Overcoming Quotes
1934 Overcoming quotes by 1283 unique authors
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I run to feel complete, to feel alive, to feel happy, and to feel free. I run to visit beautiful places, to overcome my fears,…
— Chrissie Wellington
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It is more satisfying to sacrifice oneself for the poor victim than to enable the other to overcome their victim status and perhaps become even…
— Slavoj Žižek
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To overcome the intelligent by folly is contrary to the natural order of things; to overcome the foolish by intelligence is in accord with the…
— Zhuge Liang
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I expect the audience to assume TV is stupid. I accept that it's my job to overcome it.
— Dan Harmon
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I manage because I have to. Because I've no other way out. Because I've overcome the vanity and pride of being different, I've understood that…
— Andrzej Sapkowski
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Therefore I begin to think, my Lord, you purposely allow us to be brought into contact with the bad and evil things that You want…
— Hannah Hurnard
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Physical separateness can never be overcome by electronics, but only by 'conviviality,' by 'living together' in the most literal physical sense. The physically divided are…
— Hakim Bey
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Climbing is a heroic liberating act; and height spontaneously symbolizes things of high value, be it in the value of worldly power or of spirituality.…
— Rudolf Arnheim
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A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the…
— Bear Grylls
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The great benefit of science is that it can contribute tremendously to the alleviation of suffering at the physical level, but it is only through…
— Dalai Lama
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Proper effort is not the effort to make something particular happen. It is the effort to be aware and awake each moment, the effort to…
— Ajahn Chah
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But if I have once overcome my heart, and am contented through the grace of God in my heart, then this makes me content not…
— Jeremiah Burroughs
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
— Manning Marable
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The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants,
— Isoroku Yamamoto
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Here's the thing about broken hearts. You can always survive them. Always. No matter how deep the hurt, the capacity to heal and move on…
— Susan Wiggs
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I do not want to frighten you by telling you about the temptations life will bring. Anyone who is healthy in spirit will overcome them.…
— Albert Schweitzer
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Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill
— Fausto Coppi
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We, the present-day political leaders, are called upon to take responsibility for making joint decisions upon which the prosperity of future generations will heavily depend.…
— Unknown Author
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I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth…
— Zhu Rongji
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This overcoming of all the usual barriers between the individual and the Absolute is the great mystic achievement. In mystic states we both become one…
— William James
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Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm.
— Arnold J. Toynbee
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The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks.
— Theodore J. Forstmann
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You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.
— Bernard Baruch
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A student's mentality in learning martial arts is to overcome one's problems.
— Ip Chun
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Heart and mind overcome all.
— Dan Henderson
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