“Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent to vanquishing all foes. Where would I possibly find enough leather With which to cover the surface of the earth? But (wearing) leather just on the soles of my shoes Is equivalent to covering the earth with it. Likewise it is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things; But should I restrain this mind of mine What would be the need to restrain all else?” IfsNeedsShouldMindEnoughWould BeEarthCoursesSpaceMinesOvercomingShoesSurfaceBuddhistShould IUnlimitedFoeCoveringLeatherUnruly Author:Shantideva
“In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which governs survival in war as in life ... To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it; the best chance of overcoming such obstruction is to have a plan that can be easily varied to fit the circumstances met.” WarProblemLawCoursesForceChanceEnemyPlansMilitaryFitCircumstancesMetsSurvivalOvercomingAccountsPracticalsAlternativesOpposingAdaptabilityObstruction Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“It's not surprising, therefore, that the [Bisy] Backson thinks of progress in terms of fighting and overcoming. One of his little idiosyncrasies, you might say. Of course, real progress involves growing and developing, which involves changing inside, but that's something the inflexible Backson is unwilling to do.” ThinkingLittlesRealMightFightingCoursesTermGrowingProgressOvercomingDevelopingSurprisingUnwillingIdiosyncrasies Author:Benjamin Hoff
“For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.” ActionSuccessCoursesInspiringActingFailureOvercomingAlternativesFear Of FailureSuccess And FailureSuccess FailureDetoursOvercoming FailureRoadblock Book:Mary Kay Source: Mary Kay
“Excellence in art is to be attained only by active effort, and not by passive impressions; by the manly overcoming of difficulties, by patient struggle against adverse circumstance, by the thrifty use of moderate opportunities. The great artists were not rocked and dandled into eminence, but they attained to it by that course of labor and discipline which no man need go to Rome or Paris or London to enter upon.” MenNeedsArtUseArtistCoursesOpportunityEffortStruggleHe ManDisciplineCircumstancesArt IsLaborOvercomingDifficultyExcellencePatientActiveLondonImpressionParisRomePassiveGreat ArtModeratesGreat ArtistManlyAdverseEminenceThrifty Author:George Stillman Hillard
“Courage is defined as: the ability to face danger, difficulty, uncertainty, or pain without being overcome by fear or being deflected from a chosen course of action. Many of today's world leaders have great courage: I wonder... would we be better off with cowardice?” WorldTodayActionPainFacesCoursesAbilityLeaderWonderDangerOvercomingDifficultyChosenDefinedUncertaintyCowardiceBetter OffWorld LeaderToday's World Author:Joshua Fernandez
“You may wonder: how do I overcome the common 'Cute/Insane Conundrum,' as it occurs in men ... Yes, it's a fact - any man who seems cute, fabulous, and incredible to you will, of course, turn out to be insane.” MenMayFactsSeemsTurnsCoursesCommonWonderOvercomingDatingIncrediblesInsaneCuteFabulousConundrums Author:Marilyn Suzanne Miller
“Dreams require down payments. Dreams are free, but the journey isn't. There is a price to pay. First, you must pay the price of dealing with criticism from people who matter. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, 'Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.' Second, you must pay the price of overcoming your fears. Failure, rejection, and looking foolish are common fears - but they are just feelings that can be conquered and removed from your thoughts. Finally, you must be willing to pay the price of hard work in order to realize your dream.” PeopleFirstsSaidMatterHardFeelingsDreamOrderCoursesRealizingCommonPayJourneyWillingHard WorkCriticismOvercomingFoolishYour DreamsRejectionPaymentPay The PriceDecide UponWaldo EmersonRalph Waldo Author:John C. Maxwell
“In Christ we see a maturity of love that flowers in self-sacrifice and forgiveness; a maturity of power that never swerves from the ideal of service; a maturity of goodness that overcomes every temptation, and, of course, we see the ultimate victory of life over death itself.” SelfCoursesChristSacrificeFlowerVictoryGoodnessIdealsUltimateOvercomingTemptationMaturitySelf SacrificeSwerve Author:Vincent Nichols
“Similar (of course, far from identical) irritations in similar conditions call out similar reflexes; the more powerful the irritation, the sooner it overcomes personal peculiarities. To a tickle, people react differently, but to a red-hot iron, alike. As a steam-hammer converts a sphere and a cube alike into sheet metal, so under the blow of too great and inexorable events resistances are smashed and the boundaries of "individuality" lost.” PeopleCoursesLostPowerfulConditionsEventsRedOvercomingHotIndividualityBlowBoundariesResistanceIronSpheresMetalsSheetsHammersIdenticalSteamIrritationReflexesCubesInexorableRed Hot Book:History of the Russian Revolution Source: History of the Russian Revolution
“The will to do, the tenacity to overcome all obstacles and to finish the course, the strength to cling to inexorable ideals, are all rooted in courage.” CoursesIdealsOvercomingObstaclesRootedTenacityInexorable Author:J. Edgar Hoover
“Of course, we're so lucky to be in a time where that's not our reality anymore. I just thought it was very interesting to go back to that time now, and to look at all of these issues that are still relevant today, but just in such a different way, and to see how we approach them and try to overcome them. Yeah, we've come a long way with medicine and women's health in the Western world, but in a lot of parts of the rest of the world, that's still a huge issue.” WorldWayTryingLooksLongStillsDifferentRealityTodayCoursesInterestingIssuesHugeLuckyApproachOvercomingYeahMedicineWesternDifferent WaysRelevantLong WayVery InterestingWestern WorldSo LuckyWomen's Health Author:Eve Hewson
“When people insist, as so many of them do, that of course we'll overcome the limits to growth and every other obstacle to our allegedly preordained destiny out there among the stars, all that means is that they have a single story wedged into their imagination so tightly that mere reality can't shake it loose.” PeopleMeanStoriesRealityCoursesStarsGrowthImaginationDestinyLimitsOvercomingMereObstaclesShakes Author:John Michael Greer
“Many people who gain recognition and fame shape their lives by overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, only to be catapulted into new social realities over which they have less control and manage badly. Indeed, the annals of the famous and infamous are strewn with individuals who were both architects and victims of their life courses.” PeopleRealityCoursesIndividualSocialShapesFameGainsOvercomingVictimObstaclesManageRecognitionLive ByArchitectInfamousInsurmountable Author:Albert Bandura
“We have consciousness and rational powers but unless you're willing to spend the time to gain control of yourself, gain control of your emotions, to think deeply about what you want in a year or two, or where you want your business to be, you're going to be swept away by every new event that occurs in the course of the day or the week and the small amount of time that you plan, that you address to conscious planning, is never enough to overcome the constant tide of emotions and new things happening.” ThinkingWantYearsTwoEnoughCoursesEmotionConsciousnessPlansWeekEventsWillingAmountHappeningsConsciousGainsOvercomingConstantWhat You WantPlanningThings HappenRationalAddressesBe YouTidesNew ThingsSwept AwaySmall Amounts Author:Robert Greene
“I placed myself in amongst the animal kingdom so that I would be able to confront myself actually. It did not start out as the intention to serve and protect the lives of the innocent within the animal kingdom. I wanted to test myself, to see if I was able to overcome the dire situation that I was headed toward. By this of course I mention the fact that I was an alcoholic and drug addict before I left to live in the wild.” IfsFactsWould BeAbleWantedCoursesLeftAnimalSituationDrugProtectTestsOvercomingIntentionKingdomsInnocentAddictAlcoholicsDrug AddictAnimal Kingdom Author:Timothy Treadwell
“We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.” KnowsProblemCultureCoursesBlackWhiteRacismOvercomingLatinSexismPotAsianMeltingHomophobiaIsmsOther CulturesElitismBlack WhiteMelting PotAgeism Author:Octavia Spencer
“Have you ever felt so at one with the world, with the universe, with everything that is, that you were overcome with love? That is reality. That is the truth. What we make of it is up to us, as the painting of the sunrise is up to the artist. In our world humanity has strayed from that love. It lives hatred and power struggles and manipulations of the earth itself for its own narrow reasons. Continue and no one will see the sunrise. The sunrise will always exist, of course, but people on earth will know nothing of it and finally even stories of its beauty will fade from our knowing.” PeopleKnowsWorldReasonStoriesRealityEarthArtistHumanityUniverseCoursesFeltStruggleKnowingPaintingHatredOvercomingManipulationOur WorldFadesSunrisePower Struggle Author:Richard Bach
“Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nastiness, and fabulous flashes of glory in the conjugal conspiracy. It was time when they both loved each other best, without hurry or excess, when both were most conscious of and grateful for their incredible victories over adversity. Life would still present them with other moral trials, of course, but that no longer mattered: they were on the other shore.” StillsTogetherCoursesMoralVictoryGloryConsciousHatredOvercomingAdversityGratefulIncrediblesTrialsShoreExcessConspiracyFlashFabulousReciprocalCholeraInstantaneousIncomprehensionNastinessConjugal Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“And that, I suppose, is what I'd been trying to tell my mother that day: that her faith in justice and rationality was misplaced, that we couldn't overcome after all, that all the education and good intentions in the world couldn't help you plug up the holes in the universe or give you the power to change its blind, mindless course.” WorldGivingTryingHelpingMotherUniverseCoursesJusticeOvercomingBlindIntentionHolesRationalityGood IntentionsMindlessPlugsPower To ChangeMisplaced Book:Dreams From My Father Source: Dreams From My Father
“Sooner or later, everyone's story has an unfortunate event or two...The solution, of course, is to stay as far away from the world as possible and lead a safe, simple life.” WorldTwoStoriesHappensCoursesSimpleEventsInspirational LifeLife PhilosophySafeMusicianSolutionsOvercomingAdversityLive LifeHard TimesHardshipFar AwaySooner Or LaterUnfortunateLiving My LifeSimple LifeOvercoming AdversityAnything Can HappenAspects Of LifeLife HappensLaws Of LifeLife Is Not EasyAccidents HappenUnfortunate Events Author:Daniel Handler
“I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.” PeopleHardChoicesCoursesDoubtChangedOvercomingHard TimesGood TimesPauses Author:Po Bronson
“We do not require company. In varying degrees, it bores us, drains us, makes our eyes glaze over. Overcomes us like a steamroller. Of course, the rest of the world doesn't understand.” WorldEyeCoursesCompanyDegreesOvercomingBoresDrains Author:Anneli Rufus
“Singlehood is not longer a state to be overcome as soon as possible. It has its own rewards. Marriage is not the gateway to adulthood anymore. For most people it's the dessert - desirable, but no longer the main course.” PeopleStatesCoursesOvercomingRewardsAdulthoodDesirableSingleDessertBeing SingleGatewaysMain Course Author:Stephanie Coontz
“Achieving vulnerability-based trust (where team members have overcome their need for invulnerability) is difficult because in the course of career advancement and education, most successful people learn to be competitive with their peers, and protective of their reputations. It is a challenge for them to turn those instincts off for the good of the team, but that is exactly what is required.” PeopleNeedsTurnsCoursesDifficultChallengesCareersSuccessfulTeamAchieveMembersOvercomingInstinctReputationVulnerabilityTeamworkSuccessful PeoplePeersAdvancementProtectiveTeam MemberInvulnerability Author:Patrick Lencioni
“The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."” ImportantCoursesGamesOvercomingGolfCharityFactorsUnfairAndrewFair Game Author:Sean Connery
“Do not fear the challenges of life, but approach them patiently, with faith in God. He will reward your faith with power not only to endure, but also to overcome hardships, disappointments, trials, and struggles of daily living. Through diligently striving to live the law of God and with faith in Him, we will not be diverted from our eternal course.” LawCoursesFearChallengesStruggleEternalApproachOvercomingEternityRewardsStriveEndureDisappointmentTrialsHardshipFaith In GodDo Not FearDaily Living Author:Rex D. Pinegar