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Overcoming Quotes (page 9)

...light overcomes darkenss. A tiny match can illuminate the darkest room. As long as there is some light somewhere in the universe, [darkness] can be defeated. Dave Barry
When a man is overcome by anger, he has a poisoned fever. He loses his strength, he loses his power over himself and over others. He throws away time in which he might have gained the end he desires. The is no time for anger in the world. - The Ancient One Frances Hodgson Burnett
Know, then, that now, precisely now, these people are more certain than ever before that they are completely free, and at the same time they themselves have brought us their freedom and obediently laid it at our feet. It is our doing, but is it what you wanted? This sort of freedom?' Again I don't understand', Alyosha interrupted, 'Is he being ironic? Is he laughing?' Not in the least. He precisely lays it to his and his colleagues' credit that they have finally overcome freedom, and have... Fyodor Dostoevsky
The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity. Erich Fromm
Ethan Hawke quote: "Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by..."
Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome. Ethan Hawke
When we accustom ourselves to see animals suffer, we in time overcome the natural repugnancy of the sense of anguish, we become less accessible to pity even for our· fellow creatures, or at least we feel no longer those involuntary impressions. Anne Louise Germaine de Stael
What lingered after them was not life, which always overcomes natural death, but the most trivial list of mundane facts: a clock ticking on a wall, a room dim at noon, and the outrageousness of a human being thinking only of herself. Jeffrey Eugenides
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one..."
In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day. Ralph Waldo Emerson
At last, the answer why. The lesson that had been so hard to find, so difficult to learn, came quick and clear and simple. The reason for problems is to overcome them. Why, that’s the very nature of man, I thought, to press past limits, to prove his freedom. It isn’t the challenge that faces us, that determines who we are and what we are becoming, but the way we meet the challenge, whether we toss a match at the wreck or work our way through it, step by step, to freedom. Richard Bach
He did not himself believe in the supernatural, but the thing happened, and he proposed to tell it as simply as possible. It was stupid of him to say that it shook his faith in mundane affairs, for it was just as mundane as anything else. Indeed the really frightening part about it was the horribly tangible atmosphere in which it took place. None of the outlines wavered in the least. The creature would have been less remarkable if it had been less natural. It seemed to overcome the usual laws... T. H. White
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. Maya Angelou
Philip Larkin quote: "SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles."
SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles. Philip Larkin
It was as if I were powerless to resist the temptation; my senses were overcome. I could hear the emptiness, and taste the silence, and smell the solitude, and I wanted it more than I have ever wanted anything before. Nick Hornby
Charlotte Bronte quote: "It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance..."
It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury. Charlotte Bronte
And so ended his affection," said Elizabeth impatiently. "There hasbeen many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I wonder who firstdiscovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!"I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love," said Darcy. Jane Austen

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