Overcoming Challenges Quotes - Page 2

• Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, St. Martin's Press

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• The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

  Moliere

  Motivational, Positive, Success

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• All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

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  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Strength, Adversity

  Norman Vincent Peale “The Power of Positive Thinking”, Om Books International

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• The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

  Randy Pausch

  Perseverance, Wall, Inspirational Life

  Randy Pausch (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.71, Hachette UK

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  If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

  Robert Fulghum

  Life, Positive, Encouraging

  Robert Fulghum (2010). “Uh-Oh: Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door”, p.146, Ivy Books

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

  Albert Schweitzer

  Motivational, Strength, Stress

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• The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

  Randy Pausch

  Inspirational, Strength, Perseverance

  YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

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• When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Mary Kay Ash (1986). “Mary Kay”, Harper Perennial

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  The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

  Dolly Parton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Twitter post from Sep 12, 2013

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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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• Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

  Napoleon Hill

  Success, Military, Failure

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• If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

  Frank A. Clark

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

  Randy Pausch

  Happiness, Success, Perseverance

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  The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.

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  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

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• Challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Warrior, Challenges, Juan

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.19, St. Martin's Press

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• Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Hope, Spiritual

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

  Muhammad Ali

  Shoes, Mountain, Boxing Champions

  FaceBook post by Muhammad Ali from Oct 20, 2014

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• Adversity is the first path to truth.

  Lord Byron

  Kindness, Adversity, Not Giving Up

  Lord Byron (2009). “Don Juan”, p.520, The Floating Press

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• Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Inspirational, Life, Courage

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

  William Penn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  No Cross, No Crown (1669) See Proverbs 212

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• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that

  James Neil Hollingworth

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

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• Courage is not the absence of fear...

  Richard Stengel

  Courage, Fear, Cancer

  "Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership" by Richard Stengel, content.time.com. July 9, 2008.

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