Quotes About Overcoming

My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn't stand the sideline.

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.

The key to success is failure.

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

Michael McCloskey

The old idea is that when tragedy strikes or when an obstacle blocks us, there are only two possibilities. We either become a smaller person or we become a bigger person. If it's a real life change you cannot come out the same. So therefore, you're either going to come out smaller or you are going to rise up and ultimately come out of it a bigger person.

Overcoming the obstacles of physical ailments and hurt makes us stronger for the ordeal.

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Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed.

Misfortune seemed to hang on him like day-before smoke.

the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes.

Michael Leunig cartoon showing a tiny sad-eyed man with a noose around his neck. The rope was curled over a beam with a large bucket tied to the other end. As the man cried, his tears filled the bucket and lifted him higher and higher off the ground. Evie is that figure, standing on her tiptoes, filling a bucket with

The bigger the bad guy, the bigger the obstacles that are thrown in your path, the bigger the reward for you. Do

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead." – Bertrand Russell "He that dies this year is quit for the next." – Wm. Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part

Everyone hesitates – gets afraid, screws up, sometimes badly. Often with tragic consequences. The question is: after it happens, can you put down that bag of bricks and forget about it? Or are you going to carry it around, and let it ruin the rest of your day?

When a man endures suffering he endures something greater than himself

Bugs will happen. They cannot be eliminated, so they must be survived instead.

One of the best T-shirts I ever saw,said: i was happy once,but i'm better now.

But when you're extra scared or fatigued or discomfortable, some other bad thing is bound to happen. The past two days confirm this theory: a flat tire, a stickup, and a bad fall. The Morton Salt girl had it right. When it rains, it damn well pours.

Some defeats [are] more triumphant than victories.