Friday, August 28, 2009

It’s All in How You Look At It

Curiousity.jpg Curiosity image by Migue1969

“Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle.” 

Eric Butterworth

“In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.”

Simone de Beauvoir

8 comments:

Patsy said...

Eric and Simone were both right.

~Lorna
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Imogen Lamport, AICI CIP said...

I hope the move goes well, and that it is a positive experience for you all.

Duchesse said...

de Beauvoir's quote resonates with me more, but then fierce ambition is not one of my qualities. I remember an old rock song called "The Tighter You Pull, the Harder It Gets".

Zuzana said...

Both of these bring me to the very famous aphorism:

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
(Saint Francis of Assisi)

Wishing you a lovely weekend.;))
xo

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Faced with this particular obstacle, I would be more likely to agree with Simone.

Linda Lu said...

beautiful quotes

Eleonora Baldwin said...

Holy chick-a-dee!

Wonderful quotes. Which one do you feel most pertains to you right now?

I have to ponder this one...

Ciao,
~Lola xx

Life Potentials Network said...

Great quotes...and true, so true!