Top 1106 Insurmountable Odds Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

I'll never pay above the odds for something if there's a more cost-effective alternative, so I guess that's where the saver in me shines through.

I would say the worst period of my life was between 1997 and 2000. I was lost, I was all at odds. I needed a family, I guess.

What odds does it make to the man who lives within Nature's bounds, whether he ploughs a hundred acres or a thousand?

Passion is a product of the heart. Passion is what helps you when you have a great dream. Passion breeds conviction and turns mediocrity into excellence! Your passion will motivate others to join you in pursuit of your dream. With passion, you will overcome insurmountable obstacles. You will become unstoppable!

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

Sports exact too harsh a toll on our beautiful women. Like engendered species, they should be protected, and instead, we exploit them and demand they fly too close to the sun for our amusement. We send them into the arena for an exhausting three-setter, an 18-hole playoff, a 200th lap. The burnout factor is insurmountable.

We are never more creative than when we are at odds with the world and there is nothing so artistically destructive as comfort. Princess Leia taught me that.

For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes a disaster.

I wish I could make the statement that 'the odds were against me but you never quit', It was not true. I wanted to give up.

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

There is, toward the Front, a suspicion of anti-Semitism, and it is totally at odds with the real danger due to mass immigration and the rise of Islamism.

Anticipating a boomerang child seems the odds-on thing to do. Think about furnishing - hello, sleeper sofa - with this in mind.

Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise.

I'm really in the business of unifying these two tendencies that have been at odds in our human history for a very long time: the logical and the romantic.

Many non-believers who have entered substance abuse programs have found themselves at odds with the religious overtones prevalent in the recovery industry.

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

Two Navy SEALs versus one angry seven-month-old," he mused, "The odds could go either way.

Rehabbing any significant injury is a substantial challenge independently; braving the process twice makes for even longer odds.

People rise out of the ashes because, at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

No matter what the odds, a man does not pin his last hope for survival on something and then expect that it will fail.

Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.

The past has been there all along, reminding us: This time--maybe, hopefully, against all odds, we will get it right.

Talk about a struggling artist having to work against enormous odds ... But I love movies so much, so I'm going to do it.

To know that the odds are so high that only through the perishing of your life will the minions survive, that's love. That's heroism.

When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved in the work of the Lord, the obstacles before us are never as great as the power behind us. We should reach out and climb. Handholds will only be found by hands that are outstretched. Footholds are only for feet that are on the move.

My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction.

I come from a place, with all due respect, who's never had a music star in hip-hop. So the odds is already against me.

I listen to a mixture of old jazz, contemporary, pop, some world beat stuff and various odds and ends.

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.

Donald Trump became seen as a credible businessperson with a real track record, even though that was at odds with reality.

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

If I could make Panther tough, mysterious, wily, and often at odds with his 'Avengers' comrades, that was a character I'd find interesting.

You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.

Hope was based on the unknown, and I liked knowing things. Like that I was going to fail. Failure had better odds.

In fact, if one considers the possible constants and laws that could have emerged, the odds against a universe that produced life like ours are immense.

Whenever a people are bound together in loyalty to a story that includes something as strange as the Sermon on the Mount, we are put at odds with the world.

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.

I always thought I'd get farther. I'd like to blame the world for what I've failed to do, but the failure - the failure that sometimes washes over me as anger, makes me so angry I could spit - is all mine, in the end. What made my obstacles insurmountable, what consigned me to mediocrity, is me, just me. I thought for so long, forever, that I was strong enough -- or I misunderstood what strength was.

In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture.

If you're in Hollywood, with no track record, it's pretty odds-on that you can get swamped and overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all; particularly with the intense commercial push that you feel there.

'Game of Thrones' is so unique, and the odds that any of us involved will be in another show like it are very slim, so I'm enjoying the ride.

I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay of the odds that I might live for a while, that I can sleep it off.

Always bet on yourself, no matter what the odds are. It means more to be in the race than watching the victory lap from the stands.

All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them.

I get more inspired by seeing everyday people succeed against the odds than anything else in life.

The problem of the novelist who wishes to write about a man's encounter with God is how he shall make the experience--which is both natural and supernatural--understandable, and credible, to his reader. In any age this would be a problem, but in our own, it is a well- nigh insurmountable one. Today's audience is one in which religious feeling has become, if not atrophied, at least vaporous and sentimental.

The less you know about a field, the better your odds. Dumb boldness is the best way to approach a new challenge.

People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.

Heroism is not blind courage: it is selfless action. it is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you must do what you do for the good of others.

My father died of brain cancer in 1991. I do not know anyone whose life has not been touched by the loss of a loved one to cancer. I wrote my book 'Gracefully Gone' about my father's fight and my struggle growing up with an ill parent. I wrote it to help others know they are not alone in this all-too-often insurmountable war against cancer.

I think everything about my life is magical. I've struggled, and against most odds, I'm truly having the experience of living my dreams.

People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don't think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should.

There is a great tradition of independent filmmaking in the U.S. that I absolutely respect. There's some wonderful stuff that comes out in this country against all the odds.

Statistical high Vegas odds probability is that nothing of any significance will ever happen to you in your entire boring life.

We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. In such a short career, Alexander McQueen's influence was astonishing - from street style, to music culture and the world's museums. His passing marks an insurmountable loss.

I act irrationally, I defy the odds, I engage when others would run. I look for trouble, I seek chaos, it is a burden.

What are the odds that a nuclear emergency like the one at Fukushima Dai-ichi could happen in the central or eastern United States? They'd have to be astronomical, right?

I've always been impressed that we are here, surviving, because of the indomitable courage of quite small people against impossible odds.

Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.