Quotes

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

You cannot understand a man’s work by what he has accomplished but by what he has overcome in accomplishing it.

We all love challenges.

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

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

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

Some of my greatest pleasures have come from finding ways to overcome obstacles.

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

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.

Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

I'm just always trying to be positive. Negative things happen to everybody. Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

Trouble is bad to get into but fun to get out of. If you're in trouble, eighty percent of the time there's a way out. If you can see the ball, you can probably hit it; and if you can hit it, you can move it; and if you can move it, you might be able to knock it in the hole. At least it's fun to try.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

Obstacles cannot bend me. Every obstacle yields to effort.

All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It's the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.

When I needed to overcome the low expectations of others or the bias that would be expressed in one circumstance or another, I'd keep on keeping on. And I climb over the obstacle, go around it, dig under it, fly over it. That's what kept me going. Otherwise I would have never been an astrophysicist.

I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

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

For everyone who thought I couldn’t do it… for everyone who thought I shouldn’t do it… for everyone who said, ‘It’s impossible’… see you at the finish line!

Obstacles don't have to stop you.

If someone says can't, that shows you what to do.

The time when you need to do something is when people are saying it can't be done.

I never fight, except against difficulties.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.