“There are a lot of things going on in politics at the moment which means that people can't concentrate on politicians' personalities and the characters of those who are actually running this country. This can overcome what politics is about.” PeopleMeanCountryMomentsCharacterRunningPersonalityPoliticianOvercoming Author:John Newman
“I think what was special about 'Music by Prudence' was the classic story of the title subject's life path - from being an outcast in her society because she was disabled, to someone who picked herself from that despair and elevated herself within that community, and now that society accepting her as much as they formerly rejected her. People identified with that journey, overcoming an obstacle, but still triumphing.” PeopleThinkingStillsStoriesCommunityAcceptingPathJourneySpecialSubjectsDespairOvercomingObstaclesTitlesClassicRejectedPrudenceDisabledOutcastLife Path Author:Roger Ross Williams
“There have been a lot of hip-hop artists who have made a difference to people's lives, spreading the message of the struggle and representing for those who have overcome adversity.” PeopleHas BeensMadeArtistDifferencesStruggleMessagesOvercomingAdversityHip HopHipsHopsOvercoming AdversityRepresentingHip Hop Artist Author:Ali Shaheed Muhammad
“I am a community social psychologist and a lot of my work deals with social work and helping people overcoming addiction and trauma.” PeopleHelpingSocialCommunityDealsOvercomingAddictionTraumaSocial WorkHelping PeoplePsychologistOvercoming Addiction Author:Chath Piersath
“Many people have overcome that home situation simply by having at least one caring adult, whether a teacher, mentor or religious leader.” PeopleHomeReligiousSituationLeaderTeacherAdultsOvercomingCaringMentorReligious Leaders Author:James Redford
“What we need to recognize, less than 1 percent of the people organized around issues that are already supported by conservatives and liberals, and there are a lot of them that aren't publicized, back home, can overcome corporate forces in Washington.” PeopleNeedsHomeForceIssuesPercentOvercomingCorporateOrganizedBack Home Author:Ralph Nader
“You could almost say that throughout human history there are people who can either foresee consequences or who are capable of looking for information and predicting the consequences will happen, but the vast majority of people won't respond to climate change until their city is underwater, food supply is disrupted or everyone around them is dying of zoonotic disease. It's almost like someone dealing with an addiction, like you hope that the person can overcome the addiction before the addiction kills them.” PeopleHumansPersonsHappensCitiesDyingInformationLike YouDiseaseCapableConsequenceOvercomingMajorityClimateAddictionClimate ChangeHuman HistoryPredictingUnderwaterFood Supply Author:Moby
“Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need books, we need classical music, we need ballet, we need opera, to remind us really of who we are and why we are, and we need in movie houses - even to be in a movie - where you sit and see not only excitement and man-hero, woman-hero, you need quietly, just like that Hawking movie we talked about, to know how people overcome.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsBookFilmHouseKnow HowDyingMissingHeroOvercomingYeahExcitementWho We AreBalletOperaClassical MusicMiss Julie Author:Liv Ullmann
“There's no question that to some extent there are structural disadvantages built in, not just for women but for other minority groups who don't hold power at the executive level either at the company or in the industry. My position is not just "Oh, okay, anyone can overcome those." It's just as we work to get more women and people in minority groups at higher levels in positions of power, what are our options?” PeopleLevelsCompanyGroupsPositionIndustryHigherBuiltOkayOvercomingMinoritiesExecutivesDisadvantagesHigher LevelPosition Of PowerMinority Groups Author:Megyn Kelly
“I realized there was a better way to broadcast the news that empowered people to believe they could overcome challenges.” PeopleWayBelieveChallengesNewsOvercomingI RealizedEmpoweredBetter Ways Author:Michelle Gielan
“Nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional freedom to pursue their own lives as they wish, and to have their freedom and desire affirmed by the rest of the world. This will happen only when transphobia is overcome at the level of individual attitudes and prejudices and in larger institutions of education, law, health care, and kinship.” PeopleWorldImportantHappensCareLawDesireIndividualWishLevelsAttitudeEnvironmentOvercomingPrejudiceInstitutionsAccessPursueHealth CareExcellentTransgenderTransAffirmativeKinship Author:Judith Butler
“If you're up there [on stage] thinking about what you're doing, you're just not there and it's not going to happen.So trying to learn how to overcome those - which is a normal thing to do. You're in front of a lot of people. People are going to get very self-conscious. So you have to learn to sort of overcome that tendency towards self-consciousness and just blow it wide open. And you jump in and join all those people that are out there enjoying what you're doing together.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingSelfHappensTogetherEnjoyConsciousnessStageFrontsNormalConsciousOvercomingBlowWideTendenciesThings To DoSelf ConsciousDoing YouSelf ConsciousnessNormal Things Author:Bruce Springsteen
“What neo-capitalism does so brilliantly is that it's always subdividing and dividing, so that people are never able to be joined in their numbers and strength in a unified way. That is exactly what we have to overcome.” PeopleWayDoeAbleNumbersCapitalismOvercomingUnifiedDividing Author:Eve Ensler
“The media is not about the arena of ideas. The media is not about persuading. The media is about overcoming the will of the people. The media has joined forces with the Democrat Party, members of the Democrat Party, and the extreme radical left in the United States to advance the extreme radical leftist agenda.” PeopleIdeasStatesLeftForceUnitedPartyUnited StatesMediaMembersOvercomingDemocratExtremesRadicalAgendasArenaLeftistsPersuading Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You have people talk about the media as a coequal branch when talking about Republicans. "You know, Republicans have to overcome the media, and then the Democrats." Wait a minute. Why should anybody have to overcome the media?” PeopleKnowsShouldWaitingTalkingMinutesMediaRepublicanOvercomingDemocratBranches Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You have to fight for the soul of your people, you have to fight for the souls of millions of people on both sides, to overcome the legacy of this struggle [between Palestine and Israel] and create a readiness for peace.” PeopleSoulFightingSidesMillionsStruggleOvercomingIsraelLegacyBoth SidesPalestineReadinessPalestine And Israel Author:Uri Avnery
“A lot of military people just take orders, and there is a place for that. But SEALs think for themselves from day one. That way, when something happens - a kid runs out of a room, a woman is held as a human shield - they can make those decisions on the fly. We always say: "Improvise, adapt and overcome."” PeopleThinkingWayHumansHappensRunningKidsOrderDecisionRoomsMilitaryOvercomingThings HappenShieldsSeals Author:Howard E. Wasdin
“The heartbeat of your originality is deep within a body of thought that continually wrestles with the contradictions and limitations that we're constantly trying to overcome, the curiosities and the ignorances of the people we seek to help.” PeopleTryingHeartHelpingBodyIgnoranceOvercomingCuriosityLimitationContradictionOriginalityHeartbeatDeep Within Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“Part of my message is that God never said that we weren't going to have difficulties, but you know what, He said to stay full of joy and I'm going to help you overcome. So I think that is what resonates with people and helps draw so many people. Because it is not a message that you are barely going to make it, you're a victim. We are not victims, we are victors.” PeopleThinkingKnowsSaidHelpingJoyMessagesDrawsOvercomingDifficultyVictim Author:Joel Osteen
“I agree completely that nothing is more important for transgender people than to have access to excellent health care in trans-affirmative environments, to have the legal and institutional freedom to pursue their own lives as they wish, and to have their freedom and desire affirmed by the rest of the world. This will happen only when transphobia is overcome at the level of individual attitudes and prejudices and in larger institutions of education, law, health care, and kinship.” PeopleWorldImportantCareDesireIndividualWishAttitudeEnvironmentOvercomingPrejudiceAgreeHealth CareExcellentTransgenderKinship Author:Judith Butler
“For whatever reason, people know that car crashes can happen but they don't live with that fear every day when they're driving, or they're able to overcome it.” PeopleReasonCarOvercomingDrivingCrashCar Crash Author:Karan Mahajan
“The notion about education has changed and that now it’s sort of much more aligned with, “Well, schools can’t combat poverty. We can’t possibly expect schools to do the work to overcome poverty.” I think that notion which has changed over the last few decades is part, not all, but part of what is maybe leading to people feeling less of a sense of possibility.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsSchoolPovertyPossibilityChangedOvercoming Author:Michelle Rhee
“In this system called America, white privilege reigns supreme but to me, I have to embrace what I am and how special we are as a people. I have to know that God put me here for a real reason and He blessed me with divine privilege and there's a divine system that I can tap into that can help me overcome any obstacle that stands in my way.” PeopleRealReasonHelpingSpecialDivineOvercomingBlessedEmbraceObstaclesMy WayHelp Me Author:Charlamagne Tha God
“Business success is not determined by government policy. It's not determined by regulation. The people succeed in business have to overcome all the obstacles put in their way by people like Democrats and Obama. That's what Trump knows, how to overcome these guys, how to get the things they put in his way out of the way, while they don't even know it's happening. And that would go for much of the political commentariat, too, folks, that are totally immersed in politics and know nothing else, other than they swear allegiance to free markets, but that's about it.” PeoplePoliticalGuyPolicySucceedOvercomingDemocratObstaclesDeterminedSwearFree Market Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Divorce is the hardest obstacle I've had to overcome in my life. I would like to believe that most people don't get married anticipating divorce. When I reached that crossroad, I felt like such a failure. After years of therapy together, I realized that staying together was emotionally destructive. My husband didn't want the divorce, but I did. So there was a lot of bitterness initially. Although we are still divorced, we still call each other "family." It was a journey to get there, but it's a beautiful place to be.” PeopleBelieveTogetherBeautifulJourneyHusbandMarriedOvercomingObstaclesDivorceI RealizedTherapyMy HusbandBitternessDivorcedBeautiful Places Author:Regina King
“For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome.” PeopleLongStillsAmericaBlackViolenceGayDiversityOvercomingDiscriminationAsianHispanic Author:Ron Kind
“Climate change is not about climate change. It's about the people in it getting rich off of an ever-expanding, growing, controlling government. It's all about expanding the government and government control over people. It's about creating victims. When you successfully turn somebody into a victim, you have automatically made them a dependent on you. You are essentially telling them they have lost the power necessary to solve their own problems. And you create within them a mentality that they can't overcome their own problem because they're victims.” PeopleProblemRichOvercomingVictimClimate ChangeMentalityGet Rich Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we can not only change a life or save a life, but we can also make it possible for other people to speak up. If we harness the collective power of people's voices around America to address the opioid epidemic, I have no doubt that we can overcome it.” PeopleThinkingSometimesSpeakForgetPowerfulDoubtOvercoming Author:Vivek Murthy
“We have to create conditions where people feel safe to feel and to care. That goes against a lot of our programming about how to make something change in the world. Sometimes you can pressure people into changing, you can force them, but the powers-that-be have more force than we do. I don't think we're going to win in a contest of force. I think we need to induce a change of heart. The narrative of "us versus them" is ultimately part of the problem. Traditional activism, which is about overcoming the latest bad guy, isn't deep enough. It just brings us another version of the same.” PeopleThinkingWorldHeartSometimesEnoughProblemCareGuyWinningOvercomingActivismThings ChangeChange Of Heart Author:Charles Eisenstein
“I feel like if we stopped pushing people away in trying to get to the top, we could work together. My goal is to start with my family and my friends, progressively get better and create opportunities for them to express themselves and become happy people, then have them affect the people they're around. [I want to] create this growing effect of positivity and inspired a willingness to overcome any obstacles that are in front of you, whether it be from our government or from our daily lives.” PeopleTryingTogetherOpportunityGoalMy FamilyOvercomingInspiredPositivityObstaclesGet BetterWorking TogetherDaily LifeWillingnessHappy People Author:Ryan Guzman
“The reason I wouldn't dare to write a Western is simply because that seems to be so much a part of American culture. Maybe if I want to write a Western enough I should try to overcome that fear, but I'll certainly feel like I'm trespassing. I feel that that is so much a part of American foundation myth, it's part of the myth of America, the American vision of what America is, which people have glorified and then challenged and then vilified.” PeopleWritingTryingReasonEnoughCultureVisionOvercomingWesternDareMythAmerican Culture Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“People have all these preconceived notions about magicians, like that they're lonely and bitter or they're socially awkward people. I don't know what magician hurt all these people, but I'm constantly having to overcome all these stereotypes. So, no. I'm sure there are just as many magicians who are lonely and bitter as there are comedians, lawyers, or any profession.” PeopleHurtLonelyOvercomingProfessionLawyerBitterComedianAwkwardStereotypeMagicianPreconceived Notions Author:Justin Willman
“I do not believe that marijuana is a gateway drug, and having been a mayor trying to keep my community safe, if there was any drug that was driving violence, more than marijuana, it was alcohol which is legal. And so I just don't think this is a gateway drug. And by the way, if you regulate it you're actually going to overcome a lot of problems with people having to go to the streets to buy their drug. You don't know how dangerous that is.” PeopleThinkingTryingBelieveProblemCommunityViolenceDangerousDrugOvercomingAlcoholDrivingMarijuana Author:Cory Booker
“Peace happens when people pray. "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you" Casting is an intentional act to relocate an object. Let this "throwing" be your first response to bad news. As you sense anxiety welling up inside you, cast it in the direction of Christ. Do so specifically and immediately. Find a promise of God that fits your problem, and build your prayer around it. These prayers of faith touch the heart of God and activate the angels of heaven. Miracles are set into motion. Your answer may not come overnight, but it will come. And you will overcome.” PeopleHeartProblemCareHeavenChristPrayerPrayingFitPromiseAnxietyAngelOvercomingMiracleResponseOur PrayersCare For You Author:Max Lucado
“What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school after school, year after year, educate poor and disadvantaged young people. And, so, anyone who says that you can't overcome these battles is a huge part of the problem.” PeopleWorldCountryProblemSchoolPoorPovertyDestinyStudentsBattleOvercomingEducateAfter School Author:Arne Duncan
“Competition has never been more threatening than it is now. Innovative thinkers challenge the status quo in their organizations. They are often viewed as "troublemakers." They threaten the defenders of the status quo. So competition within an organization can also be brutal. The most effective leaders overcome "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom" by being change agents themselves. They encourage and reward innovative thinking. I have observed that people only resist changes imposed on them by other people.” PeopleThinkingChallengesLeaderComfortOvercomingCompetitionTyrannyIdeologyThinkerBrutalThreateningStatus QuoInnovativeTroublemaker Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“The underdog is a person that's at-risk, a person that has a lot of big trials you have to overcome. I mean that was my life. Me - coming from a single parent home. I didn't have offers coming out of high school. So I had to really have faith and lean on Jesus for everything because nothing was given to me. I had to really work for everything. I'm definitely an underdog. I think Jesus made me be in that situation to be able to relate to more people. That's why give back to the at-risk kids.” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanHomeKidsSchoolJesusParentSituationHigh SchoolOvercomingHave FaithGiving BackUnderdogSingle Parent Author:Chris Harris, Jr.
“It's more interesting when people overcome inner turbulence, but at the same time I do like the innocent. Have you ever read The Idiot? I think Dostoyevsky created a brilliant character there. He doesn't have any self-inflicted wounds. I love that. People don't like him because he's so pure.” PeopleThinkingCharacterInterestingOvercomingBrilliantWoundsInnocentIdiotDostoyevsky Author:Josh Hartnett
“Before she is an individual, a shaman is foremost a vehicle for receiving and expressing the grief and indignation of the people within society. The otherworldly strength that you see during a gut is the raging effort to forget and overcome the weakness of the self and is possible because it bears all the wrath and indignation of the people against oppression. Extraordinary acts performed with remarkable exaggeration encounter the human instinct to demolish one's own limitations, producing catharsis.” PeopleIndividualForgetEffortGriefWeaknessOvercomingInstinctExtraordinaryRageOppressionLimitationGutsRemarkableVehicleExaggeration Author:Hyon Gyon
“Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the verge of really doing what we ought to do based on having been attacked, they put Martin Luther King on television. He was always saying, "We must use nonviolence. We must overcome hate with love." White people loved that. That's why they gave him a Nobel Prize. But when Martin Luther King started condemning the Vietnam War, that's when white people turned against him.” PeopleWarHateBlackCommunityOvercomingSafetyPrizeNonviolenceLutherVietnam WarNobel Prize Author:Ernie Chambers
“I used to believe that you could change the culture or behavior of a company. I still believe it's possible, but it is at least a five to ten year process, if you are successful at all. More recently, I have been attracted to the ideas of the behavioralist, Edgar Schein. Schein has argued that you cannot change the culture of a company, but you can use the culture of a company to create change. It's an interesting approach to overcoming resistance. And if you can change how a company does its work, you might eventually be able to change how its people think.” PeopleThinkingBelieveCultureInterestingSuccessfulBehaviorOvercomingI Still Believe Author:James A. Champy
“I've seen it in so many talented young women who hold back because they're not sure that what they say will be smart enough. Or maybe they've said something in a prior meeting, and people acted like they hadn't said it, and that was crushing. Then we have all had the experience where 20 minutes later, a man says the same thing and everybody responds positively.... So don't take it personally. Take it seriously so that you understand it, and then try to devise techniques to overcome it.” PeopleMenTryingEnoughSmartOvercomingMeetingsNot SureCrushYoung WomenPositivelyBeing Smart Author:Hillary Clinton
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths.” PeopleWayInspirationalWisdomPainBeautifulSufferingFoundLossGriefKnownBeautyStruggleOvercomingDepthDefeatThis LifeGrievingGrief And LossDeath Of A Loved OneSensitivityGentlenessPsychiatristBeing StrongOvercoming ChallengesBeautiful PeopleGrief And HealingPain And SufferingBeing BeautifulGriefingAlways Be HappyYou Are BeautifulDay To Day LifeLosing A Loved OneLoss Of A Loved OneGrief LossCancer PatientsYour BeautifulGrief And DeathThose GrievingWorld SufferingGrieving A DeathGrief ComfortDeath And LossBeautiful InsideCancer CourageGrief HealingSuffering And PainSuffering PainHelp With GriefInspirational BeautyGrief And HopePain SufferingGrieving And HealingPain And LossComfort The GrievingDepression InspirationalGrieving LossAppreciation In RelationshipsPeople With CancerAmazing BeautifulRecovering From GriefGrieving A LossGrieving And LossI Am BeautifulLife Is So Beautiful Author:Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“There's a reason why young people think what they think. They are taught it. In many cases when they learn at home is erased or countered or overcome.” PeopleThinkingReasonHomeYoungCasesTaughtOvercomingReason Why Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'd be stupid not to take into consideration that there are certain things people will not consider me for because my name is Lopez. And I know I can do any kind of role. I don't want anybody to say, Oh, she can't pull this off. So those are barriers that you have to overcome.” PeopleKnowsWantKindI CanCertainNamesCan DoRolesStupidOvercomingConsiderationBarriers Author:Jennifer Lopez
“I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people. I'm sure that's some kind of ego trip or a way to overcome shyness. I was very kind of shy and reserved, so there's a way to be on stage and be performing and balance your life out.” PeopleWayKindSchoolFoundLaughingStageFrontsBalanceEgoHigh SchoolOvercomingPerformingShyReservedMaking People LaughShynessEgo Trip Author:Steve Martin
“Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.” PeopleLongTwoWarLostColdEuropeOvercomingDemocraticWesternDecadesPartnersRepublicCold WarIntegrationEasternEastern EuropeSteadfastnessLost HopeDemocratic Republic Author:Angela Merkel
“Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.” PeopleInspirationalFeelsMatterMotivationalActionFearSuccessfulDoubtKeysOvercomingNo Matter WhatStriveApathyMasterySuccessful PeopleWillpowerKey To SuccessSelf MasteryOvercoming FearStrong WillFear Of SuccessSelf PowerPeaceful WarriorDoubt And FearStrive For SuccessOvercoming Doubt Author:Dan Millman
“You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.” PeopleInspirationalNeedsMotivationalGoalOvercomingPositivitySetting GoalsHigh NotesHigh Goals Author:George S. Patton
“I learned a good deal about economics, and about America, from the author of the Reagan tax reforms - the great Jack Kemp. What gave Jack that incredible enthusiasm was his belief in the possibilities of free people, in the power of free enterprise and strong communities to overcome poverty and despair. We need that same optimism right now.” PeopleNeedsAmericaBeliefStrongCommunityDealsPovertyPossibilityRight NowTaxesDespairEconomicsOptimismOvercomingIncrediblesEnthusiasmReformEnterpriseFree EnterpriseTax ReformStrong Community Author:Paul Ryan