Top 1106 Insurmountable Odds Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

Founders are often great storytellers because they're in the business of constantly selling a dream against all odds.

A lot of Broadway has that immigrant narrative of America as a place where you can become something else against all odds.

There are days when either filmmaking feels like an insurmountable practice - here's a lot of obstacles in the way to make it happen - or you think, "What does this all add up to?" You don't know what to do with the footage, and you've asked a lot of people for their time and a lot of people to be patient with you. And then you lose faith that you can actually make a worthwhile story out of this.

I aspire to be a role model for women to pursue their dreams no matter what odds are stacked against them.

I just love seeing people embrace freedom, faith, and courage in the face of enormous odds.

All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow up.

Shimon Peres was the greatest living example of an unshakable belief in the pursuit of peace against all odds.

Few diseases present greater difficulties in the way of diagnosis than malignant endocarditis, difficulties which in many cases are practi- cally insurmountable. It is no disparagement to the many skilled physicians who have put their cases upon record to say that, in fully one-half the diagnosis was made post mortem.

I think death is a crucial element when designing games around the theme of the satisfaction of overcoming overwhelming odds.

I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.

Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

Lincoln's appeal to "the better angels of our nature" failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals bequeathed to the Union, cemented with blood, a moral heritage which, when drawn upon in times of stress and strife, is sure to find specific ways and means to surmount difficulties that may appear to be insurmountable.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

What are the odds so long as the fire of the soul is kindled at the taper of conviviality, and the wing of friendship never molts a feather?

Without the edge, [life's] boring...If you're doing something that's definitely achievable with 100% odds of success, where's the draw in that?

I believe in myself and the goodness in others, and I think anyone who rolls the dice with me has good odds.

Heaven has given human beings three things to balance the odds of life: hope, sleep, and laughter.

I made the decision I will back Mr. Trump, it's not very complicated. I don't pussyfoot around playing the odds.

One doesn't know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one's friends who believe in one rather generously, mean to one.

Who can't relate to a story of a dreamer who, against all odds, is going to make something of himself that is completely unexpected?

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1.

There was a time when I was not able to speak properly because of my medical condition. But I managed to fight against all those odds.

There's a book that I read, really a great book - it's called 'Lone Survivor' and I think they're trying to make it into a movie. I would love to play Marcus Luttrell, who was the author and the 'lone survivor.' He's a national hero; he's very courageous and heroic in insurmountable danger, so it's something I'd love to explore.

The Georgians will treat you like royalty, and the odds are you'll do a lot of eating, drinking and toasting.

A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.

I want children to know that they can create the life they dream of despite the odds that are against them.

Life for the majority of the population. Is an unlovely struggle against unfair odds. Culminating in a cheap funeral.

Over futile odds, and laughed at by the gods And now the final frame. Love is a losing game.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.

I'd aspired to give people a profound education - to teach them something substantial. But the data was at odds with this idea.

My goal is to keep going and reach as far as possible to beat all odds placed before me.

If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to be able to make both of you happy.

Violence of action, as we call it in the Spec Ops community, will often change the odds in your favor.

A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds.

A puncher's chance means that anyone has the potential to succeed, whatever the odds or circumstances, if he or she works for it.

The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'

Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream

Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.

Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.

It's imprecise and insufficient, defining the homosexual as a person whose gender expression is at odds with his or her sex.

Production chains, how consumers can drive change: all these things may seem at odds with fashion, but arguably, they're not.

And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

Forgiveness is an embrace, across all barriers, against all odds, in defiance of all that is mean and petty and vindictive and cruel in this life.

Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods? Where's the street-wise Hercules, to fight the rising odds?

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

Celebrity seems totally at odds with authentic community and honest, real sorts of relationships.

What would our lives be like without tests, odds against us, adventure, risk?

I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

It is by all odds the loftiest of cities. It even managed to reach the highest point in the sky at the lowest moment of the depression.

The Jewish journey started in the land of Israel, and it always strove to return there against all odds and all limitations.

When you're picking a basketball team, you'll take the brother over the guy with the yarmulke. Why? Because you're playing the odds.

You're taught that it's not very likely for you to become successful... that odds are you're going to be a struggling artist for the rest of your life.

The right choices over time greatly improve your odds of a long and healthy life.

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan.

I asked no odds and I give none. A guy got in my way, I run over him.

I know how to take good ideas and turn them into sensible law at great odds.

Artists and the traditional record company model are at odds. The music business has notoriously taken from the artist. That shouldn't be the narrative.

Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.

You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 10-12 to 1.