“The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting - what they've overcome and how, and what they haven't and how that's become a good thing. Almost everyone's life is both a gorgeous story and a tragedy. I think being alive is really, really hard, and I'm constantly stunned and amazed by people who make it interesting and beautiful.” PeopleThinkingWayHardStoriesBeautifulLife IsStrongInterestingAliveStrengthHavensOvercomingTragedyGood ThingsAmazedGorgeousStunned Author:Sarah Polley
“At least one indication of unbelief is the tendency to measure life's challenges against our own adequacy instead of God's promises. To enter our Sabbath rest, we must put an end to self-reliance - trusting in our own abilities to overcome difficulties, rise above challenges, escape tragedies, or achieve personal greatness.” EndsSelfChallengesAbilityAchieveGreatnessPromiseOvercomingDifficultyTragedyTendenciesSelf RelianceRelianceRise AboveIndicationSabbathUnbeliefAdequacy Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“I think everybody has tragedy in their life. Everybody has hurdles in their life. Everybody has tough things to overcome. My kids say to me, 'This isn't fair.' I said, 'Life isn't fair.' Everybody has their issues. It's how you handle your issues that distinguishes you.” ThinkingSaidKidsIssuesToughFairsOvercomingTragedyHandleHurdleTough ThingsSaid Life Author:Maria Shriver
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.” LifeInspirationalPlayDreamLife IsMotherSongFightingOpportunityGamesRealizingChallengesAcceptingStruggleAdventureInspirational LifeDutySorrowPromiseBenefitsOvercomingTragedyLuckDareAdmireAdmiringCalcuttaLife Is An AdventureWorth Fighting ForBest MotherAging GracefullyLife DreamLife OpportunityLife Is A DreamLife Is PreciousLife Is A GameLife Is GreatLife Is A StruggleHow Precious Life Is Author:Mother Teresa
“I made strength from everything that had happened to me, so that in the end even the final tragedy could not defeat me. And that is what Ultima tried to teach me, that the tragic consequences of life can be overcome by the magical strength that resides in the human heart. --Antonio” HumansHeartMadeEndsTeachHappenedConsequenceOvercomingTragedyFinalsDefeatTragicHuman HeartAntonioUltima Author:Rudolfo Anaya
“She raised her eyes to his. They had both come from misery, she thought, and survived it. They had been drawn together through violence and tragedy, and had overcome it. They walked different paths and had found a mutual route. Some things last, she thought. Some ordinary things. Like love.” DifferentEyeTogetherLastsFoundPathViolenceOrdinaryOvercomingTragedyMiseryRaisedMutualHer EyesSurvivedRoutesLike LoveOrdinary ThingsDifferent PathsDrawn Together Author:Nora Roberts
“However good we are, however correctly we seek to lead our lives, tragedies do occur. We can blame others, look for justification, imagine how our lives would have been different without them. But none of that matters: they have happened, and that is that. From this point on, it is necessary that we review our own lives, overcome fear, and begin the process of reconstruction.” LooksHas BeensDifferentMatterProcessOur LivesImagineHappenedOvercomingTragedyBlameReviewsJustificationOvercoming FearReconstruction Author:Paulo Coelho
“Those who have succeeded have also had the ability to overcome adversity, disappointment, and even tragedy in their lives.” LifeAbilityOvercomingTragedyAdversityDisappointmentOvercoming Adversity Author:LaVell Edwards
“We need strong Christians who can persevere against hardship, who can sustain hope through tragedy, who can lift others by their example and their compassion, and who can consistently overcome temptations. We need strong Christians who can make important things happen by their faith and who can defend the truth of Jesus Christ against moral relativism and militant atheism. What is the source of such moral and spiritual power, and how do we obtain it? The source is God. Our access to that power is through our covenants with Him.” NeedsImportantHappensChristianSpiritualJesusStrongChristCompassionMoralAtheismExampleSourceJesus ChristOvercomingTragedyImportant ThingsAccessThings HappenTemptationLiftsHardshipConsistentlyPersevereCovenantMilitantRelativismSpiritual PowerMoral Relativism Author:D. Todd Christofferson
“We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other move through the many painful episodes of our lives. By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation. We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds - the strength to overcome them and the lessons that we are meant to receive through them. Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts of other people. They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise.” PeopleHeartMeanHelpingMovingChallengesTeachGreaterWiseOur LivesLessonsOvercomingTragedyTransformationPainfulWoundsStuckBlockLive ByCompassionateEpisodesInherentWoundedHelping Each Other Author:Caroline Myss
“It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson.” NeedsRealMatterMomentsLawSufferingNextStepsLessonsOvercomingDifficultyTragedyNo Matter WhatMisfortunesNext StepsSteps Forward Author:Emmet Fox