Quotes About Overcoming

Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just ensures that the hardest part will be left when you are most tired. Get the big one done - it's downhill from then on.

No matter what mistakes you have made - no matter how you've messed things up - you can still make a new beginning. The person who fully realises this suffers less from the shock and pain of failure and sooner gets off to a new beginning.

If you have been long defeated by a difficulty, it is probably because you have told yourself for weeks, months, and even for years that there is nothing you can do about it. But when you emphasize and reemphasize a positive attitude, you will finally convince your own consciousness that you can do something about difficulties.

La sensación de seguridad depende del tipo de pensamientos que suelen ocupar tu mente. Si piensas en el fracaso, te condenarás a fracasar. En cambio, si te empeñas en sentir confianza en ti y vuelves esto un hábito permanente, desarrollarás una sensación de capacidad tan firme que superarás todas las dificultades que se te presenten, por graves que sean. La sensación de seguridad produce fortaleza.

It is a pity," he wrote, "that people should let themselves be defeated by the problems, cares, and difficulties of human existence, and it is quite unnecessary.

Think defeat and you are bound to feel defeated. But practice thinking confident thoughts, make it a dominating habit, and you will develop such a strong sense of capacity that regardless of what difficulties arise, you will be able to overcome them.

What, then, shall we say in response to these things?" What things? Why, anything! Disappointment, frustration, nervousness, despair, anxiety, injustice: "What shall we then say to these things?" Well, the answer is . . . "If God is for us, who can be against us?" Isn't that wonderful? That is resonant, that is sturdy, that is the essence of victory.

There was Glenn Cunningham, whose legs were so badly burned as a child that he was told he would not walk again. But he became one of the fastest Olympic milers in history. Glenn Cunningham told me that faith and positive thinking are 85 per cent of an athlete's success;

He who worries about calamities suffers them twice over.

misgivings.

trepidations

A morbid concentration on one's grievances with life will only make one's problems more severe. Far better to focus on one's successes, to gain confidence from seeing oneself winning out. Then one can forge ahead in life.

infirmities

each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better 

Failure no longer will be my payment for struggle.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Think back for a moment on your own history -- not just where you were born or where you grew up, but the circumstances that contributed to your being right here, right now. What were the moments along the way that wounded or scared you? Chances are, you've had a few. But here's what's remarkable: You are still here, still standing.

Real courage is being afraid but doing it anyway.

Whenever I'm faced with a difficult decision, I ask myself: What would I do if I weren't afraid of making a mistake, feeling rejected, looking foolish, or being alone? I know for sure that when you remove the fear, the answer you've been searching for comes into focus. And as you walk into what you fear, you should know for sure that your deepest struggle can, if you're willing and open, produce your greatest strength.

What I know for sure is that there is no strength without challenge, adversity, resistance, and often pain.

I know for sure that healing the wounds of the past is one of the biggest and most worthwhile challenges of life.

Immer wenn sie nachgeben, geht ihnen Stärke verloren, und die Angst gewinnt Stärke hinzu. Auch wenn der Weg, der vor Ihnen liegt, n och so beschwerlich zu sein scheint, müssen Sie sich dazu durchringen, die Angst beiseite zu schieben und vorwärts zu gehen.

If you have gratitude, you don't have room for fear. And that was one of the biggest things—that fear holds us back so much. Fear is what causes so much of our bad behavior and our poor choices. And gratitude can't live with fear in the same way that love can't live with fear. So if you're grateful, you move to that place of love. And trust is soul, right? Trust is God.

Takut itu nyata. Kita semua telah mengalaminya. Dan itu bisa menjadi rintangan jalan yang sangat kuat. Makna yang sesungguhnya dari keberanian adalah takut - tetapi dengan lutut gemetar dan hati berdebar, Anda tetap melompat.