Quotes by Overcoming I wouldn't say that I have overcome opposition so much as I have tried to understand it. The lash of judgment carries a wounding sting, and there's a deeply instinctual tendency to want to respond in kind. I am not proud that my thoughts were blackened with vile opinions about the nature of those who were attacking me. W. Bruce Cameron opinionproudovercoming Differences in approaches do exist, and in one short moment it is impossible to overcome all of them, but i'm convinced ahead of us we have a constructive dialogue. Vladimir Putin differencesovercomingimpossible Obviously invidious and prejudicial stereotypes need to be deconstructed and overcome, but it's not that they can be destroyed. I think that would be an illusion to think that we can somehow get rid of these basic search templates that allow us to sort out our social lives and to sort out the material world as well. W. J. T. Mitchell overcomingwould-bethinking For in the absence of debate unrestricted utterance leads to the degradation of opinion. By a kind of Greshams law the more rational is overcome by the less rational, and the opinions that will prevail will be those which are held most ardently by those with the most passionate will. For that reason the freedom to speak can never be maintained merely by objecting to interference with the liberty of the press, of printing, of broadcasting, of the screen. It can be maintained only by promoting debate. Walter Lippmann libertyovercominglaw If in argument we can make a man angry with us, we have drawn him from his vantage ground and overcome him. Walter Savage Landor angerovercomingmen I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones. Warren Buffett overcominggamesmistake Small minds are subdued by misfortunes, greater minds overcome them. Washington Irving greaterovercomingmind Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us. Watchman Nee sinblessedovercoming The child of God should not be overanxious to make new gains; what he essentially requires is to keep what he already has, for not losing is itself a gain. The way to retain what he possesses is to engage it. Watchman Nee anxietyovercomingchildren Irrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord. Watchman Nee weaknessspecialovercoming Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success. Wayne Huizenga obstacleshardshipovercoming Failure is a judgment, an opinion. It stems from your fears, which can be eliminated by love-love for yourself, love for what you do, love for others, and love for your planet. Wayne Dyer self-loveand-loveovercoming Study water. Try to grab a hold of water, and it will always elude you. You just have to let yourself be in it. It's soft, and it overcomes anything that's hard. Put the hardest substance - say, titanium - out there, and let water flow over it. Eventually, patiently, peacefully, the water will just wear it away. Also, water will enter anywhere - through any opening at all. So, let yourself be like that. God is in nature, everywhere and always. And we have so much to learn. Wayne Dyer overcomingtryingwater We have to overcome our societal conditioning which says we are unworthy. Wayne Dyer unworthyconditioningovercoming As knowledge grew, fear decreased; men thought less of worshiping the unknown, and more of overcoming it. Will Durant grewovercomingmen What developed in my early days was the attitude to start attacking the thing I was scared of Will Smith scaredovercomingattitude In Washington, one man could do what ten of them do. There could be only a quarter or a third as many congressmen or senators, and we would pick better ones then. But it's the system that we have always used, and there is no use getting all overcome with perspiration over it. Things kinder run themselves, anyhow. Will Rogers overcomingrunningmen All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage. William Bradford honorableovercomingaction Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph. William Butler Yeats triumphovercomingjoy When I left England, my hope of India's conversion was very strong; but amongst so many obstacles, it would die, unless upheld by God. Well, I have God, and His Word is true. Though the superstitions of the heathen were a thousand times stronger than they are, and the example of the Europeans a thousand times worse; though I were deserted by all and persecuted by all, yet my faith, fixed on the sure Word, would rise above all obstructions and overcome every trial. God's cause will triumph. (William Carey, quoted in Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope, Banner of Truth 1971, p 140.) William Carey triumphstrongovercoming«4142434445464748495051»
