The Obstacle Is the Way Quotes

“Seen properly, everything that happens—be it an economic crash or a personal tragedy—is a chance to move forward.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“and transform that negative situation into an education, a skill set, or a fortune.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“We can see disaster rationally. Or rather, like Rockefeller, we can see opportunity in every disaster,”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“without the pestilence of panic or fear. Rockefeller”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Discipline in perception lets you clearly see the advantage and the proper course of action in every situation—”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“it certainly feels that way sometimes.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Our safety is not truly at risk here—there is little danger that we will starve or that violence will break out—”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“think of the cold sweat when you’re stressed about money,”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Humans are still primed to detect threats and dangers that no longer exist—”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“As a result, we carry all kinds of biological baggage.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Our brains evolved for an environment very different from the one we currently inhabit.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“We can learn to focus on what things really are.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“We can stop seeing the “problems” in front of us as problems.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“We can learn to perceive things differently, to cut through the illusions that others believe or fear.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“And it is precisely at this divergence—between how Rockefeller perceived his environment”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Or, like Rockefeller, choose not to.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“You must realize: Nothing makes us feel this way; we choose to give in to such feelings.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Where one loses control of emotions, another can remain calm.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“Where one is blinded by success, another sees reality with ruthless objectivity.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“or possibly thriving because of—them.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“You will learn that this reaction determines how successful we will be in overcoming—”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“how we react to them, and whether we keep our composure.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“that what matters most is not what these obstacles are but how we see them,”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“You will come across obstacles in life—fair and unfair. And you will discover, time and time again,”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“that what befell them was not unsalvageable misfortune but the gift of education—”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“This insight lives on today in Warren Buffet’s famous adage to”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“For the rest of his life, the greater the chaos, the calmer Rockefeller would become,”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“He had the strength to resist temptation or excitement, no matter how seductive, no matter the situation.”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph

“The market was inherently unpredictable and often vicious—”
― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph