
“In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists (2005)
Context: In order to excel at anything, there are always hurdles, obstacles, or challenges one must get past. It's what bodybuilders call the pain period. Those who push themselves, and are willing to face pain, exhaustion, humiliation, rejection, or worse, are the ones who become champions. The rest are left on the sidelines.
“In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and, when got, the repose is insupportable.”
The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
“Unilateralism is one of the most serious obstacles to achieving a just world order.”
2018, Report submitted to the UN Human Rights Council
On being an actor in “John Boyega, Star Wars Hero, Stays Up Too Late Watching The Affair” https://www.wmagazine.com/story/john-boyega-star-wars-moncler-favorite-tv-music in W Magazine (2018 Jul 12)