A Quote by Aesop

Great determination can overcome most odds.

Aesop

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Aesop
Greek - Author
620 BC - 564 BC

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt faced adversities that, in their times, seemed impregnable. Great presidents overcome great odds.

Ron Fournier

Every great moment of social change was once a confirmed impossibility. People's determination in the face of overwhelming odds has, time and again, triumphed over what seems impossible. This is what you tell yourself.

Tim Winton

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.

Channing Pollock

They say it is impossible but I've overcome the odds before.

Mauricio Rua

Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have. Improving your social network is a great example of a system for moving from lower odds to better odds without having a specific goal.

Scott Adams

I'm proud of the fact that I was able to overcome long odds.

Karen Handel

We overcome the accuser of our brothers and sisters, we overcome our consciences, we overcome our bad tempers, we overcome our defeats, we overcome our lusts, we overcome our fears, we overcome our pettiness on the basis of the blood of the Lamb.

D. A. Carson

Achievers are resolute in their goals and driven by determination. Discouragement is temporary, obstacles are overcome, and doubt is defeated, yielding to personal victory. You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.

George S. Patton

Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.

Ted Koppel

Desire and determination must overcome disappointment.

Walter Alston

I know exactly what it is like to fight against the odds and to overcome adversity.

Karen Handel

Courage is the most important thing...Wake up yourselves and others. Control your mind and have firm determination... Be firm like a rock, deep and serious like the sea. Think of the earth as a mother. Have great courage and patience - and be not afraid of water, fire or great storms - face them bravely. Face the fire and it will turn to ice. This requires control of mind and a firm determination.

Haidakhan Babaji

It will come all right in the end. There is the steady impulse of your determination that sets you on your feet again after every downfall and breakdown. Gradually the obstacles are all overcome and your current becomes stronger. Everything comes right in the end. Steady determination is what is required.

Ramana Maharshi

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

Tom Osborne

Dedication is loyalty to a cause, even when hope has long expired for a successful outcome. It is an unstoppable determination to win regardless of the odds.