Quotes About Overcoming

Childbirth is full of optimism, full of light, of faith in Christ, of battling and overcoming.

Things are never so bad they can't be made worse.

They say, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow, but you can prevent them from building a nest in your hair.

I understand how insubstantial this seems, how minor: man buys a coffee in French! But it was Gégé and Jean-Claude, and my own Walker, who reminded me how to do that simpest thing. They reminded me not to be ashamed. That is never a small accomplishment.

With her last breath and final erg of energy she topped the wall (sharp-edged as the razor of wisdom) and saw what lay beyond.

And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.

To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.

I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.

It's only natural for people to fall, but there are people who, even if they fall, jump right back up right away and run forward, and there are people who just keep sitting there, crying.

It's only natural to experience times that are difficult and painful, no matter who you are. those are times when anyone would feel tempted to give up on their dream. However, if you try to avoid adversity, you'll end up succumbing to the external environment or to your own limitations. You're able to demonstrate the creative wisdom that can overcome difficulty only if you face it bravely and assertively, instead of avoiding it-and you will grow through your hardship.

During the downward spirals, Hank would go to the brink, then pull himself back in the nick of time. He did it so many times that he probably made the fatal mistake of thinking he could always do it

Get mad, then get over it.

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.

Fear and failure are always present. Accept them as part of life and learn how to manage these realities. Be scared, but keep going. Being scared is usually transient. It will pass. If you fail, fix the causes and keep going.

It's not the tragedy that can ruin you—it's your own attitude toward it. You can let adversity make or break you, Jason. It's up to you.

Fear was a suffocating companion that constantly tried to smother his faith.

Sometimes our biggest heartaches bring the most blessings.

Nothing could define her unless she let it. She had God in her life to heal those broken places, but she hadn't let him do it.

Rather he consoled himself with the fact that, in the real world, when he looked closely into the darkness he might find the presence of a light, damaged and bruised, but a little light all the same.

You have succeeded even when you think you have failed.

There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.

There is nothing more liberating than having your worst fear realized.

There are few things more liberating in life than having your worst fear realized.

Sometimes it's better to just let the wave overcome you and then pick up the shards when it passes