Quotes About Overcoming

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

Sugar ain't spoiled, she just a little bruised, is all. Bruises can heal and fade away to nothing.

a person has to go through a lot of pain to get to comfort!

Truth was, I was afraid to be. I was afraid that my joy would bring back more bad.

You who will emerge from the flood In which we have gone under Remember When you speak of our failings The dark time too Which you have escaped

Stupidity isn't invincible.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

When I am made fun of in the press I just remember those days when I'd come home to find that the water had been turned off because my mother couldn't afford the bill. Suddenly, everything feels easier.

I know you're scared," she said, smoothing an ice cube over her blistering fingers, "but you gotta grab hold of yourself. Every time you give in to your fears, you're lettin' that man win. And every time you do that, he gets stronger while you get weaker. Givin' into your fears will rob you blind. You'll end up a prisoner to that man for the rest of your life.

If you allow things like this to ruin your day, pretty soon you'll wake up and your life will be nothing but an endless string of ruined days that stretch as far back as you can remember." She turned toward the window, her profile soft and blurred in the afternoon light. "Believe me, if you let disappointments take you too far, you'll end up getting lost. You'll never find your way out of it.

I know you're scared, but you gotta grab hold of yourself. Every time you give in to your fears, you're lettin' that man win. and every time you do that, he gets stronger while you get weaker. Givin' in to your fears will rob you blind. You'll end up a prisoner to that man for the rest of your life.

You can haul the girl out of the trash, but you can never haul the trash out of the girl.

The purpose exceeds the pain.

some of us have so much defeat in our past that we feel we lost the race before we knew it started.

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.

Life is full of what-ifs. You can't let it hold you back.

I know life can be hard, but I've learned that we can rise above even the biggest challenges and fears. No matter where you've come from, or what you're facing, you are loved by God, and you can overcome it.

I've decided that the stuff falling through the cracks is confetti and I'm having a party!

The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down. If I had to, I'd measure my progress in inches. One more inch I've swum—one less inch to swim. Once you know the secret, then nobody's river can bring you down.

That's when I saw—cleary saw—that there was more than one mountain in my life. Some could be seen and some couldn't be, but just the same, they were all out there. All out there waiting for me.

The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down.

Bettye Griffin

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

Your sweetness is so much stronger than their hate.