Quotes About Overcoming

I remember there was a time when I didn't get any attention at all. There was a time when I didn't have anybody asking what was going on and what I had to overcome, so it feels good.

There's nothing that special about me. I'm just a hard-working guy, I'm dyslexic, I had to overcome a lot of things like that.

When I started out in stand-up, I was already used to speaking in front of people, how to project, control my voice - a lot of learning curves I had overcome.

A lot of people in America don't know me, and that's something I have to overcome.

I have overcome most of my fears.

There's always that time in football where people say that when you have the dip, it's how well do you overcome it. And when you do overcome it, you then end up being a much better player and generally your career lasts a lot longer after getting through that period.

I had seen my dad overcome and work hard for the things that he has, and I hear the stories about the injustices that he faced.

I have an ability to overcome adversity. I've got a toughness that helps.

After everything I've been through, I'm well-equipped to overcome challenges, believe me.

You go through a lot throughout a season. You're going to face a lot of adversity. And the best teams overcome any type of adversity.

I've many times been paid far less than what I should have because being raised very poor, I had a mentality that I was just grateful to be there. I had to overcome that type of thinking.

Bravery is not the absence of fear, it is overcoming it.

I don't ever remember overcoming adversities.

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I've done it all - I'm good. Now, it's about setting an example for others to follow. I can't just talk it - I have to live it.

God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.

The evil influence of Satan would destroy any hope we have in overcoming our mistakes. He would have us feel that we are lost and that there is no hope. In contrast, Jesus reaches down to us to lift us up.

I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion.

I love people who succeed in life overcoming various odds.

I have had my set of fears in most of my movies. But the fun lies in overcoming them.

I actually find it's one of the things that lifts me up every day, coming to work and just seeing people always overcoming. That's something that I think a film set does so well all the time.

There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.