Quotes About Overcoming

Manchester United have always stood up again and bounced back; it's just in the DNA.

I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States, because of that terror of discrimination.

I ran away from home. I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States of America, because of that terror of discrimination, that horrible beast which paralyzes one's very soul and body.

The entire universe is working against me. I can't believe the entire universe could be that foolish!

When I joined films in 2002, there were all kinds of rash and unkind comments that were made about my looks in the reviews.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Paradoxically, the most constructive thing women can do is to write, for in the act of writing we deny our muteness and begin to eliminate some of the difficulties that have been put upon us.

Women shouldn't be burdened by what existed in their past, we should all learn how to turn pain into strength.

The ability to suffer is a small matter - weak women and even slaves can acheive virtuosity in that.

Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

People who have "their own issues" often don't stand back and look at the big picture- they're too busy orchestrating their own issues.

There is no such thing in life as no pain and no disappointment.

I relate to [women and children in women's shelters] on a personal level because I've been there myself.

... women have their roots in the ground, and often those roots are starved and ravaged, yet there is not a human alive who cannot reach and touch, with... her fingers, the very top of God's rainbow.

Today if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your faith up, look up, and get ready to rise up.

No one knows what you have been through or what your pretty little eyes have seen, but I can reassure you ~ whatever you have conquered, it shines through your mind.

You are strong because of what you overcame, brave because of what you defeated, fierce because of what you mastered, and powerful because of what you conquered.

The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm, the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.

A dove struggling in a storm grows stronger than an eagle soaring in sunshine.

If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and use it to hang your troubles.

Ignore your haters. Resist your fears. Embrace your dreams.

It can't be done, " they told the caterpillar. "It can, " replied the butterfly.

Your deepest scars tell the world of your greatest triumphs.