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"Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force."
"Himmlisch ist's wenn ich bezwungen Meine irdische Begier; Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir! Loosely translated: It is heavenly, when I overcome My earthly desires But nevertheless, when I'm not successful, It can also be quite pleasurable."
"Everyone wants to be an overcomer, but nobody wants anything to overcome."
"The more powerful the obstacle, the more glory we have in overcoming it; and the difficulties with which we are met are the maids of honor which set off virtue."
"I didn't like university life much at Bologna. The subjects I studied - economics and business administration - didn't interest me. I wanted to make films. I was glad when I was graduated. Yet it's odd; on graduation day, I was overcome with a terrible sadness. I realized that my youth was over and now the struggle had begun."
"No matter where we live on the planet or how difficult our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our circumstances."
"We cannot overcome anger and hatred simply by suppressing them. We need to actively cultivate the antidotes: patience and tolerance."
"It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury."
"Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors, by showing what has already been performed."
"Fidelity bought with money is overcome by money."
"The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations."
"That the soft overcomes the hard, and the yielding overcomes the resistant, is a fact known by all, but practiced by few."
"When I needed to overcome the low expectations of others or the bias that would be expressed in one circumstance or another, I'd keep on keeping on. And I climb over the obstacle, go around it, dig under it, fly over it. That's what kept me going. Otherwise I would have never been an astrophysicist."
"You have been overcome; and whether you are overcome by envy or by a so-called noble influence, you are still a slave, you are not free."
"The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome."
"…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome."
"I am resolved to rise superior to every obstacle. With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength? I will take Fate by the throat. It shall not overcome me. O how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times!"
"My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium."
"Everything will happen as was written by the Lord," replied the prophet. "There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason." "What reason?" "That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there."
"We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous."
