Quotes About Overcoming

Just an observation: it is impossible to be both grateful and depressed. Those with a grateful mindset tend to see the message in the mess. And even though life may knock them down, the grateful find reasons, if even small ones, to get up.

You are not a victim. No matter what you have been through, you're still here. You may have been challenged, hurt, betrayed, beaten, and discouraged, but nothing has defeated you. You are still here! You have been delayed but not denied. You are not a victim, you are a victor. You have a history of victory.

My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me; it has only strengthened me.

A victim mentality is a prolonged form of suicide."

Sometimes the greatest messages come out of the greatest messes."

The purpose of fear is to raise your awareness not to stop your progress."

Courage is the gateway in the sense that you must first learn to face down your fears, even as they still appear real to you.

Just when you think you've hit bottom, you realize you're just scratching the surface.

Failure in the past doesn't mean you'll fail in the future.

When planning a habit change, expect to face temptation, especially when your willpower is at its weakest. Only when you understand your own limitations will you have a plan for overcoming them.

You need to be good at failing to be successful.

Hmmm. Let's do this and see what happens. Say out loud, 'I can't stand up or I will have a panic attack,' and then while doing that, slowly stand up").

Out of these ashes beauty will rise.

Failure is What It's All About [book title]

The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

When crazy comes knocking at the door, you gotta slam it shut.

I had doors slammed in my face; I had a lot of news directors who wouldn't give me the time of day. Some told me I wouldn't have a future in the business.

I started my career with a loss, getting 'slapped' by life.

There can be no dragon slayer in the absence of dragons.

I had it all: congestive heart failure, malignant high blood pressure, kidney damage, enlarged heart, sleep apnea, borderline diabetic, etc.

I feel like I haven't done the best in environments that aren't conducive to me doing well, and I have to do that. Because times are going to get tough, and I'm going to have to let things slide off my back.

Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.

I feel like I've always been doubted or slighted. Let's be honest. When you're a walk-on, you don't start for a No. 1 team, a national championship contender. You just don't. A walk-on is a guy who plays scout team, who's just happy to be on the team.

But my message to people with or without a condition is the fact that you can still do anything you set your mind to. You just have to do it in a slightly different way than other people.