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Quotes About Overcoming

The burning was something to hold on to as her headache threatened to engulf the world.
~ Nicola Griffith
But I get frightened sometimes," she admitted. "I know. Fear is only fear, though." "And somehow you live without it." "No," he corrected her. "You live with it.
~ Nicole Mones
You laugh, rap my woody shell with wicked whispers shaped like knuckles, then toss me aside. Lucky for me, I don't bruise easily. Besides, you loss is someone else's gain for I am coconut, and the heart of me is sweeter than you know.
~ Nikki Grimes
Lo que me atormenta es mi propia ignorancia y mi incapacidad. En Ispahán aprenderé a ayudar a aquellos por los que ahora no puedo hacer nada.
~ Noah Gordon
learned nonuse,
~ Norman Doidge
Writer's block is only a failure of the ego.
~ Norman Mailer
Now everything was going to be impossible, but better.
~ Norman Rush
Lots of people limit their possibilities by giving up easily. Never tell yourself this is too much for me. It's no use. I can't go on. If you do you're licked, and by your own thinking too. Keep believing and keep on keeping on.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
A masterful retreat is itself a victory.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
But, it's because we have a harder way to succeed in life as Serbs because of the past that we had and because of the history that we had. We have to dig deeper and we have to do much more in order to be seen and to be spotted.
~ Novak Djokovic
Ever since I realized there waz someone callt/ a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag/ i been tryin not to be that & leave bitterness/ in somebody else's cup...
~ Ntozake Shange
And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.
~ Ntozake Shange
In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.
~ Octavia Butler
So I preached from Luke, chapter eighteen, verses one through eight: the parable of the importunate widow. It's one I've always liked. A widow is so persistent in her demands for justice that she overcomes the resistance of a judge who fears neither God nor man. She wears him down. Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.
~ Octavia E. Butler
The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Comecei a escrever sobre poder porque era algo que eu tinha muito pouco
~ Octavia E. Butler
Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn't always safe, but it's often necessary.
~ Octavia E. Butler
I reappeared wet, muddy, and scared to death.
~ Octavia E. Butler
Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
~ Og Mandino
How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.
~ Og Mandino
It's a complete mystery that every challenge triggers vital forces within us. I really did feel better—only my left leg was still racked with pain, like an electric current, so I was walking on it stiffly, as if it were a prosthesis. But once I had to move the ladder, I stopped worrying about my Ailments. I forgot about the pain.
~ Olga Tokarczuk
Regardless of what barriers confront you, it is in your power to free yourselves; you have only to want to.
~ Olympe de Gouges