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Quotes About Overcoming

If we wear our worst reviews like a backpack, they travel with us.
~ Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sometimes, there aren't any good choices. Sometimes, making the right one is hard... It's funny, but when you think about it, we're all broken. That's what life does. It knocks you down and breaks you and you either get back up again, or you don't. You either do things on your terms, or you don't. You let the bad things win, or you don't." "You either let it break you, or you don't.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
It figured--the almost invincible girl gets hurt, and they call a vet.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
~ Dance it off.
Some people said that broken bones grew back stronger. On the good days, I told myself that was true, that each time the world tried to break me, I became a little less breakable.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Some people are made stronger by loss. Others are broken by it.
~ Jennifer McMahon
She was tough enough to chop a hole in the ice and swim in January, so it was hard to think of her being trapped by her own mind.
~ Jennifer McMahon
Hattie had learned, over the years, to put her own fears in a box at the back of her mind, to stand tall and brave, to be resilient to whatever enemy presented itself.
~ Jennifer McMahon
You're facing your demons. You'll come out stronger.
~ Jennifer McMahon
You can sink a thing deep, weight it down with stones, but eventually, it will surface.
~ Jennifer McMahon
You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.
~ Jennifer Niven
My beloved boat is broken on the rocks of daily life. I've paid my debts and no longer need to count pains I've suffered at the hands of others. The misfortunes and the insults. Good luck to those who remain.
~ Jennifer Niven
Everyone around you is going to give you a gentle push now and then, but never hard enough because they don't want to upset Poor Violet. You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.
~ Jennifer Niven
Sometimes in the darkest places, we find the brightest light.
~ Jennifer Niven
The bad news: surviving this will be the second worst experience of your life. The good news: the worst is already over.
~ Jennifer Niven
Worthless. Stupid. These are the words I grew up hearing. They're the words I try to outrun, because if I let them in, they might stay there and grow and fill me up and in, until the only thing left of me is worthless stupid worthless stupid worthless stupid freak. And then there's nothing to do but run harder and fill myself with other words...
~ Jennifer Niven
Worthless. Stupid. These are the words I grew up hearing. They're the words I try to outrun, because if I let them in, until the only thing left of me is worthless stupid worthless stupid worthless stupid freak. And then there's nothing to do but run harder and fill myself with other words...
~ Jennifer Niven
You are a survivor, and as that unwelcome designation implies, your survival - your emotional survival - will depend on how well you learn to cope with your tragedy. The bad new: Surviving this will be the second worst experience of your life. The good news: The worst is already over.
~ Jennifer Niven
Stop being afraid. Stop thinking too much.Fill the holes left behind. Drive again. Write. Breathe.
~ Jennifer Niven
Worthless. Stupid. These are the words I grew up hearing. They're the words I try to outrun, because if I let them in, they might stay there and grow and fill me up and in, until the only thing left of me is worthless stupid worthless stupid worthless stupid freak. And then there's nothing to do but run harder and fill myself with other words: This time will be different. This time, I will stay awake.
~ Jennifer Niven
Worthless. Stupid. These are the words I grew up hearing. They're the words I try to outrun, because if I let them in, they might stay there and grow and fill me up and in, until the only thing left of me is worthless stupid.
~ Jennifer Niven
The thing about fear,' said Cadfael, seriously considering, 'is that it is pointless. When need arises, fear is forgotten. Would you recoil from taking a leper's hand, if he needed yours, or you his, to be hauled out of danger? I doubt it. Some men would, perhaps-- but of you I doubt it. You would grip first and consider afterwards, and by then fear would be clearly a mere waste of time.
~ Ellis Peters
Put je naporan, a mora ga prije?i tužno srce...
~ Emily Bronte
A wounded dear leaps the highest
~ Emily Dickinson