“I think I'm well on the way of overcoming a very big hurdle that's been in my way for several years. Which is trying to find a way to not let the insecurity of my profession get the better of me and make me crazy. I'm trying to find a way to maintain my own personal balance in the midst of everything.” ThinkingWayTryingYearsWellsBigsMy OwnCrazyBalanceOvercomingProfessionMy WayInsecurityMidstHurdle Author:Rebecca De Mornay
“Power is the big obstacle, or one of them, that you have to overcome and learn to deal with effectively before you can reach enlightenment.” BigsDealsPowerEnlightenmentOvercomingObstacles Author:Frederick Lenz
“Find what you love and find a way to make that part of your every day. You have to find the confidence to take certain risks. You're going to hear a lot of no's before you get to the yes'. It's important to have that confidence to overcome that and know it's part of trying to grow something big.” KnowsWayTryingImportantBigsCertainGrowsRiskOvercomingWhat You Love Author:Whitney Port
“Frank W. Woolworth once told me that the turning-point in his career did not come until he was thrown flat on his back by illness. He was sure that his business would go to pieces during his long, enforced absence. Instead, he discovered that he had in his employ men who could overcome difficulties when given power to exercise initiative. After that Woolworth left many problems and difficulties to be solved by subordinates and turned his attention to big things.” MenLongProblemBigsLeftGivenAttentionCareersPiecesExerciseOvercomingDifficultyIllnessAbsenceThrownFlatsFrankInitiativeBig ThingsSubordinatesTurning Points Author:B. C. Forbes
“When I was thirteen, I had a nervous breakdown, and I was put into this grown-up mental hospital with all these 50-, 60-year-old men and women. This big, Victorian mental house. There were like five boys in there, all my age, looked after by this woman who was 22 or 23. And it was like "Empire of the Sun" meets "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"-type of arrangement where you've got this young boy overcoming and becoming heroic in the face of this awful place.” MenYearsBigsAgeFacesYoungHouseBoysSunFiveTypeBecomingMen And WomenOvercomingNervousAwfulEmpiresHospitalsOld ManHeroicArrangementsNestsFlewBreakdownThirteenVictorianCuckoosNervous BreakdownOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's NestEmpire Of The Sun Author:Duncan Roy
“Fear is a big reason. Ultra achievers don't have an attitude for overcoming fear. They just do it anyway, because they're okay with being afraid. Instead of putting energy into reducing fear, they confront it with action.” ReasonBigsActionEnergyAttitudeOkayOvercomingReducingJust Do ItOvercoming FearBeing AfraidAchieverUltras Author:Rory Vaden
“The hardest thing I've had to overcome was being from my small coal-mining town of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. My mother was a coal miner for nineteen years, and the expectations of making it out of my town were slim to none.” YearsBigsMotherExpectationsStonesOvercomingTownsHardestGapsCoalHardest ThingVirginiaNineteenMiningSlimMinersCoal MinersCoal Mining Author:Thomas Jones
“Feeling alone is what most likely sparked this way of thinking. Realizing that everyone (consciously or subconsciously) feels alone too - but no matter what, we're actually ALL together - is what has helped evolve my way of thinking about it. Life feels less lonely, and that's a big obstacle to overcome.” ThinkingWayFeelsMatterFeelingsBigsTogetherRealizingLonelyOvercomingNo Matter WhatObstaclesMy WayEvolveWay Of ThinkingFeeling Alone Author:Adam Rodriguez
“I think in the end, you know, we're just addicted to oil. We've got to overcome that addiction, and we need some serious accountability of big oil, because big oil, like so much of big businesses, has just colonized our government, colonized the regulatory agencies so we can't impose any kind of accountability on them.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsKindEndsBigsGovernmentSeriousOvercomingAddictionOilAgencyAccountabilityBig BusinessBig Oil Author:Cornel West
“We have lots of other problems with plastic in our oceans. There are five different big gyres of plastic out in the ocean. There are problems with air pollution around the country that we need to deal with, and around the world. We have a great many problems to overcome, so I work on a lot of different boards trying to help in those important areas.” WorldNeedsTryingImportantDifferentCountryHelpingProblemBigsDealsFiveAirOceanAreasOvercomingAround The WorldBoardsGreat MenPlasticPollutionAir Pollution Author:Ed Begley, Jr.
“Here they are today, the Democrats; they're making this big deal about how this woman [Hillary Clinton] has overcome all of this discrimination. She has overcome the biggest guns of opposition that have been arrayed against her!” Has BeensBigsTodayDealsGunOvercomingClintonDemocratDiscriminationOppositionBig Deal Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think if we work together, if we overcome the divisiveness that sometimes sets Americans against one another, and instead we make some big goals, there's nothing in my opinion that America can't do.” IfsThinkingSometimesBigsTogetherAmericaGoalOpinionOvercomingWorking TogetherDivisiveness Author:Hillary Clinton
“All of the barriers to innovation in the energy sector are arguments for a big commitment to public investment. Only the public sector can make the kind of long-term, common investments that we need to overcome those barriers to innovation.” NeedsKindLongBigsEnergyTermCommonCommitmentArgumentOvercomingInnovationInvestmentLong TermBarriersPublic Sector Author:Ted Nordhaus
“In no organized sport do the participants have to endure days of struggle just to get to the starting line of their event. The option to drop out of a race that is going badly does not exist for a climber halfway up a big route, and may entail more risk than pushing on. A team of volunteers will not be waiting with warm blankets and hot food at the next bivy ledge. When you reach the summit, having overcome the challenges that inspired you for months or years, you are not at the finish line. The race is not over. You can't relax and let your guard down like a normal athlete.” YearsMayDoeBigsNextSportsWaitingChallengesLinesRaceStruggleRiskTeamEventsMonthsNormalOvercomingHotEndureInspiredStartingAthleteWarmOrganizedRelaxPushingOver YouVolunteerRoutesSummitHalfwayBlanketParticipantsFinish LineClimbersLedgesPushing OnOrganized Sports Author:Steve House
“Young poets worry that their experiences - whether urban or rural, immigrant or native, small town, suburb, or big city - aren't worthy of the written word. But for me the urge toward poetry, that seductive feeling of being swept away by words, was enough for me to overcome that fear that my experiences weren't worthy of poetry itself.” EnoughFeelingsBigsYoungCitiesWorryWrittenPoetOvercomingTownsWorthyNativeUrgesImmigrantsUrbanSmall TownSuburbsSeductiveWritten WordBig CitiesSwept Away Author:Allison Joseph
“Is it possible really to love other people? If I’m lonely and in pain, everyone outside me is potential relief—I need them. But can you really love what you need so badly? Isn’t a big part of love caring more about what the other person needs? How am I supposed to subordinate my own overwhelming need to somebody else’s needs that I can’t even feel directly? And yet if I can’t do this, I’m damned to loneliness, which I definitely don’t want … so I’m back at trying to overcome my selfishness for self-interested reasons.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsFeelsTryingPersonsI CanSelfReasonBigsPainMy OwnLonelinessLonelyOvercomingCaringSelfishnessReliefOverwhelmingSubordinatesI'm BackI'm LonelyCaring More Author:David Foster Wallace
“You have to dream big and go for it. Surround yourself with people who believe in you and ignore those who try to bring you down. Never give up, no matter what - overcoming obstacles makes you stronger!” PeopleGivingTryingBelieveMatterDreamBigsMotivationSportsGiving UpOvercomingStrongerNo Matter WhatObstaclesSurroundBelieve In YouNever Giving UpSoftballSurround YourselfMakes You StrongerSurround Yourself With People Author:Shannon MacMillan
“Socialism is not about big concepts and heavy theory. Socialism is about decent shelter for those who are homeless. It is about water for those who have no safe drinking water. It is about health care, it is about a life of dignity for the old. It is about overcoming the huge divide between urban and rural areas. It is about a decent education for all our people. Socialism is about rolling back the tyranny of the market. As long as the economy is dominated by an unelected, privileged few, the case for socialism will exist.” PeopleLongBigsCareWaterCasesEconomyTheoryHugeSafeConceptsAreasDignityOvercomingDrinkingHeavyTyrannySocialismHealth CareDecentDividesShelterRollingUrbanPrivilegedHomelessDrinking WaterRural AreasEducation For AllUrban And RuralSafe Drinking WaterSafe Drinking Author:Chris Hani
“Fear has been a big battle, it runs rampant in my sport so I love to overcome that, to challenge it head on, because there is nothing that feels as accomplished as overcoming a fear, and something that has blocked you in such a big way.” WayFeelsHas BeensBigsRunningSportsChallengesBattleOvercomingAccomplishedBlocked Author:Laura Wilkinson