Sometimes the hardest step in achieving our full potential is the first one. Every day presents new doubts and obstacles in our journey toward success. Here are 5 of my favorite thoughts to help you overcome the doubt and obstacles that stand between you and making your dreams a reality:


“Failure is not fatal. Only failure to get back up is.”

~John C. Maxwell

“If doubt is challenging you and you do not act, doubts will grow. Challenge the doubts with action and you will grow. Doubt and action are incompatible.”

~John Kanary

“The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.”

~Napolean Hill

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have.”

~Norman Vincent Peale

“David didn’t tell God how big the giant was, he told the giant how big his God was!”

~Donna Krech