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“When you are afraid, do the thing you are afraid of and soon you will lose your fear of it.”

Inspirational Motivational Loses Overcoming Overcoming Fear

Book:You Can If You Think You Can

Source: You Can If You Think You Can

“A fiery shield is God's Word; of more substance and purer than gold, which, tried in the fire, loses nought of its substance, but resists and overcomes all the fury of the fiery heat; even so, he that believes God's Word overcomes all, and remains secure everlastingly, against all misfortunes; for this shield fears nothing, neither hell nor the devil.”

Believe Loses Hell Fire Devil Gold Overcoming Remains Secure Substance Heat Believe In God Misfortunes Fury Shields Fear Not Fiery Fear Nothing

Book:The Table Talk of Martin Luther

Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther

“Overcoming fear has nothing to do with abandoning common sense. We retain our common sense, but we lose that emotion that is fear.”

Loses Common Emotion Overcoming Common Sense Mysticism Overcoming Fear Gaining Power Losing Power

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Every time you lose, you think that life's unfair. You think of the bad breaks. But when you're winning and playing well, you still get those bad breaks, only you overcome them. It just depends on how strong your mind is.”

Thinking Mind Wells Stills Winning Strong Loses Break Depends Overcoming Unfair

Author:Greg Norman

“Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the United States--first,murder stories; secondly, novels in which the heroine is forcibly overcome by the hero; thirdly, volumes on spiritualism, occultism and other such claptrap, and fourthly, books on Lincoln.”

Ifs Firsts Kind Book States Stories Loses United United States Novel Four Hero Overcoming Murder Volume Publishers Heroines Spiritualism

Book:Mencken Chrestomathy

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“You were born to overcome. You are not destined to lose.”

Born Loses Overcoming Destined

Author:Jeremy Riddle

“Wrestling is a one-on-one experience and if something goes wrong you can't point a finger and blame somebody else. What you do is up to you. And yet it's a team sport, because whether your team wins or loses is a result of the cumulative effect of the matches. Wrestling is a great confidence builder because it's not all about strength. You have to use your balance and skill and technique and if you do, you can overcome a lot of muscle and bulk guys, and even those who have natural ability. Basically, you can out-technique an opponent.”

“Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.”

“I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost. Then the soul becomes aware of the misery which is its actual condition even before it loses them.”

Soul States Lost Loses Conditions Overcoming Misery Mortals Disillusionment

Book:The Confessions

Source: The Confessions

“Disappointment Can do a couple things. It can drop you into a giant sucking sinkhole of depression, a place you have to fight to climb out of. Or it can trigger an epic mania to overcome the odds and transform failure into success. Say you swing as high as the chains will take you because you seek the thrill of flight, and on the up- kick, you lose your seat. Injury is likely. But if you worry about falling down, and never chance "up," the sky will remain forever out of reach.”

Source: Perfect

“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”

Men World Ends Might Desire Loses Overcoming Ancient Fever

Book:Miscellaneous Pieces: Easyread Comfort Edition

Source: Miscellaneous Pieces: Easyread Comfort Edition

“Life is one long training session in preparation for what will come. Life and death lose their meaning; there are only challenges to be met with joy and overcome with tranquility.”

Long Life Is Joy Loses Challenges Mets Training Overcoming Preparation Life And Death Tranquility Session

Author:Paulo Coelho

“This is how you survive the unsurvivable, this is how you lose that which you cannot bear to lose, this is how you reinvent yourself, overcome your abusers, fulfill your ambitions and meet the love of your life: by following what is true, no matter where it leads you.”

Matter Loses Bears Ambition Overcoming Following Abusers Love Your Life Reinventing Yourself

Book:This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

Source: This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.”

“I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptation. It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc., don't get the upper hand. No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep picking ourselves up each time...The only fatal thing is to lose one's temper and give up.”

Ifs Knows Giving Self Hands Happiness Fall Loses Records Serious Amount Despair Giving Up Overcoming Temptation Etc Temper Offended Impatience Annoyance Upper Hand Petulance

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Difficulties, opposition, criticism-these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a special joy in facing them and in coming out on top. It is only when there is nothing but praise that life loses its charm and I begin to wonder what I should do about it.”

Should Joy Loses Wonder Special Criticism Overcoming Difficulty Praise Adversity Charm Opposition Meant To Be Coming Out Things Are Meant To Be

Author:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

“The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their enemies without strife. The greatest directors of men are those who yield place to others. This is called the Virtue of not striving, the capacity for directing mankind; this is being the compeer of Heaven. It was the highest goal of the ancients.”

Men Heaven Goal Loses Enemy Virtue Mankind Humility Directors Highest Capacity Overcoming Strive Soldier Fighter Yield Temper Strife Conqueror Lowliness

Author:Laozi

“One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can keep winning because of his lucky star, or the bad luck of his opponents. You must overcome this negative instinct, which affects all of us, and which is the only difference between the person who wins a race, and those who lose. This is the battle you have to fight every day of your life.”

“Being your best is not so much about overcoming the barriers other people place in front of you as it is about overcoming the barriers we place in front of ourselves. It has nothing to do with how many times you win or lose. It has no relation to where you finish in a race or whether you break world records. But it does have everything to do with having the vision to dream, the courage to recover from adversity and the determination never to be shifted from your goals.”

“Winning means being unafraid to lose.”

Source: How to motivate people: the team strategy for success

“The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.”

“I know that our world is going through a very difficult time right now, but I will never lose my faith in humanity, and our incredible ability to overcome just about anything.”

Knows World Humanity Difficult Loses Ability Right Now Overcoming Incredibles Our World Difficult Times Faith In Humanity

Author:Yanni

“The loser is usually the one who is ready to lose. Fight, overcome difficulties, control your emotions – and you will win.”

Fighting Winning Loses Emotion Ready Overcoming Difficulty Loser

Author:Aleksandr Karelin

“If you understand others you are smart. If you understand yourself you are illuminated. If you overcome others you are powerful. If you overcome yourself you have strength. If you know how to be satisfied you are rich. If you can act with vigor, you have a will. If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting. If you die without loss, you are eternal.”

Ifs Knows Long Dies Loses Loss Powerful Know How Rich Eternal Smart Overcoming Satisfied Objectives Lasting Tao Vigor Long Lasting Having Strength

Author:Laozi

“You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these obstacles is to write your way through them. And writing always works.”

Way Feels Writing Character Loses Ability Overcoming Obstacles Bored Discouraged

Author:John Dufresne