Barriers Quotes

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“Indeed, the only truly serious questions are ones that even a child can formulate. Only the most naive of questions are truly serious. They are the questions with no answers. A question with no answer is a barrier that cannot be breached. In other words, it is questions with no answers that set the limit of human possibilities, describe the boundaries of human existence.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

“Man may feel like a feeble and powerless pawn, at some moment in his life. This apprehension can come out of the blue, in the middle of the day, at the center of a public place, like a cerebral attack. Check mated by 'daily routine', he may feel trapped in a smothering set of circumstances and only a deconstruction of all impeding barriers can bring about a vital mental deliverance. ( "Check and mate" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You were born a winner, a warrior, one who defied the odds by surviving the most gruesome battle of them all - the race to the egg. And now that you are a giant, why do you even doubt victory against smaller numbers and wider margins? The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“BLACK AND WHITE


I was born into
A religion of Light,
But with so many other
Religions and
Philosophies,
How do I know which
ONE
Is right?

Is it not
My birthright
To seek out the light?
To find Truth
After surveying all the proof,
Am I supposed
To love
Or fight?
And why do all those who
Try to guide me,
Always start by dividing
And multiplying me –
From what they consider
Wrong or right?
I thought,
There were no walls
For whoever beams truth and light.
And how can one speak on Light's behalf,
lf all they do
Is act black,
But talk WHITE?”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“We are not sheep or cows. God didn’t create fences for us or boundaries to contain our nationalities. Man did. God didn’t draw up religious barriers to separate us from each other. Man did. And on top of that, no father would like to see his children fighting or killing each other. The Creator favors the man who spreads loves over the man who spreads hate. A religious title does not make anyone more superior over another. If a kind man stands by his conscience and exhibits truth in his words and actions, he will stand by God regardless of his faith. If mankind wants to evolve, we must learn from our past mistakes. If not, our technology will evolve without us.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“It makes a difference, doesn't it, whether we fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?”
― E.M Forster, A Room with a View

“The only walls that exist are those you have placed in your mind. And whatever obstacles you conceive, exist only because you have forgotten what you have already achieved.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Refuse to become a victim of your circumstances and give a lift to your potentials each and every day against the wish of any obstacle you encounter!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, The Great Hand Book of Quotes

“What separates me from my present is like a fine mist, an intangible veil, an invisible wall. They don't put up the slightest resistance. Nothing would shatter if I were to walk through it. Because there is actually nothing at all between me and the world. A single step would be enough. Why didn't I take it long ago?”
― Pascal Mercier, Perlmanns Schweigen

“He impressed people. Unconsciously. Some people are like that. I'm not. There's something in those people that breaks down all the barriers, because they act completely the way they are, have nothing to hide, never shelter behind anything, are just themselves, straightforward.”
― Arnaldur Indriðason, Silence of the Grave

“Through love, tribes have been intermixing colors to reveal a new rainbow world. And as more time passes, this racial and cultural blending will make it harder for humans to side with one race, nation or religion over another.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Build bridges, not walls.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“I have both the violent turbulence of the storm and the quiet promises of God in the storm. And what I must work to remember is that something is not necessarily stronger simply because it’s louder.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Failure is not the deterrent for the next try. Rather, it is information that empowers the next step.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“...cultural barriers can be overcome relatively swiftly where there is the political will to do so.”
― Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

“How in the world are we supposed to engage life when we spend all of our life building walls to protect ourselves from the very thing that we say we want to engage? The answer is, I think, understanding that God doesn’t need walls but we need Him.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The architect of the walls around me is the fear within me. And if I have foolishly granted this architect full license to build whatever it pleases in whatever manner it pleases, I will find that I have confused safety with imprisonment.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It's important as an adult to cultivate and restore your imagination. This will take you very far.

Without imagination, cynicism increases. This builds barriers in your life.”
― Robin S. Baker

“The size of the challenge as held against the size of our own resources reckons many things as utterly impossible. Yet, the size of the challenge as held against God’s resources reckons the impossible as something that is itself impossible.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If I faithfully take what little bit of belief I possess and rigorously apply every bit of it, the mountains that once stood in front of me become a road that is passing under me.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Faced with their confused glances and naive questions, I saw that there indeed was, between the writers and that public, however benevolent and sympathetic, a visible barrier. The audience simply did not have enough background information to comprehend what the writers sitting in front of them on the podium were saying.

Confronted with such a lack of understanding, I felt that I had no other choice but to hang on to 'my' group, the writers from Eastern Europe. At least they knew what I was talking about; at least we understood each other's problems, if that was of any comfort to a single one of us. And in any case, even if I had loudly screamed that I didn't want to belong to any group at all, the audience would have put me with them. Perhaps for the first time I became aware of how tired I was of constantly being pushed back into 'my place' every time I made an attempt to break out of it.”
― Slavenka Drakulić, Café Europa: Life After Communism

“I hate this.'

'Hate what?' I asked, confused.

Hawke didn't respond immediately. 'I hate talking to the veil.'

'Oh.' Understanding rippled through me as I reached up and touched the length that hid my hair. 'I imagine most people don't enjoy it.'

'I can't imagine you do.'

'I don't.' I admitted and then glanced around the room as if I expected Priestess Analia to be hiding somewhere. 'I mean, I'd prefer if people were able to see me.'

He tilted his head to the side. 'What does it feel like?'

Air hitched in my throat. No one... no one had ever asked me that before, and while I had a lot of thoughts and feelings about the veil, I wasn't sure how to put them into words even though I trusted Hawke.

Some things, once spoken, were given a life of their own.
...
'It feels suffocating.'

Hawke drew closer. 'Then why do you wear it?'

'I didn't realise I had a choice.' I looked up at him.

'You have a choice now.' He knelt in front of me. 'It's just you and me, walls, and a pathetically inadequate supply of furniture.'

My lips twitched.

'Do you wear your veil when you're with Tawny?' he asked.

I shook my head no.

'Then why are you wearing it now?'

'Because... I'm allowed to be without my veil with her.'

'I was told that you were supposed to be veiled at all times, even with those approved to see you.'

He was, of course, correct.

Hawke arched a brow.

I sighed. 'I don't wear my veil when I'm in my room, and I don't expect anyone to come in other than Tawny. And I don't wear it then because I feel... more in control. I can make-'

'The choice not to wear it?' he finished for me.

Nodding, I was more than a little stunned that he'd nailed it.

'You have a choice now.'

'I do.' But it was hard to explain that the veil also served as a barrier. With it, I remembered what I was, and the importance of that. Without it, well, it was easy to want... to simply want.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“Barriers only enjoy the power we WILL to it, the moment you decide to withdraw the power, you will surely become a free man.”
― Daniel ANIKOR

“Sometimes life has to interrupt us sufficiently in order to get itself out of our way.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“2024 is a year to break new barriers, it's a year to ensure that our vision board is achieved and success is our priority! God speed on your 2024 journey!”
― Hopal Green

“You don’t build the bridge after you cross the canyon, for if you do there will be neither bridge nor crossing. However, the canyon will remain.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“At times we may have to burn the bridges behind us so that they do not become the obstacles in front of us.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough