Overcoming Quotes

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Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public`s desire for him to be funny simply because he`s so good at it.

- Ben Stiller

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges make life worth living.

- Mary Tyler Moore

Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins, and here lies the ultimate act of saving, of healing, of overcoming dualism.

- Matthew Fox

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

- Reese Witherspoon

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today - recalling his late father`s influence

- Bono

I understand that it`s hard for everyone, but one cannot give in to emotions... we`ll have to draw lessons from the current crisis and now we`ll have to work on overcoming it.

- Boris Yeltsin

That challenge of working through it, keeping guys motivated, keeping the group together, overcoming obstacles, all of that; I really got into it.

- Isiah Thomas

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

- Helen Keller

The U.S. Olympic spirit award is an award that is given to an athlete who embodies the Olympic spirit in more ways than just on the playing field, in showing incredible perseverance, in overcoming obstacles, and what we wanted to do is have everybody can vote on-line.

- Brian Boitano

You didn`t just pay lip service to the goal of overcoming the division of Europe and Germany... Rather, you put yourself at the forefront of those who encouraged us on the way to unity.

- Helmut Kohl

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

- Alex Lowe

I am convinced that religious and spiritual understanding plays a positive role in facilitating trust and overcoming political differences.

- Aiko Uemura

It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the new process, but there was still much to invent, and much that at that period I necessarily knew nothing about.

- Alexander Rahr

We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier.

- Alice Paul

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

- Alvin Kernan

True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.

- Amy Carmichael

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

- Amy Popp

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

- Andrea Wright

That`s the real tonic for these programs and why (people) come back and do them again. It`s overcoming something powerful.

- Angel Maria Villar

Celtic is one of the world`s biggest clubs and this agreement sets the seal on an amazing month for me, what with overcoming Barcelona, winning my first cap for England and now signing this extension,

- Anna DeForge

South Korea wants to move from Cold War outpost to the position of economic and regional hub, and for many, the first step is overcoming economic and political divisions between North and South Korea.

- Barbara Buckley

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

- Moliere

Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

- Stephen R. Covey

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

- William James