Quotes About Overcoming

There was a time when I just felt like a superwoman. I was like, 'I got Jesus! I ain't afraid!' But, the truth is, I want to do things right, and sometimes I am afraid that I'm not good enough or that I'm not going to handle something right.

The truth is that several years ago, I suffered from depression. And I remember during this time, I basically fell into this hole where my life became cold, and it became gray, and I lost sight of everything that was important to me.

While 'The Help' is in so many ways a celebration of these women's friendships and what they overcome, it's also very truthful and very painful, and it was intense for my mom to read that.

When you understand the fear then you can begin to move past it. So when I hear the people say it's innate, you can't learn it, I just want to hit them in the head.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

When you're in pain, tomorrow doesn't exist - just the pain - and the only thing that you want in the world is for it to go away.

When I hit bottom, I can attack the problem and get to where I want to be.

There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.

People always want to ask me about my drug problem - I never had a drug problem; I had a self-esteem problem!

Discouragement tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave.

Emotional pain makes me want to isolate. Or hit back. It's very tough to rise above my natural inclinations. I'm always working on this.

There was a time in my recuperation and healing where I just had to tell myself it is just time to get up and live your life the way you want to live.

Will people think I've been dropped? Oh God, you don't want people to think that. No one will want to touch you if they think you got dropped.

People will always be around to tell you you're no good or you're wrong or unwise to keep doing what you want to do. They're wrong. They're always wrong. Keep going.

I have a number of famous quotes, and one of them is, if you get knocked down, get back up again. I don't really feel like I want to let anything ultimately defeat me.

When you're listening to my album, I want you to know that things happen and eventually you get over it

I feel liberated, empowered, inspired and motivated. Fear holds you back from achieving what you want in life.

Whatever obstacles you face, remember you can get through anything if you want to badly enough.

The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.

If are in a situation with too many people in your life and you want to go into higher attention, look in the mirror. You are being blocked. Do something about it. It might be hard.

Never make a roadblock of yourself on trouble's road. No, make yourself a bridge instead, with stones slick as grease.

What frightened Paran most, these days, was that he had grown used to being used. He'd been someone else so many times that he saw a thousand faces, heard a thousand voices, all at war with his own.

it is human nature to transform loss into a virtue.

When it is all one can do to simply hold on, then to suffer is to weather a deluge no god can ease