Overcoming Quotes

Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger.

It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of that enemy a friend.

Fame overcomes everything.

Humankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence. Hatred can be overcome only by love. Counter - hatred only increases the surface as well as the depth of hatred.

Performance ought to improve with experience, and pressure is an obstacle that the diligent can overcome.

To revolutionaries the significant reality is the world which they are fighting to bring about, not the world they are fighting to overcome.

Sweet is the recollection of difficulties overcome.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. You have to be willing to be afraid, if you're going to be an artist.

I just learn from other people. And I try to get strengths from other people and the things they do, the things they can overcome in their lives.

I felt that if others can overcome incredible challenges to be in shape, why would my story be any different?

Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.

The U.S. should take notes: Government overspending and a campaign of alienating investors and small business isn't really the best way to boost the economy or overcome massive unemployment.

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life.

He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy.

We can be under the power of a spell, but we must overcome such a power; we must liberate ourselves from evil. Everyone can fight.

Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us.

I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and trauma.

I've picked passion-driven businesses where I create a concept, or produce a film, from scratch. You have to be tenacious to overcome the constant objections.

Mexico's a great place to overcome a drug addiction.

Women are emotional! And being an artist and a woman is probably more difficult because you have more stuff to overcome.

In many cases bands have a lot to overcome, business being what it is.

I overcome failure by doing it again and trying not to make the same mistake.

Bigger than any obstacle is the strength that one posses It's a power that overcomes every obstacle

If an audience doesn't get that [Black Snake Moan] is a movie about overcoming exploitation, it could come across as incredibly misogynistic. That would be the worst thing in the world for me.

In general, the only way to overcome failure is to not let it destroy you. It's that old saying, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." You just have to keep going.

There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.

How much must I overcome before I triumph?

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

More and more people are defining themselves not by what they are about, but by what they are against, what they are overcoming, the thing that is wrong with them.

I had basically the same stigma that Bo Derek did -- being created by a Svengali -- which took me a long time to overcome.

That's one way to overcome criticism: tank so hard that failing becomes glorious and meaningless.

Fear can be overcome by faith.

I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.

"When in your life were you the most challenged?" I love to hear stories of adversity and how people overcome them.

I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. But once this inertia has been overcome and underway they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate.

You need to understand your limitations so you can overcome them.

What does a philosopher demand of himself, first and last? To overcome his time in himself, to become "timeless.

The charm of knowledge would be small indeed, were it not that there is so much shame to be overcome on the way to it.

If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit

No amount of human willfulness can overcome God's determined love.

They say it is impossible but I've overcome the odds before.

Our space programme has overcome many hurdles. At the same time it is one of the most cost effective programmes. This should make us proud.

Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.

All I can do is seek the information that'll make me stronger, that'll help me overcome my toxic masculinity, my male privilege, because that's something you never think about.

Don’t be afraid,” she said, coldly, “ as far as love may go she may be worthy of you. It must have taken a good deal to overcome her pride. Don’t be afraid, John.

We all get damned in our lives, and there are ripple effects. One thing can determine a life, and it's hard to overcome that if the event is really traumatic. Your life is completely condemned by it.

Women have come a long way, but it never fails to sadden me when I see younger women saying we have to overcome some obstacles.

This is a global effort we're going to have to lead to overcome this jihadist effort. It's more than Osama bin Laden. But he is going to pay, and he will die.