Overcoming Quotes

When we turn our gaze to the inside, it becomes difficult to locate this familiar sense of self. To overcome that fear we need to feel special in some way.

Pain, no matter how prolonged it seems to be, is just a short-lived thing that one day, in one way or another, we will overcome.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.

Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome.

We need to realize that we have a role to play in overcoming our own discrimination which is sometimes very subtly held.

You have to make the decision about whether you want to avoid or you want to overcome the resistance.

Overcoming the difficulties of an ultramarathon reminds me that I can overcome the difficulties of life

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

Seek out habits that help you overcome fear or inertia. Destroy those that do the opposite.

Marketing tells a story that spreads. Sales overcomes the natural resistance to say yes.

The only way that we may overcome the world is by coming unto Christ. And coming to Christ means walking away from the world.

Don't be afraid," I said, "We belong together." I was immediatly overcome by the truth of my own words.

Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

There are only a few people out there who can completely overcome their fears, and they all live in Tibet.

I think part of a hero construct is overcoming loss, or being abandoned, or having to make your own way in the world.

I am overcome by a feeling of complete detachment. I am a mere object to these people. I am barely human any more.

Why would I want to read something about somebody that's just a really nice, decent person who overcomes terrible trials? That's not how life is to me.

Perhaps the most eloquent of the hard virtues is courage, the disposition to encounter adversity head-on and strive to overcome it.

Doubt is probably the biggest obstacle to overcome. Once you rise above doubt, you are on your way to success.

So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit.

No temptation, no pressure, no enticing can overcome us unless we allow such. If we make the wrong choice, we have no one to blame but ourselves.

It is better to know what to fear than to say 'no fear.'

We're all brought up in a world that isn't the best place for us to be in once in a while. There are so many problems and we try to overcome them all.

Differences in approaches do exist, and in one short moment it is impossible to overcome all of them, but i'm convinced ahead of us we have a constructive dialogue.

If in argument we can make a man angry with us, we have drawn him from his vantage ground and overcome him.

We have to overcome our societal conditioning which says we are unworthy.

True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness.

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

The question is whether we're ready to undertake responsibility for overcoming the crisis or will again sink in debates, mutual recriminations and half-steps

To engage in a battle, one must know oneself, believe in oneself, and overcome one's own obstacle

I remember our conversations [with Zachary Quinto] always being frustrated that we weren't doing what we wanted to do, but also filled with the determination that we were going to overcome that.

The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is being a woman in a man's world.

There is no illusion greater than fear.

God can break the chain of every sin that binds you if you are willing to give it up. He comes into your heart and gives you power to overcome sin.

Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.

Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.

Scars mean you fought. Wrinkles mean you lived. Heartache means you loved.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

When all seems to be against you, remember, a ship sometimes has to sail against the current, not with it.

The darkest part of the storm paints the brightest part of the rainbow.

If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.

If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.

Life hands us storms so we can paint rainbows.

Because failure works double time, to get success, work triple time.

A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship.

The darkness of the storm determines the brightness of the rainbow.

If you run a hundred miles in your heart, you are ready to run a hundred miles on your feet.

Fear can only be mastered outside of your comfort zone.