Quotes About Overcoming

A severe attack of rheumatoid arthritis sent him to the hospital for six weeks at the end of 1918. Cautioned that he might be required to use a wheelchair for the remainder of his days, he said, "All right! I can work that way, too.

Though he "never conquered asthma completely," suffering spasms at irregular intervals for decades, he had strengthened his body sufficiently so that he could participate in a wide array of sports. He wrestled and sparred, ran three or four miles a day, took up rowing and tennis, and continued to work out in the gym. Though he failed to excel in any of these activities, he derived immense satisfaction from the sheer fact of overcoming his earlier invalidism.

What is clear is that at some point my father determined he would write the story of his life himself, rather than let it be written for him by his tortured past.

In Eleanor's judgment, her husband was better able to meet the tension than many of the others, "because he'd learned from polio that if there was nothing you could do about a situation, then you'd better try to put it out of your mind and go on with your work at hand.

What is clear is that at some point my father determined he would write the story of his life himself, rather than let it be written for him by his tortured past. And this resolve was the greatest gift he bequeathed to his children.

B?t c? Ä'i?u gì cÅ©ng ??u t?t ??p hÆ¡n má»™t ná»—i s? hãi chúng ta t?ng bi?t ??n

It won't help you," said Scott. "Nothing ever does. That's why I help myself so frequently.

You need bed and a hot drink and a little less fluent self-pity.

It's not the tragedies that kill us; it's the messes.

History was gathering itself to deliver another blow

Life always wins.

Lead me into all misfortune. Only by that path can I transform the negative into the positive.

we are the half-destroyed instruments that once held a course

Take courage; pain's extremity soon ends.

It would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

However long the night, the dawn will break.

The best way to eat the elephant standing in your path is to cut it up into little pieces.

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight

The African race is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the higher it will rise.

The darkest day, lived till tomorrow, will have passed away?

She took disaster as it should be taken, dealing with it competently and thereby reducing it almost to insignificance.

The Attractions of the Senses and the Distractions of the Mind create Pollution that has no Solution-overcoming Ignorance with self-realization.

Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.

when life shovels shit on you, shrug it off, tread it in, and you will always stand higher in life.