Overcoming Quotes - Page 2

• One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Motivational, Strength, Stress

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• We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

  Stephen Covey

  Character, Challenges, Looking Forward

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1997). “First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Motivational, Change

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1997). “First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

  Aristotle

  Freedom, Fear, Athlete

  "Florilegium". Book by Joannes Stobaeus, 1536.

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  I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

  Nelson Mandela

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

  Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

  Bill Cosby

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm which is not easily disturbed, or else a brokenness that can hardly be healed. Conversely, it is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed in order to produce valuable and lasting results.

  Carl Jung

  Leadership, Uplifting, Relaxation

  "The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche".

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• It costs something to be a real Christian, according to the standard of the Bible. There are enemies to be overcome, battles to be fought, sacrifices to be made, an Egypt to be forsaken, a wilderness to be passed through, a cross to be carried, a race to be run. Conversion is not putting a person in an arm-chair and taking them easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.

  J. C. Ryle

  Christian, Running, Real

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• Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.

  Dan Millman

  Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

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• Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Sports, Cheer

  Twitter post from Dec 28, 2011

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• Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

  Francis of Assisi

  Self, Giving, Catholic

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• The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it. - What does not destroy makes me stronger.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Ambition, Stronger, Doe

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• Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Mean, Adversity

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• Any struggle or pain that you experience just gets you to the top, and you can't get there without making the climb. A few years later, you won't remember exactly the way the pain felt or how long it took, you'll just remember the view from the top. In fact, you might smile at the fact you had to work to get there.

  Hayley Williams

  Inspirational, Life, Smile

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• You're always going to face criticism, you're always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.

  David Robinson

  Inspirational, Basketball, Confidence

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• Feel the fear and do it anyway.

  Susan Jeffers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Running

  Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. (2007). “Embracing Uncertainty: Breakthrough Methods for Achieving Peace of Mind When Facing the Unknown”, p.3, Macmillan

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• There is no upper limit to what individuals are capable of doing with their minds. There is no age limit that bars them from beginning. There is no obstacle that cannot be overcome if they persist and believe.

  H. G. Wells

  Believe, Mind, Age

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• We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other move through the many painful episodes of our lives. By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation. We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds - the strength to overcome them and the lessons that we are meant to receive through them. Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise.

  Caroline Myss

  Wise, Block, Moving

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• That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

  George Foreman

  Positive, Fighting, Mma

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• So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Failure

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• Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence. Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your difficulties but overcome them.

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Mistake, Laughing, Trouble

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “L. M. MONTGOMERY – Premium Collection: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry & Autobiography (Including Anne Shirley Novels, Chronicles of Avonlea & The Story Girl Series): Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, The Golden Road, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Watchman, Songs of the Sea & many more”, p.641, e-artnow

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• Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

  Andre Gide

  Art, Resistance, Masterpiece

  "Poétique". Book by André Gide, 1947.

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• Nine requisites for contented living: Health enough to make work a pleasure. Wealth enough to support your needs. Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. Faith enough to make real the things of God. Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Love, Life, Happiness

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• . . . we have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that such a notion could ever have existed.

  Edward Kasner

  Independent, Math, Mind

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• Every person who has grown to any degree of usefulness, every person who has grown to distinction, almost without exception has been a person who has risen by overcoming obstacles, by removing difficulties, by resolving that when he met discouragement he would not give up.

  Booker T. Washington

  Success, Determination, Giving Up

  Booker T. Washington (2013). “The Booker T. Washington Reader”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

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