Quotes and Sayings about Overcoming
"Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self."
- Francis of Assisi
(Related: Christ, Gifts, Grace, Overcoming, Self)
"It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the new process, but there was still much to invent, and much that at that period I necessarily knew nothing about."
- Henry Bessemer
(Related: Successful, Difficulties, Nothing, Overcoming)
"The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line."
- Brian Boitano
(Related: Perseverance, Obstacles, Overcoming, Spirit, Vote)
"Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models."
- Bill Bradley
(Related: Sports, Athletes, Difficulty, Metaphor, Obstacles, Overcoming)
"It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region."
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
(Related: Confidence, Obvious, Overcoming, Resolution)
"Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism."
- Matthew Fox
(Related: Beauty, Act, Healing, Lies, Overcoming)
"We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face."
- Malcolm Fraser
(Related: People, Countries, Overcoming)
"Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(Related: Adversity, Overcoming)
"Families are about love overcoming emotional torture."
- Matt Groening
(Related: Love, Overcoming)
"I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day."
- Tom Hooper
(Related: Anxiety, Day, Insecurity, Inspiring, Overcoming, Self, Shyness)
"Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."
- William James
(Related: Acceptance, Consequences, First, Misfortune, Overcoming)
"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune."
- William James
(Related: Acceptance, Consequences, First, Misfortune, Overcoming)
"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming."
- Helen Keller
(Related: Overcoming, Suffering, World)
"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."
- Helen Keller
(Related: Overcoming, Suffering, World)
"You didn't just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity."
- Helmut Kohl
(Related: Goal, Europe, Germany, Overcoming, Service, Unity)
"Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing."
- Alex Lowe
(Related: Fear, Overcoming)
"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."
- Moliere
(Related: Glory, Overcoming)
"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity."
- Albert Schweitzer
(Related: Strength, Adversity, Obstacles, Overcoming)
"We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier."
- Joe Slovo
(Related: Opinion, Overcoming, Population)
"Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it."
- Ben Stiller
(Related: Funny, Time, Genius, Desire, Overcoming, Public)
"True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful."
- Paul Sweeney
(Related: Success, Fear, Being, Overcoming)
"But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear."
- Reese Witherspoon
(Related: Fear, Determination, Accomplishment, Coaching, Film, Overcoming, Right)
"I understand that it's hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we'll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we'll have to work on overcoming it."
- Boris Yeltsin
(Related: Work, Crisis, Emotions, Now, Overcoming)