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No history of the world can be complete which does not mention Mary Helen Keller... whose overcoming of her blindness and deafness were arguably victories more important than those of Alexander the Great, because they have implications still for every living person.

No man will succeed unless he is ready to face and overcome difficulties and prepared to assume responsibilities.

No matter what comes your way, just don't let it phase you, you can overcome anything.

No matter what we're trying to accomplish, there's always a barrier of some kind to overcome, and it's often something over which we have no control. Instead of focusing on the barriers, let's work to become so good that we'll succeed no matter how many bad calls the ref may throw at us.

No matter what you have gone through in your youth, it is about who you choose to be in life. You can define your own destiny. You can be stronger than a very difficult past and overcome it.

No matter where we live on the planet or how difficult our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our circumstances.

No one can ever overcome anything until his thoughts are creative and positive.

No one that ever lived has ever had enough power, prestige, or knowledge to overcome the basic condition of all life - you win some and you lose some.

No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

No problem of human making is too great to be overcome by human ingenuity, human energy, and the untiring hope of the human spirit.

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

Nothing is easier for passion than to overcome reason, but the greatest triumph is to conquer a man's own interests.

Nothing is weaker than water, Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, Nothing surpasses it.

Not only subjective poverty is never overcome by growth, but absolute poverty is increased by it. ... Absolute misery grows while wealth increases.

No trial is so large we can't overcome it together.

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.

O help me Father in heaven to overcome and resist temptation in every form or shape.

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.

…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.

Obstacles are found everywhere, and in overcoming them we nourish ourselves.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

One person can take papers, photograph them without getting excited, return them, and give them away without any scruples; while someone else has to overcome an enormous obstacle.

Once you overcome the hatred within your mind, you will discover that in the world outside, there is no longer any such thing as even a single enemy.

One must overcome history by dogma.

Once we overcome our fear of being tiny, we find ourselves on the threshold of a vast and awesome Universe that utterly dwarfs — in time, in space, and in potential — the tidy anthropocentric proscenium of our ancestors.

One can build the Empire State Building, discipline the Prussian army, make a state hierarchy mightier than God, yet fail to overcome the unaccountable superiority of certain human beings.

One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity.

Only believe, don't fear. Our Master, Jesus, always watches over us, and no matter what the persecution, Jesus will surely overcome it.

One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.

Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable.

Only the unprepared are overcome by pressure

Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

Our problem is not to submit to the differences but to overcome them.

Overcoming fear and conceiving this 'art of more' should be a fundamental practice in what it is that you do and make.

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.

Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now.

Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life . . .

Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.

Our gazes locked, so much passing between us. In those moments, I wasn't in a tent with him, on the run from those who regarded us as villains. There was no murderer to catch, no Strigoi trauma to overcome. There was just him and me and the feelings that had burned between us for so long.

Overcome the stigma of self-marketing.

Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened

Overcoming hardships and working around and through their obstacles to achieve an education is what I call a true success.

Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.

People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.

People are so intimidated by the gay movement that nobody will say why...they won't say why they don't want gay marriage...they don't dare to say because homosexuality is wrong, it's harmful for society, it's abnormal, it's unnatural, the people who are doing it can overcome it and should overcome it

People aren't overcome by situations or outside forces. Defeat comes from within.

Performance ought to improve with experience, and pressure is an obstacle that the diligent can overcome.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.