Quotes About Overcoming

Organisms need, to use the metaphor of Marcus Aurelius, to turn obstacles into fuel—just as fire does.

triggers some feeling of bitterness.

lose. His personal confidence was wiped out.

Contrary to popular belief, these small, seemingly harmless stressors do not strengthen you; they can amputate part of your self.

It is better to lump all your pain into a brief period rather than have it spread

Avoid calling heroes those who had no other choice.

It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it.

One of the hardest expressions of self-assertiveness is challenging your limiting beliefs.

I accept the reality of my problems, but I am not defined by them. My problems are not my essence. My fear, pain, confusion, or mistakes are not my core.

The thing I want you to understand," Ayn was saying, "is that no matter how hard the battle, it can be won. You can break through.

Unhealing pain from the past, because of the sense of debilitation it often provokes and the defenses people typically set against it, represents yet another barrier in the quest for stronger self-esteem.

Just as a healthy immune system does not guarantee that one will never become ill, but makes one less vulnerable to disease and better equipped to overcome it, so a healthy self-esteem does not guarantee that one will never suffer anxiety or depression in the face of life's difficulties, but makes one less susceptible and better equipped to cope, rebound, and transcend.

Nevertheless, like the greater part of our misfortunes, even so serious a contingency brings its remedy and consolation with it, if the sufferer will but make the best, rather than the worst, of the accident which has befallen him.

One cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.

Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good—but we are all tested in this life...The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.

I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them.

You know, he said, his voice making me feel cold in spite of the heat, this city can get ahold of you and pull you back no matter how hard you try to climb out. Like a grave.

even the darkest moments of one's life can be turned around and shed light for others.

O)ne cannot let the event's of one's past murder one's future.

one cannot let the events of one's past murder one's future.

I stand behind my decision. You see yourself as failing- but that's not what I see. Sure, when you're in the midst of your own suffering, it's easy to convince yourself that you're no good- but we are all tested in this life, Connor. The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.

When faced with the end of all things, it was much easier to nibble at it than take it in large, indigestible bites.

I won't allow it to control me. My current agony will not define me.

She could beat him at everything. Even at losing.