The challenges and how we deal with them: that's what defines us.
Problems don't define us; it's our ability to overcome and transform.
The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.
It makes one a better person to have had hardships and to have overcome hardships and not to blame anybody else for your mistakes.
Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.
I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused.
Mental rehab is way tougher than the physical part... [You think] I'm tired of doing the same thing [exercising] all day. It's tough, but you've got to overcome it.
Religions, by definition, disagree as to the truth - a reality that cannot be overcome by demanding that one or the other faith repudiate its claim to truth.
In knowing how to overcome little things, a centimeter at a time, gradually when bigger things come, you're prepared.
How do you overcome the negative karmas and problems and misery that occur to people who abuse power? You stop abusing power.
Learn to overcome the imprinting that you now have and gain a new and higher imprinting that will lead you into the luminous spheres of awareness.
When you're playing jazz, you have to somehow overcome that feeling of being intimidated because your aim is to portray that freedom in what you're playing.
I'm not suggesting that you have to overcome your fear of death. But we have to be willing to recognize at any moment, death could come.
My first fight was incredible; it was surreal. I almost forgot I had to fight, I was so overcome with emotion. It was just an amazing experience.
I remember there was a time when I didn't get any attention at all. There was a time when I didn't have anybody asking what was going on and what I had to overcome, so it feels good.
The way to overcome negative thoughts and destructive emotions is to develop opposing, positive emotions that are stronger and more powerful.
I replaced three joints in my hips and one in my knee. I'm hoping that other knee doesn't have to be done. It's one of the toughest things to overcome.
Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.
The great human problem of evil stems from the illusion of separateness. Whenever this illusion is overcome, we behave lovingly to one another.
If in argument we can make a man angry with us, we have drawn him from his vantage ground and overcome him.
I was overcome by the Holy Ghost one time, but in a Baptist way. I was six or seven, and I was saved. I just cried and cried. It was joy!
Hate cannot overcome hate; only love can do that.
What does a philosopher demand of himself, first and last? To overcome his time in himself, to become "timeless.
Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.
Gospel talks about life's struggles, but you always feel like it recognizes these struggles and that you can overcome them.
With 'Wind River,' I became fascinated with the notion of how you overcome a tragedy - accepting it, making whatever peace you can with it - without ever knowing what really happened.
There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog. I'm always fighting to overcome the obstacle. I can really understand what's that about.
A true champion knows how to overcome doubts and manage those doubts and turn them into motivation.
When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.
I admire Brad Pitt, honestly, just because of how he started and the obstacles he had to overcome to have the career that he's had.
All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.
Dance gives me a lot of confidence and helps me overcome all my insecurities in personal and professional life.
Passion is overcome only by him who has won through stillness of spirit the perfect vision; it comes through the contentment that is regardless of the world.
Daily and hourly, the politician inwardly has to overcome a quite trivial and all-too-human enemy: a quite vulgar vanity.
You can work hard, do everything that you think is right, but one thing you'll never overcome in life is fate. You can't control fate.
Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.
I think, look, you have to be aware of the language, and you have to be aware a little bit of your own biases if you're going to overcome them.
It is my conviction that nothing enduring
can be built on violence.
The only safe way to overcome an enemy
is to make of that enemy a friend.
As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people. As you overcome adversity in your life, you will become stronger.
The power of storytelling - of elevating the voices and examples of incredible leaders who have overcome odd after odd - remains absolute.
Joy is based on the spiritual knowledge that, while the world in which we live is shrouded in darkness, God has overcome the world.
Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.
This suffering, this unspeakable capacity to bleed and to know pain and to know annihilation, is what has to be overcome in this world if anyone is to reach God.
I find it ironic that fear is eliminating the possibility to tell stories that depict our ability to overcome fear
If your concern is that I may be overcome with manly ardor and ravish you in a moment of weakness… I may. If you ask nicely.
If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others!
What you want in a romantic comedy, is to have two people that you want to see together and how do they overcome the obstacles that are in the way for that to happen.
Many people thought that riding for a new team and racing on a brand new bike would be a lot to overcome.
Forces of light on earth shall overcome the force of darkness. Complete spiritual enlightenment on earth will occur.
The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.
Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.
Only direct control of experience, the ability to derive moment-by-moment enjoyment from everything we do, can overcome the obstacles to fulfillment.
Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal
No matter where we live on the planet or how difficult our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our circumstances.
Because of my sports background, I know how to overcome wear and tear and how to temporarily fix injuries on the spot.
The great majority of Americans do not know much about Islam but nonetheless fear it as violent, expansionist and alien to their society. The problem to overcome is not hatred, but ignorance.
Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.
The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.
I've always had this fear in me. What would life be like if I wasn't Number 1 on television? But I've learnt to overcome that fear.
The end of one stage is only the beginning of another. Any dangers overcome are the necessary preparation to do better in the next stage.
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