Che Guevara
Revolutionary, Guerrilla Leader
"Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats."
Overcoming quotes
Overcoming
985 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Oscar Romero
Archbishop, Activist
"Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world."
Alfred Adler
Psychologist
"Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself."
Ernest Holmes
Writer
"We have within us, a power that is greater than anything we shall ever contact in the outer, a power that can overcome every obstacle in our life and set us safe, satisfied and at peace, healed and prosperous, in a new light, and in a new life."
Zig Ziglar
Author, Motivational Speaker
"God will take care of what you go through. You take care of how you go through it."
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"Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings."
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"Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now."
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"Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion."
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"Only believe, don't fear. Our Master, Jesus, always watches over us, and no matter what the persecution, Jesus will surely overcome it."
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"Difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them...The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It's all right to fight, yes, but only when it's possible."
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"What is work? Work is struggle. There are difficulties and problems in those places for us to overcome and solve. We go there to work and struggle to overcome these difficulties. A good comrade is one who is more eager to go where the difficulties are greater."
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"I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones."
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"However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we review our own lives, overcome fear, and begin the process of reconstruction."
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"Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way."
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"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . ."
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"There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith."
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"Improvise, Adapt and Overcome!"
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"A keen sense of humor helps us to overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, tolerated the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected, and outlast the unbearable."
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"There will be roadblocks but we will overcome them."
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"This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to use language."
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"Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them."
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"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."
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"The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom the state, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity."
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"To struggle and battle and overcome and absolutely defeat every force designed against us is the only way to achieve."
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"As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it."
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