Quotes About Overcoming

Firstly, I would say 'kindness is free' - we've all been on the receiving end of a smile from someone when you need it and it can work wonders. And secondly 'take risks' - sometimes the very thing you fear is actually what you need to do.

For the longest time, I was horrified to hear the word 'failure,' but I've come to realize that we all fail. It's just a part of life. We all fall. It's how you rebound that shows the type of person you are.

If you don't give power to the words that people throw at you to hurt you, they don't hurt you anymore. And you actually have power over those people.

I was so embarrassed about mispronouncing words. I just knew how to smile.

I type 40 words per minute on a normal computer with my left foot. And with two cups of coffee, I can do 53 words per minute.

No one goes unscathed, we all go through things. We just can't let people's nasty words become our beliefs about ourselves, you know?

Turning feelings into words can help us process and overcome adversity.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Before it was decided that I was going to be adopted, my mother was going to abort me. I was born with tangled legs; they never thought I'd be able to dance... without knowing it, as a child I overcame a lot thanks to really doting, loving parents and a great family and a hard work ethic on my part.

There was a time when I thought, 'God, this whole football thing might not work out for me.'

I took all of my rejection letters - there must have been thousands of them in a huge box - and I went out on the curb and burned them all, crying.

I was told by thousands of people I would never make it.

I go around the country, and I speak to colleges, conferences and thousands of people at a time, and I'm like, 'Great. Fine. Whatever.' Coming to speak to about 60 kids, I am scared to death.

I've had threats.

Three surgeries on the same limb, that's a tall order.

When you overcome a profound loss, or there's some catalyst in your life that shifts everything, if you're able to take it in stride and heal, it can make for much more three-dimensional and empathetic people.

It's not the way I threw the football - it's not particular games that I won - but that they remember that here's a guy that believed, that worked hard. Although things didn't always go in his favor, he continued to press through, and with his faith in himself and his faith in God, he was able to accomplish great things.

There's no bigger thrill than beating the guy you're not supposed to beat or winning a race you're not supposed to win.

As a sexually fluid deaf man, I know that embracing all our identities is the way to thrive and to overcome the limitations and prejudices that surround us.

When you take a lot of stick you want to ram it down people's throats.

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.

I don't know anyone who has made it through this life with it being super easy. Life is hard.

We all have to fight through our mistakes to become a better man.

I've faced adversity throughout my whole life.