Personal Obstacles Quotes

We are really the victims of our own problems.

Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.

You might occasionally feel that some people are standing in the way and slowing your progress, but in reality the biggest person standing in your way is you. Others can stop you temporarily -- you are the only one who can do it permanently.

People talk about bullying, but you can be your own bully in some ways. You can be the person who is standing in the way of your success, and that was the case for me.

The theme that runs through my movies is the fact that we create barriers for ourselves....because we say, Well, I can't do that. But in the end, you can't do it unless you can imagine yourself succeeding at it.

The things you want are always possible; it is just that the way to get them is not always apparent. The only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life is you, and that can be a considerable obstacle because you carry the baggage of insecurities and past experience.

The thing you have to be on guard against, more than anything, is self-sabotage. You have to make sure you're not your own worst enemy.

If you're asking yourself why I have this success and you don't, don't be angry with me-stop and ask yourself what your issues are that are holding you back.

What's often in your heart is the hardest to reach.

He was thirty-one now, not too old, but old enough to be lonely. He hadn't dated since he'd been back here, hadn't met anyone who remotely interested him. It was his own fault, he knew. There was something that kept a distance between him and any woman who started to get close, something he wasn't sure he could change even if he tried. And sometimes in the moments right before sleep came, he wondered if he was destined to be alone forever.

Get out of your own way. Often, we're our own worst enemy when working towards our goals.

But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something getting in the way of my getting to myself.

What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life?

The rules themselves are clear enough, and within everyone’s reach. But many forces, both within ourselves and in the environment, stand in the way. It is a little like trying to lose weight: everyone knows what it takes, everyone wants to do it, yet it is next to impossible for so many.

There had to be a reason why they were not going to marry. They had both been so adamant about it. What the devil was the reason?

I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.

Many's very human habit of trusting in himself is generally the last great obstacle blocking his pathway to victory in Christian experience.

What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside.

Self-doubt is the greatest enemy of any new good habit.

Often the biggest obstacle in meeting life’s challenges is actually our own fear of failure.

Songwriting is a difficult thing, but it's not so bad when you remove the barriers you put up yourself.

The only thing that can possibly keep you from going after your dreams is the person standing in your shoes, wearing your clothes, and thinking your negative thoughts.

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way.

I feel like every year it's something with me. I've got to overcome everything every year.

Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently.