"The deepest need of the human being is to overcome our separateness, to leave the prison of our loneliness."
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"Let a man overcome anger by love."
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"If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself."
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"Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use."
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"But difficulties were made to be overcome and if the Supreme Will is there, they will be overcome."
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"I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me."
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"Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life."
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"Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy."
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"The human mind thinks but to complicate. As soon as one problem is solved, that solution introduces new complications, other problems that perhaps did not exist before. That was one of my great troubles when I was younger, I invented many things that were very fine, but always I was getting into complications. I have had to work very hard to overcome that."
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"With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration."
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"I've been thinking a lot lately about taking chances, and how it's really just about overcoming your fears. Because the truth is, everytime you take a big risk in your life, no matter how it ends up, you're always glad you took it."
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"It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene, you’ve got to work very hard to overcome that."
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"This is how you survive the unsurvivable, this is how you lose that which you cannot bear to lose, this is how you reinvent yourself, overcome your abusers, fulfill your ambitions and meet the love of your life: by following what is true, no matter where it leads you."
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"A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection"
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"The human spirit is as expansive as the cosmos. This is why it is so tragic to belittle yourself or to question your worth. No matter what happens, continue to push back the boundaries of your inner life. The confidence to prevail over any problem, the strength to overcome adversity and unbounded hope — all reside within you."
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"We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles."
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"I see the day in our own lifetime that reverence for the natural systems, the oceans, the rainforests, the soil, the grasslands, and all other living things will be so strong that no narrow ideology based upon politics or economics will overcome it."
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"Today you can start forming habits for overcoming all obstacles in life... even nicotine cravings"
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"If the traveller can find A virtuous and wise companion Let him go with him joyfully And overcome the dangers of the way. But if you cannot find Friend or master to go with you, Travel on alone."
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"We are made strong by what we overcome."
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