Top 1106 Insurmountable Odds Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

The odds will always favor the man with a plan

If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable, it is because we do not look at it in the right way. In reality, holiness consists in one thing alone, namely, fidelity to God's plan. And this fidelity is equally within everyone's capacity in both its active and passive exercise.

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

I like the odds when I'm playing the point guard more.

I've been defying the odds my entire life.

Some people think elections are a game: who's up or who's down. It's about our country. It's about our kids' future. It's about all of us together. Some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some difficult odds. We do it, each one of us, against difficult odds. We do it because we care about our country. Some of us are right, and some of us are not. Some of us are ready, and some of us are not. Some of us know what we will do on day one, and some of us haven't thought that through.

The odds are so against me, one mom and eight kids.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?

I love people who succeed in life overcoming various odds.

The bravest sight in all this world is a man fighting against odds.

If we use resources productively and take to heart the lessons learned from coping with the energy crisis, we face a future confronted only, as Pogo, once said, by insurmountable opportunities. The many crises facing us should be seen, then, not as threats, but as chances to remake the future so it serves all beings.

It's troubling for me as a Catholic to be at odds with the church.

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The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.

You don't quit just because the odds are against you.

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

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

I know that the odds are against a marriage lasting 60 years.

Great determination can overcome most odds.

I've always sort of been at odds with radio programmers.

'Daredevil' is haunted by Frank Miller, from the standpoint of the Frank Miller run on 'Daredevil' is so insurmountable.

The odds were against us, but we deserve to be where we are.

Scientists and creationists are always at odds, of course.

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.

There are no unbeatable odds, there are no believable gods.

Being at odds with policies is nothing new to me.

I don't even pay attention to the odds, to be honest with you.

When you choose to be an actor, you are going against the odds.

Many people who gain recognition and fame shape their lives by overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, only to be catapulted into new social realities over which they have less control and manage badly. Indeed, the annals of the famous and infamous are strewn with individuals who were both architects and victims of their life courses.

Despite all odds we have emerged as one people and one country.

The impulse to think, to philosophize and spin beauty and brilliance out of mind and soul, is somehow the offspring of resistance of an effort to overcome an apparently insurmountable obstacle. Hence cultural creativeness is more likely to flourish in an atmosphere of restriction, of an imposed pattern of thought and behavior, than in one of total freedom.

There is always one more thing you can do to increase your odds of success.

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

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.

The odds are lousy that I actually said something attributed to me.

Creating something that builds lasting value and changes the lives of millions of people requires forging a team that will work hard to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles, stand up to the pressures of fame and fortune, and stay true to the original vision long after others stop believing.

A lot of women in the workplace are stuck in the uncomfortable place of having to come to terms with the fact that something isn't right, while no one around them will listen, or accept that something is wrong. Many workplaces have best practice, but sadly, many do not. The barriers are not insurmountable, but they are there, and we see that in the stats.

Nothing reduces the odds against you like ignoring them.

I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.

Reason's voice and God's, Nature's and Duty's, never are at odds.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Some friends of Israel believe that the Palestinians will never, in their hearts, accept a Jewish state in Palestine. Yet Germans and French, Chinese and Japanese, Mexicans and Americans have overcome their once insurmountable differences. Palestinians and Jews also have much to gain from peaceful coexistence.

Reason and memory are nearly always at odds.

Never sue the police. The odds are in their favour.

If you encounter someone who pronounces the t in often, odds are they're a douchebag.

'Striker' is a story of the human spirit triumphing over all odds.

All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet

Are the odds you face (in life) defeating or motivating you?

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

It was even odds that the thing I was the most afraid of didn't actually exist at all.

Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism.

If people don't think the odds are against you, you're doing it wrong.

Even if we remember the past, odds are good we'll still repeat it.

I keep defying the odds, you know.

Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

Ain't nothing better, we beat the odds together.

As you get older the odds are against you that you are still going to be on the planet.