Overcoming Quotes

1934 Overcoming quotes by 1283 unique authors

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. — Francis Beaumont
One can overcome the forces of negative emotions, like anger and hatred, by cultivating their counter-forces, like love and compassion. — Dalai Lama
We find nothing easier than being wise, patient, superior. We drip with the oil of forbearance and sympathy, we are absurdly just, we forgive everything.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
To overcome negative emotions, consulting intuition is always useful. How can it guide you. During nervous periods, it offers a more centered alternative to agitation.… — Judith Orloff
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em. — Thomas Otway
The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome. — Eric Hoffer
It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means. — Lydia M. Child
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… — Maya Angelou
Co-operative enterprises provide the organisational means whereby a significant proportion of humanity is able to take into its own hands the tasks of creating productive… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
The bottom line is that if you become a master at handling problems and overcoming obstacles, what can stop you from success? The answer is… — T. Harv Eker
I teach you the Overman. Man is something that shall be overcome. What have you done to overcome him? ... The time has come for… — Friedrich Nietzsche
History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline. There has been… — Douglas MacArthur
Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals. — Robert Foster Bennett
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes. Genuine ignorance is profitable because it… — John Dewey
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion... It is the man who carefully advances step… — Alexander Graham Bell
You don't become enormously successful without encountering and overcoming a number of extremely challenging problems. — Mark Victor Hansen
If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would focus on credit — Muhammad Yunus
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you. — Henry Ward Beecher
It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without. — A. C. Benson
True compassion is not just an emotional response, but a firm commitment founded on reason. Therefore, a truly compassionate attitude toward others does not change,… — Dalai Lama
We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion,… — D. Todd Christofferson
All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many, that addiction cannot… — Richard G. Scott
The plague of pornography is swirling about us as never before. Pornography brings a vicious wake of immorality, broken homes, and broken lives. Pornography will… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit. — David Ryan

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