Overcoming Quotes

• There is no thing we cannot overcome Say not thy evil instinct is inherited, Or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn, And calls down punishment that is not merited.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • Life
  • Evil
  • Courage

• If you ask me why I've succeeded, it's because I was in the Royal Marines. You have this unbelievable sense of achievement and of overcoming adversity. That's the confidence it breeds.

  

  Brian McDermott
  • Why
  • Confidence
  • Achievement

• Fear is not negative. We should overcome all our fears and this in turn would make us stronger. As soon as we overcome our fears we can face any challenge.

  

  Gabriela Isler
  • Fear
  • Challenge
  • Challenges

• Running and science draw on similar traits - stamina, ambition, patience, and the ability to overcome limits.

  

  Wolfgang Ketterle
  • Running
  • Ambition
  • Limits

• What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.

  

  Bill Vaughan
  • Dog
  • King
  • Shoes

• When you start in life, if you find you are wrongly placed, don't hesitate to change, but don't change because troubles come up and difficulties arise. You must meet and overcome and conquer them. And in meeting and overcoming and conquering them, you will make yourself stronger for the future.

  

  Charles M. Schwab
  • Life
  • Up
  • Future

• The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom.

  

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • Life
  • Learning
  • Married

• Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Philosophy
  • Fine
  • Misfortunes

• If you want, you can overcome all: Pressure, expectations, gravity.

  

  Mesut Ozil
  • Pressure
  • Expectations
  • Overcoming

• 'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

  

  William Penn
  • Sin
  • Temptation
  • Tempted

• Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure

  

  Lou Holtz
  • Pressure
  • Overcoming
  • Unprepared

• Perhaps if you are in support functions waiting on the warfighters to spell out the specifics of what you are to do, you can avoid the consequences of not reading. Those who must adapt to overcoming an independent enemy's will are not allowed that luxury.

  

  James Mattis
  • Support
  • Reading
  • Waiting

• A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Power
  • Feeling
  • Confidence

• Be carefree yet careful: While you should work on overcoming unnecessary worrying, have a healthy fear of danger and sensibly guard yourself from harm. Overcoming worry does not mean putting yourself in danger, but in having a calm attitude in dealing with difficulties and accepting what cannot be changed.

  

  Zelig Pliskin
  • Work
  • Fear
  • Worry

• Patience is only one faculty; earnestness the devotion of all the faculties. Earnestness is the cause of patience; it gives endurance, overcomes pain, strengthens weakness, braves dangers, sustains hope, makes light of difficulties, and lessens the sense of weariness in overcoming them.

  

  Christian Nestell Bovee
  • Hope
  • Light
  • Pain

• I rely on some words that actually my husband said to me. He jokes about saying, "You know it's only darkest before it's totally black!" Even in my darkest hour - and my darkest hour was probably when I lost both my parents - I look to him and I see what he has endured, what he has overcome, what he is doing with his life, and just how he's lived his life.

  

  Cindy McCain
  • Black
  • Husband
  • Parent

• Overcoming negative tendencies and enhancing positive potential are the very essence of the spiritual path.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Spiritual
  • Positive
  • Path

• Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life.

  

  Shawn Achor
  • Mind
  • Opportunity
  • Successful

• How do children learn to correct their mistakes? By watching how you correct yours. How do children learn to overcome their failures? By watching how you overcome yours. How do children learn to treat themselves with forgiveness? By watching you forgive yourself.

  

  William Martin
  • Children
  • Mistake
  • Forgiving

• It's not so much for me where you come from, who you are, what race you are. We're just human beings that are still a work in progress and there's a lot that we've got to overcome, so that we can all be equal.

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • Work
  • Progress
  • Equal

• The best way to neutralise fear is by laughing. You can see the dynamics of this in action when people watch a horror movie. You'll notice that immediately after a good fright, following the sceams of terror - which is the point of maximum experience of fear - people will always laugh immediately afterward, as this is the natural way to release the fear. By laughing at something you also take away the perception that it has any power over you.

  

  Dean Frazer
  • People
  • Action
  • Perception

• The thrill of achievement comes from overcoming adversity in the accomplishment of an important goal.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Important
  • Goal
  • Achievement

• The best way to overcome fear is to face with equanimity the situation of which one is afraid.

  

  Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
  • Way
  • Fear
  • Faces

• The measure of human character is our reaction to dark times. No one can sidestep darkness. It is the throne upon which light sits. If a soul has not known sadness and struggle, there is no chance of overcoming, no cherishing the dawn.

  

  David Wolpe
  • Character
  • Struggle
  • Adversity

1

...

4

5

6

7

8

...

13

previous

next