Overcomes Quotes

116 Overcomes quotes by 90 unique authors

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost… — John D. Rockefeller
Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph. — William Butler Yeats
Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. — George Lois
There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty… — Joshua Chamberlain
Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name. — Jane Kenyon
Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader… — Lois Duncan
As the alcohol overcomes my mind, I hear the glass bottle shatter on the floor. This seems appropriate since I have obviously lost my grip… — Suzanne Collins
Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death. — Hunter S. Thompson
A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it. — Donald Miller
It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury. — Charlotte Bronte
In the morning I awoke early and experienced that sinking sensation that overcomes you when you first open your eyes and realize that instead of… — Bill Bryson
What lingered after them was not life, which always overcomes natural death, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Because love is the great commandment, it ought to be at the center of all and everything we do in our own family, in our… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The most savory grape, the one that produces the wines with best texture and aroma, the sweetest and most generous, doesn't grow in rich soil… — Isabel Allende
...light overcomes darkenss. A tiny match can illuminate the darkest room. As long as there is some light somewhere in the universe, [darkness] can be… — Dave Barry
I became quietly seized with that nostalgia that overcomes you when you have reached the middle of your life and your father has recently died… — Bill Bryson
A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
I have given no definition of love. This is impossible, because there is no higher principle by which it could be defined. It is life… — Paul Tillich
We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course,… — Anneli Rufus
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. — Harry Golden
Love has a particular trait: it has a task or purpose to fulfill - to abide. By its nature, love is enduring. The Holy Spirit… — Pope Benedict XVI
All men are poets at heart. They serve nature for bread, but her loveliness overcomes them sometimes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must learn to live on the heavenly side and look at things from above. To contemplate all things as God sees them, as Christ… — A B Simpson
I began to discriminate between fear and excitement. The two, though very close, are completely different. Fear is negative excitement, choking your imagination. Real excitement… — Twyla Tharp

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