Surmount Quotes

44 quotes by 41 authors

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it… — Marcel Proust
In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that… — Sigmund Freud
Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals… — Felix Frankfurter
We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before… — Napoleon Hill
Love, yes, love your calling, for this holy and generous love will impart strength to you so as to enable you to surmount all obstacles. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
There is no allurement or enticement, actual or imaginary, which a well-disciplined mind may not surmount. The wish to resist more than half accomplishes the… — Charlotte Dacre
My belief in the growth and permanence of democracy is undimmed. I know that the people will cast off the new dictatorship as they did… — Sylvia Pankhurst
The world, in resting upon the earth, strives to surmount it. As self-opening it cannot endure anything closed. The earth, however, as sheltering and concealing,… — Martin Heidegger
Life at university, with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at a postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training for the real world. Only… — Paul Chambers
Real life isn't always going to be perfect or go our way, but the recurring acknowledgement of what is working in our lives can help… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Realism; fatalism; phlegm. To live in the Fens is to receive strong doses of reality. The great flat monotony of reality; the wide empty space… — Graham Swift
In music I still prefer the minor key, and in printing I like the light coming from the dark. I like pictures that surmount the… — W. Eugene Smith
I was trying to cheat death. I was only trying to surmount for a little while the darkness that all my life I surely knew… — Cornell Woolrich
Be resolute, fear no sacrifice, and surmount every difficulty to win victory. — Mao Zedong
The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is… — H. L. Mencken
Hope gives us the courage to confront our circumstances and the capacity to surmount them. — Jerome Groopman
Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth. — Nathanael Emmons
It is very rare that you meet with obstacles in this world, which the humblest man has not faculties to surmount. — Henry David Thoreau
You can surmount the obstacles in your path if you are determined, courageous and hard-working. Never be faint-hearted. Be resolute, but never bitter. — Ralph Bunche
A truly successful person knows how to overcome the past, use the present, and prepare for the future-but unless we can first surmount the past,… — Sydney J. Harris

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