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Inspirational Quotes About Overcoming

Whether they were heroes, poets, scholars, or leaders, the brightest minds in human history have thought and written about values and their meanings. Use the search field on the left to search our quotation database by author, value, or specific word contained in the quote.

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Index_card_top “Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it...Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.”
 
James Buckham - Writer, Author


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Index_card_top “It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. ”
 
Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] (born 1942);
Boxer
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“In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”
 
Lee Iacocca (born 1924);
Businessman


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“Our attitude towards what has happened to us in life is the important thing to recognize. Once hopeless, my life is now hope-full, but it did not happen overnight. The last of human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, is to choose one's own way.”
 
Viktor Frankl (1905-1997);
Neurologist, Psychotherapist
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“The greatest and most important problems in life are all in a certain sense insoluble. They can never be solved, but only outgrown. ”
 
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961);
Founder Of Analytical Psychology
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Index_card_top “I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.”
 
Andre Agassi (born 1970);
Professional Tennis Player


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“When we do face the difficult times, we need to remember that circumstances don’t make a person, they reveal a person. ”
 
Emma Jameson -


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“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.”
 
Lena Horne (1917-2010);
Singer, Actress, Civil Rights Activist


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“When we face the worst that can happen in any situation, we grow. When circumstances are at their worst, we can find our best.”
 
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926-2004);
Psychiatrist


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“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
 
Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991);
Writer, Cartoonist, Animator
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“Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.”
 
Dan Millman (born 1946);
Author, Gymnastics World Champion


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“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
 
George S. Patton (1885-1945);
American General In World War I And Ii
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