Overcoming Quotes
1934 quotes by 1283 authors
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Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there…
— John Calvin
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Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
— Joseph Campbell
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I'm a big believer in overcoming and achieving and doing things and not feeling sorry for yourself.
— Drew Carey
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Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.
— Coco Chanel
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You can't be afraid to put out a fire if you're a fireman. You can't be afraid to be a police officer and carry a…
— Duane Chapman
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Grudge no expense - yield to no opposition - forget fatigue - till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall…
— Maria Weston Chapman
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You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and…
— Dave Chappelle
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A lot of kids are bullied because of their sexuality, and that breaks my heart, because they're going to have to - high school's hard…
— Kristin Chenoweth
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State formation has been a brutal project, with many hideous consequences. But the results exist, and their pernicious aspects should be overcome.
— Noam Chomsky
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Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to…
— Emile M. Cioran
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I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.
— Isabel Allende
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You know, it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things, it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity…
— Diablo Cody
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Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will.
— Stephen Ambrose
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One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another…
— David O. McKay
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My music is not for everyone. It's only for the stong-willed, the [street] soldiers music. It's not like party music- I mean, you could gig…
— Tupac Shakur
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By bravely enduring our trials, we learn humility, compassion for others, and a great reliance on God. We also learn that our happiness and progress…
— Lloyd D. Newell
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Why did the achievers overcome problems while thousands are overwhelmed by theirs? They refused to hold on to the common excuses for failure. They turned…
— John C. Maxwell
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I believe it is our attitude that determines our altitude. It is our attitude that allows us to soar above those things that would otherwise…
— T.D. Jakes
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You will suffer, be tempted, and make mistakes. You will learn for yourself what every heroine has learned: through overcoming challenges come growth and strength.…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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What makes a kingdom great is its being like a down-flowing river,--the central point towards which all the smaller streams under Heaven converge; or like…
— Laozi
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