“Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take you eyes off your goal.”

“When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.”

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.”

Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor

“You see things less clearly when you open your eyes too wide.”

Italo Svevo book Zeno's Conscience

“Warrior, when you pledge yourself to the service of a High Priestess, the goal is not to frighten her to death but to protect your lady from death.”

P. C. Cast book Hunted

“Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you.”

Maya Angelou book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

“You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel.”

Chester Bennington (1976–2017) American singer-songwriter

“You see things out of the corner of your mind or the corner of your eye that affect you just as strongly as things that you focus on, if not more so.”

Kenneth Noland (1924–2010) American artist