Overcoming Quotes

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow.

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.

A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.

Faith is not for overcoming obstacles; it is for experiencing them"”all the way through!

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!

This is how you survive the unsurvivable, this is how you lose that which you cannot bear to lose, this is how you reinvent yourself, overcome your abusers, fulfill your ambitions and meet the love of your life: by following what is true, no matter where it leads you.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Isn't it only through laughter that we become one with the gods and thus can endure life and can overcome all the horror and waste and suffering here on earth? "¦Isn't it only through laughter we can stay human?

As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front of you and beside you.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Life is not so much what you accomplish as what you overcome.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

I think that the great part of creativity is overcoming fear. Fear is a given. When you sit down and have to begin something, don't be afraid to be filled with fear, because it goes with the turf.

I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.

I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it.

I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name.

I learned 30 years ago that it is foolish to scold. I have enough trouble overcoming my own limitations without fretting over the fact that God has not seen fit to distribute evenly the gift of intelligence.

I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.

The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions.

I must spin good ghosts out of my hope to oppose the hordes at my window. If those who look in see me condescend to barricade the door, they will know too much and crowd in to overcome me.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!

We can overcome evil with greater good.

In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs

It’s not the struggles that define you; it’s how you overcome them.

Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for patience and sympathy and love, and yet we are fretful and hard and weak and selfish. We are keyed not to attainment, but to the struggle toward it.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.

Overcoming fear and worry can be accomplished by living a day at a time or even a moment at a time. Your worries will be cut down to nothing.

It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test yout limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossum.

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.