Quotes About Overcoming

Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw?

Believe me that in every big thing or achievement there are always obstacles-big or small- and the reaction one shows to such obstacles is what counts, not the obstacle itself.

Everyone gets caught inside when surfing. You have 2 options. Give up or paddle outside. Life is the same. Keep paddling!

You know, life fractures us all into little pieces. It harms us, but it's how we glue those fractures back together that make us stronger.

When everything is lost, and all seems darkness, then comes the new life and all that is needed.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

There are people who have let the problems of today lead them to conclude that for them life is not the way.

Life can be real tough... you can either learn from your problems, or keep repeating them over and over.

Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you have to, no matter how difficult it is.

Get through the agony and anger, the pain and strife, and take the necessary steps to try to change my life.

Even though I have many obstacles in my life, I don't want people to feel bad for me.

If you face life without confidence in your own powers, you succumb too easily to setbacks and adversity; you lack the will to persevere.

If things are going bad and life is tough, hang in there. Ride it out. Come out on top.

Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn how to walk.

Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you're going to be successful is how well you deal with the bad days, not how well you deal with the good ones.

Life is full of what-ifs. You can't let it hold you back. If you do, you're not really living at all… just kind of going through the motions with no meaning

I now go beyond other people's fears and limitations. I create my life.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it.

When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

Life is a challenge that you need. There's things in life that are going to throw you into the ground, but if you learn how to get up, that means you are not a quitter.

When things go wrong, don't go with them.

Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me.