Quotes About Overcoming

He was preaching about expectations, that new Christians sometimes had the expectation that life with Christ was going to be smooth and happy and without obstacle from now on. That there would be no major problems, no confrontation with evil, no valley of the shadow ever again. Not so, he said, not so. There would be tribulation in the world. That was certain. But the other certainty was that Jesus has overcome the world.

you can lose every round of a fight, just don't lose the last one.

she realized this was the first positive goal she'd had since before Jeremy had died. A goal that meant expansion in her life, not forced contraction.

I grow weary of barely surviving," Ivy said.

But I will endeavour to banish every painful thought, and think only of what will make me happy.

simtea ca fusese foarte slaba, ca se lasase dominata de altii intr-o maniera rusinoasa, ca dominase pe altii intr-o maniera si mai rusinoasa, ca era nenorocita si probabil ca aceasta zi avea sa fie doar inceputul nenorocirilor ei.

that with courage and determination the impossible becomes possible.

The forces raging around us—greed, corruption, hatred, blind prejudice—are ones we might be foolish to think we can overcome. It's understandable

I thought my entire life was coming apart, but I think I just realized that sometimes the thing you think is going to ruin your life is the thing that saves you.

For the first time in her life she found herself failing at something.

1 thought my entire life was coming apart, but 1 think 1 just realized that sometimes the thing you think is going to ruin your life is the thing that saves you.

Once the worst had happened to you, all the rest was just stuff and absence.

Whenever something comes into our life that hurts us, we do the decidin'—do I let this work for my good, as God intended, or do I let bitterness grow like a bothersome canker sore in my soul?

I had come to the point when I realized it was unlikely that my film career was going to move beyond a certain level of role. And I was - because I had graphic instances of it - handicapped by the success of Star Trek. A director would say, 'I don't want Jean-Luc Picard in my movie' - and this was compounded by X-Men as well.

My first couple of years in the league left me very unstable. I had some times where I played well, and I had some times were I really did not get the opportunity. After Rick Pitino gave up on me my first year, people were like, 'He can't play.' So I had to get over that hump.

A lot of people over the last couple of seasons have fallen prey to the unstoppable force Usain Bolt brings to the table. And they just become subdued. That's not who I am. I'm not going to allow myself to become a subdued character.

It's like, if you're on a ship, and you're sailing towards your destination, but the ship sinks: that doesn't mean that you have to sink. Just because the ship sinks doesn't mean you have to sink. You just figure it out until a raft comes along, and God will send you a raft. Or He'll send you another boat to get you to your destination.

I was loving being the champion, and I wasn't listening to my body. I almost felt like I was untouchable in a way - that I could just keep going and everything would be OK.

My family was actually homeless for several years when I was a kid. It's a bit unusual for a member of Congress.

There have been so many people who have said to me, 'You can't do that,' but I've had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.

Everyone goes down a road that they're not supposed to go down. You can do two things from it. You can keep going down that road and go to a dark place. Or you can turn and go up the hill and go to the top - try to go to the top.

The moment when you feel like giving up is right before your breakthrough.

I have learned it's not how you fall but how you get up that truly matters.

Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino called me a dirty hamster, but I cleaned that house up and down!