Overcome Quotes

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.

I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.

As Members of Congress and people of conscience, we must work to overcome the indifference and distortions of history, and ensure that future generations know what happened.

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

'Adapt and overcome' is my new motto.

My greatest desire is that the hope that has overcome fear in my country will help vanquish it around the world.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

I think it's your duty to overcome what you inherit in life.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

Our goal is not simply to reconstruct the Japan that existed before March 11, 2011, but to build a new Japan. We are determined to overcome this historic challenge.

Difficulties are just things to overcome, after all.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

There are hurdles to overcome in sport and in life. Sport is a very valuable learning ground for how to live your life in the best possible way.

Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.

My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium.

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.

Oprah is wildly successful, and she's a brilliant businesswoman. She's also somebody who's overcome a ton of demons in her own life, and that's really what shaped her. I think the same could be said for me.

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally. To be honest, I welcome those hardships.

I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

The employment laws are completely unrealistic. You cannot overcome that in only 10 years. It will take at least another generation before young people are properly qualified.

Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.

There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And because you were discriminated against because of your complexion, the way in which you could overcome that was through the way in which you presented yourself with your clothing.

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.