Top 1200 Overcoming Adversity Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

There are, I believe, three steps to overcoming fear: name it, normalise it, socialise it.

Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal.

When you are in difficulties, look upon the overcoming of them as a great adventure.

Of all the things people have taught me regarding life lessons or anything that would benefit me, I don't think anything helped me learn more about life than football. You go through so many different things: adversity, how to handle adversity, how to handle success, how to lead, how to be a teammate, how to communicate.

Faith is not for overcoming obstacles; it is for experiencing them—all the way through!

Poetry is a perfectly reasonable means of overcoming chaos.

I have come to know that adversity really means the things in life that challenge us and cause us to work with devotion and courage to overcome. I once stood on a street in Trondheim, Norway, looking up at a statue of a Viking. There came to my mind at that time a fable of the Norsemen that when a man won a victory over another, the strength of the conquered went over into his veins. Therefore, in this sense adversity is good, for it produces in us a source of strength as we learn to conquer our weaknesses.

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things.

Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness.

The warrior is different in that studying the Way of strategy is based on overcoming men

The theme of my life is overcoming. It is my personal mantra and what I help other people do.

SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles.

The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations.

It's a great affirmation of the possibility of overcoming conflict through reason and good will.

The highs in my career have been overcoming the problems and smiling at them and getting on.

Only acknowledge your limitations for the purpose of overcoming them.

The secrets to happiness include enterprise, exploration of one's interests and the overcoming of obstacles.

I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.

I have had my set of fears in most of my movies. But the fun lies in overcoming them.

No adversity is in kind or degree peculiar to us; but if we survey the conditions of other men (of our brethren everywhere, of our neighbours all about us), and compare our case with theirs, we shall find that we have many consorts and associates in adversity, most as ill, many far worse bestead than ourselves; whence it must be a great fondness and perverseness to be displeased that we are not exempted from, but exposed to bear a share in the common troubles and burdens of mankind.

A repressed person overcoming their repression always makes good music.

Overcoming fear and conceiving this 'art of more' should be a fundamental practice in what it is that you do and make.

Success is overcoming obstacles on the way to your dreams.

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.

I love fighting different styles and overcoming obstacles.

Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

For what I've overcome and am still overcoming, and accomplishing, says a lot.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

Overcoming barriers to performance is how groups become teams.

It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.

Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing.

Overcoming my sister's shadow was the biggest thing I ever tried to do.

Live your life not celebrating victories, but overcoming defeats.

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.

Life is about overcoming self-doubt. But you don't grow if you don't question yourself.

A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.

Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.

The importance of coming into God's presence is worth overcoming all obstacles along the way.

Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.

I'm a proven fighter - overcoming life's toughest challenges.

The true badge of courage is overcoming the fear of men.

I'd love to get ideas on overcoming jet lag.

One thing we may be sure of, however: For the believer all pain has meaning; all adversity is profitable. There is no question that adversity is difficult. It usually takes us by surprise and seems to strike where we are most vulnerable. To us it often appears completely senseless and irrational, but to God none of it is either senseless or irrational. He has a purpose in every pain He brings or allows in our lives. We can be sure that in some way He intends it for our profit and His glory.

Directing while overcoming differences of language and culture is a stimulating challenge.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

God in His infinite wisdom knows exactly what adversity we need to grow more and more into the likeness of His Son. He not only knows what we need but when we need it and how best to bring it to pass in out lives. He is the perfect teacher or coach. His discipline is always exactly suited for our needs. He never overtrains by allowing too much adversity into our lives.

The Lord has given an overcoming victory to every person who is born again.

I see too many people who jump into spirituality as a shelter to hide from reality. It doesn't work that way. The way it works is for the spirit behind you to follow you wherever you go, like a loyal soldier, and show you how to face up to adversity. If you can't face adversity, you will get locked into a new age perception that everything is fine when it isn't. That makes you vulnerable to being exploited by the person who comes along and says, "I am a psychic. I have studied with this guy or that guy, and I know what you should do".

Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice.

If you look at my career it has always been about overcoming difficulties in different places.

The kind of gratitude that receives even tribulations with thanksgiving requires a broken heart and a contrite spirit, humility to accept that which we cannot change, willingness to turn everything over to the Lord -even when we do not understand, thankfulness for hidden opportunities yet to be revealed. Then comes a sense of peace. “When was the last time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude for adversity do that as well?

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.

Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.

I love people who succeed in life overcoming various odds.

Human interaction is the key force in overcoming resistance and speeding change.