Quotes About Overcome

I have won.

Even the most powerful flames can be destroyed by water.

We all have our flaws, but we overcome them. And sometimes, it's our flaws that make us who we are.

I give you a life with the wisdom and strength to carry the burden of leadership. It will weigh heavy, but remember that every problem is nothing more than a challenge to be overcome.

Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.

Troubles come to us like mire and filth; but, when mingled with the soil, they change to flower and fruit.

Indeed, the whole question of fear is beyond analysis, and there is only one rule, which is, that a man must try to be so much the master of himself that he shall be able to compel himself to do whatever is needful, fear or no fear.

I am convinced that knowledge is power - to overcome the past, to change our own situations, to fight new obstacles, to make better decisions.

Survivors aren't superheroes who vanquish adversity every time and live happily ever after. If you think they're always triumphant, you're wrong. They're regular people who win some and lose some. They share a mind-set but they don't all possess the same personality. They overcome adversity but they don't necessarily accomplish it the same way. They aren't always adaptable and optimistic; they feel stuck and gloomy, too.

But sometimes when you are getting nowhere, you have to give the wasps' nest a wallop

Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

There is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive. Even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my humility.

In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself. You see it perhaps often in this History. For even if I could conceive that I had completely overcome it, I should probably be proud of my Humility.

In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much as one pleases, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself. You will see it perhaps often in this History. For even if I could conceive that I had compleatly overcome it, I should probably be proud of my Humility.

We've been through some little stormy periods before. I think we'll overcome it.

Worry is a form of friction. The task of the expert in life is to run his machine with the maximum of activity and the minimum of friction. If he stops or slows the machine because he cannot otherwise deal with the friction, then life has beaten him.

You can't be afraid of people willing to hurt you, cause if you fear life, then you will never live.

I believe my own demons would have caught up with me regardless of my race and regardless of whether I worked at 'The Times.'

I'm living proof you can excel regardless of where you come from.

When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won't end up in a situation that you regret later on.

In order to handle rejection, we have to reflect on the past, analyze/study it. Next, just like a computer, we have to reboot. Next, get it out of our system by rejecting every aspect of it.

Rejection is never personal, so don't let it consume you.

While we rejoice in the new possibilities open to humanity, we also see the dangers arising from these possibilities, and we must ask ourselves how we can overcome them.

As human beings, we can relate to our dark aspects and trying to overcome our dark aspects as Xena did.