Overcoming Quote by Seneca the Younger Download Open image “You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.” — Seneca the Younger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Overcoming
Saying you want to escape is the easy part; actually figuring out how to do it is not quite so simple. — Kerry Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape. — Jack Henry Abbott Copy Share Image
There is nothing that we can properly call our own but our time, and yet everybody fools us out of it who has a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears; the effect of precepts is therefore slow and tedious, whilst that of examples is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
He who does not want to die should not want to live. For life is tendered to us with the proviso of death. Life… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Let us not seek our disease out of ourselves; 'tis in us, and planted in our bowels; and the mere fact that we do… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
History has often showed us the strength of the forces that are unleashed by the yearning for freedom. It moved people to overcome their… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
I was overcome by the Holy Ghost one time, but in a Baptist way. I was six or seven, and I was saved. I… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast… — Roger Ross Williams Copy Share Image
When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and leave people wondering how you did it... — Jade Williams Copy Share Image
We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face. — Malcolm Fraser Copy Share Image
Let smiles overshadow sadness. Let faith make you believe. Let confidence wash away doubts. Let love complete your life. — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
Remember, success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days,… — Bruce Jenner Copy Share Image
What interests us is not the person who is pitying himself or who is sitting, stewing in their pain and their suffering. What interests… — Dominic Rains Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
