An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Quote by Robert South

Topics: Obstacles Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.