Overcome Quotes

The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty.

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

We have to adapt and overcome, that's all we can do.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked.

I was not afraid of what I did not like. To overcome dislike of a thing often satisfied one's feeling of honour.

In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

It's also ironic that in the old days of tape and tape hiss and vinyl records and surface noise, we were always trying to get records louder and louder to overcome that.

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit!

I've overcome physical and mental brutality - and fought back.

To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

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

Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

As Members of Congress and people of conscience, we must work to overcome the indifference and distortions of history, and ensure that future generations know what happened.

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.

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

'Adapt and overcome' is my new motto.

My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.