A Quote by Charles Ghigna

The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.

Charles Ghigna

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Charles Ghigna
American - Poet
Born: August 25, 1946

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

Eleanor Roosevelt

A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.

Cullen Hightower

Successful people see adversity as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.

Shawn Achor

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Cory Booker

Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.

Napoleon Hill

Failure can either be a stepping stone to success or a stumbling to defeat.

Ron Holland

What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on.

Mother Teresa

People would be like, 'Oh, 'Saturday Night Live' is such a stepping stone!' And I remember being like, 'A stepping stone?! This is my everything! I could just stop right here! This is the pinnacle!'

Molly Shannon

No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid.

Ernest Lawrence

Obedience is a foundational stepping-stone on the path of God’s will.

Elizabeth George

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

Thomas Carlyle

Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?

William Arthur Ward

And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone. Ay, and he falls for those ahead of him, who though faster and surer of foot, yet removed not the stumbling stone.

Khalil Gibran

Every experience of love, bliss, belonging, inspiration, and insight provides a stepping stone back to your true self.

Deepak Chopra

I am mindful that scientific achievement is rooted in the past, is cultivated to full stature by many contemporaries and flourishes only in favorable environment. No individual is alone responsible for a single stepping stone along the path of progress, and where the path is smooth progress is most rapid. In my own work this has been particularly true.

Ernest Lawrence

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.