Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your mind off your goals. -Unknown.

Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road.

To look in the face of hard things and keep moving forward - that's what one has to do.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco.

Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation. -Tennessee Williams.