"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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"You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it."
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"Until we learn that other lives are equally grievable and have an equal demand on us to be grieved - especially the ones that we've helped to eliminate - I'm not sure we'll really be on the way to overcoming the problem of dehumanization."
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"Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions."
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"To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence."
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"The more obstacles you face and overcome, the more times you falter and get back on track, the more difficulties you struggle with and conquer, the more resiliency you will naturally develop. There is nothing that can hold you back, if you are resilient."
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"Let us not use bombs and guns to overcome the world. Let us use love and compassion. Peace begins with a smile."
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"Failure is a judgment, an opinion. It stems from your fears, which can be eliminated by love-love for yourself, love for what you do, love for others, and love for your planet."
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"Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph."
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"Stop telling it like it is and start telling it like you WANT it to be!"
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"It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle."
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"We are overcome by anguish at this illogical moment of humanity."
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"Death makes no sense except to people who have passionately loved life. How can one die without having something to part from? Detachment is a negation of both life and death. Whoever has overcome his fear of death has also triumphed over life. For life is nothing but another word for this fear."
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"The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful."
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"Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will have the world spinning on the palm of his hand."
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"Do not despair of your life. You have force enough to overcome your obstacles."
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