Overcoming Quotes

Don't let yesterday’s storm keep you from enjoying today's sunshine.

Everything passes, but nothing entirely goes away.

Life is going to beat you up, it wouldn't be fair if you didn't throw some punches back at it

Fear will do one thing and one thing only: hold you back

Guess what? “Someday” almost never comes around. It gets lost somewhere between the shouda, woulda, couldas of your life. Let go of whatever is holding you back and dare to live – boldly, bravely, and courageously - now. Remember, none of these elements mean you have to be fearless. It’s absolutely okay to be afraid! Acknowledge that part of yourself and then push beyond that fear, whatever it may be. I’m not brave. . . . I’m just taking every opportunity to LIVE.

Kendra Thomas

And certainly both Horses were doing, if not all they could, all they thought they could; which is not quite the same thing.

C.S. Lewis

You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

Tyler Perry

Some people simply REFUSE to be happy. If they were stuck in a tunnel you can show them the way out and give them a light, but they will just sit there complaining about how they got there. They are more willing to fight to STAY there instead of fighting to coming out. Okay it happened. Now what? Stop focusing so hard on how you got there, focus on how you're going to get out! Keep it moving!

Yvonne Pierre

Calm yourself and you calm your storm.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable.

Thomas S. Monson

I realize the simple truth is that power isn’t control at all- power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own.

Beth Revis

If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.

Elie Wiesel

Revolution must take place within one's own mind.

Lionel Suggs

God can deliver you so well that some people won’t believe your testimony.

Shannon L. Alder

Life is an ongoing learning path where you make mistakes & you learn from it. You get better, you grow emotionally, socially and gets mature gradually. There are significant times where we are good and when we are not so right; but later on what we choose for our-self from that learning defines how better we can become. And at the end, it is better choice to surprise self. Why ? Because, the real challenge lies in overcoming the shortfalls of own-self and competing with self only. One has to exceed the expectation from the self. Otherwise, perfection seems to be a myth! Yet, the true beauty is in saying Yes to the process to betterment, not in the final destination 'cuz the perfection can never be static or stagnant..

Deepak Chandra

Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Count your summers, not your winters.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Often, people give up without knowing success was just around the corner; if they had only preserved a little longer, if they had only tried one more time, they could have succeed.

Ashley Ormon

For me, those weeks in Boston, with Wilma, became a lesson in her ability to be “of good mind,” in her phrase, which also meant a people’s ability to survive.

Gloria Steinem

Step by step a mountain is conquered.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If rocks did not persevere under heat and pressure, they would never become diamonds.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Fear can only be mastered outside of your comfort zone.

Matshona Dhliwayo

You don’t have to wait for a storm to pass to paint your own rainbow.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will.

Orrin Woodward

Never be afraid to offer a smile; sure the risk is that a few foolish people may misinterpret your kindness as weakness, but the reward in their error be that at least they cannot blame you because you did show your teeth.

Johnnie Dent Jr.

My burden is my purpose. Without it, I wouldn't be.

Solange nicole

I've played Romeo for Juliet(But in depth)It's vignettes of silhouettes(And then read)And watched Russian roulette, yeah red SovietYet doing it simultaneouslyWhile dropping down shed oubliettesTurned around and took truth to the head thatLove is the ugliest thing too beautiful for death

Criss Jami

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

Helen Keller

What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?

Jerome

If you want to know if someone was meant to be in your future, then remove all the worldly things about them from your mind. Don’t think about their looks, the intimate moments or their personality. Now, think about how they made you feel, how they improved your life and what virtues they possess that push you to want to become better. Did they bring you closer to God? Did they bring you to your life mission? Did they ever lie to you, betray you or made it impossible for you to feel comfortable speaking your mind? When you remove all the shine from a diamond, it becomes a glass rock. What value is it then? See beneath the surface and you will know who your future is with.

Shannon L. Alder

If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options.You can climb it and cross to the other side.You can go around it.You can dig under it.You can fly over it.You can blow it up.You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there.You can turn around and go back the way you came.Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home.

Vera Nazarian

You have traveled far, but the hardest part of a journey is always the next step.

Jackie Morris

To weaken the body, remove blood. To weaken the character, remove struggle.

Lance Conrad

You are not your past. You are the warrior that rose above it to become the example of someone who didn't survive, but thrived in creating the most beautiful last chapter of their life.

Shannon L. Alder

So many had burned opportunities in the name of postponement, believing that another opportunity will arise. They fail to seize the spur of the moment, without thinking that maybe, that could be their last chance to actualize their long nurtured dreams. Achieving your heart desires in this century requires your alertness, diligence, and overcoming the hindrances that procrastination brings.

Michael Bassey Johnson

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.

Criss Jami

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

Martha Gellhorn

Sometimes there’s a fire in your life and you ask God,“Lord, let me go around the fire.” And God says, “No.”Then you ask, “Lord, then let me go over the fire.”And God says, “No.” Then you ask, “Well Lord, please let me go under the fire.” And God says, “No. Go through the fire and I’ll be with you.

Lydia Thornton

False religion may prevail, iniquity may abound, the love of many may wax cold, the cross of Calvary may be lost sight of, and darkness, like the pall of death, may spread over the world; the whole force of the popular current may be formed to overthrow the people of God; but in the hour of greatest peril the God of Elijah will raise up human instrumentalities to bear a message that will not be silenced.

Ellen G. White

Time heals nothing. It only brings other issues and tissues, and takes what is incurable or unacceptable out of the center of our attention.

Ana Claudia Antunes

Stay strong in spirit, be patient and you will overcome any situation.

Lailah Gifty Akita

Hope is a better friend than despair.

Matshona Dhliwayo

The soul's hands carry the heart's burdens.

Matshona Dhliwayo

God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Pain in the wilderness is an investment in pleasure in the Promised Land.

Matshona Dhliwayo

If you run a hundred miles in your heart, you are ready to run a hundred miles on your feet.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Use the dirt life throws at you to plant the seeds of your success.

Matshona Dhliwayo

Everything can be achieved through gradual steps – one small step at a time: overcoming fears, fulfilling dreams... anything you wish to be different from the way it is.

A.J. Darkholme

We all must deal with our shadows the best we can. No one can conquer them for us.

Anna Lee Huber

Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness.

Shannon L. Alder

To have a different life you have be a different person. You have to do what you haven't done. You have to become the person that fits that dream. But most of all, you have to realize that if you don't step into your story it becomes the moral of the story. Your inaction is a lesson you leave to your kids-- I was too afraid to change.

Shannon L. Alder

At the moment when the road looks the harshest, and you think you cannot continue on that is when you relearn your first mode of transportation; you crawl. You dig your fingers into the dirt, and propel yourself forward with your toes, but you never give up. You've gotta learn to bend with the sway. You never know what is around the next curve.

Sai Marie Johnson

I lost all I had known and gained a life I was yet to know.

Nikki Rowe

I'm not fighting for myself anymore.... It makes a difference.

Christopher Paolini

When you stop seeing your weaknesses as weaknesses you will overcome them.

Marty Rubin

Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don't exist.

Tiffany Madison

A tree does not stop growing because the wind blew off a few of its leaves.

Matshona Dhliwayo

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