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“In war the chief incalculable is the human will, which manifests itself in resistance, which in turn lies in the province of tactics. Strategy has not to overcome resistance, except from nature. Its purpose is to diminish the possibility of resistance, and it seeks to fulfil this purpose by exploiting the elements of movement and surprise.”

Humans War Lying Purpose Turns Military Movement Possibility Elements Overcoming Strategy Surprise Resistance Chiefs Diminish Tactics Provinces Human Will

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“We can overcome if we change the way we see, see ourselves, see our past, see our possibility.”

Ifs Way Past Possibility Overcoming Our Past

Book:Transforming Pain to Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential

Source: Transforming Pain to Power: Unlock Your Unlimited Potential

“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.”

People Thinking Feelings School Poverty Possibility Changed Overcoming

Author:Michelle Rhee

“Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.”

Today Order Social Possibility Overcoming Endless Social Order Banality Endless Possibilities

Book:The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

Source: The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations

“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.”

“I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of the plot. I write without thinking much, trying to overcome all kinds of self-criticism, without stopping, without giving any consideration to the style or structure of the novel, only putting down on paper everything that can be used as raw material, very crude material for later development in the story.”

Source: A Writer's Reality

“if we cultivate compassion for those who have hurt us, we have the possibility of overcoming our anger,pain, and fear. compassion is a great medicine.”

Ifs Pain Hurt Compassion Possibility Overcoming Medicine

Book:A Lotus Grows in the Mud

Source: A Lotus Grows in the Mud

“As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.”

Long Alive Possibility Overcoming Remains Civil Rights Oppression Staying Alive

Book:Race Matters

Source: Race Matters

“Whenever there is a reaching down into innermost experience, into the nucleus of personality, most people are overcome by fear and many run away. . . The risk of inner experience, the adventure of the spirit, is in any case alien to most human beings. The possibility that such experience might have psychic reality is anathema to them.”

People Humans Soul Reality Might Running Spirit Fear Human Beings Cases Risk Possibility Adventure Personality Overcoming Aliens Reaching Running Away Psychics Nucleus Anathema

Author:Carl Jung

“In moments of uncertainty, when you must chose between two paths, allowing yourself to be overcome by either the fear of failure or the dimly lit light of possibility, immerse yourself in the life you would be most proud to live.”

Two Moments Light Would Be Path Possibility Proud Overcoming Uncertainty Allowing Lit Fear Of Failure Two Paths

Book:The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

Source: The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change