Overcoming Quotes

Use the dirt life throws at you to plant the seeds of your success.

...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.

Light cannot hide its beauty, not even in darkness.

Count your smiles, not your frowns.

Champions are made in the dark before they are revealed in light.

To brim with hope, to cultivate just one small kernel of faith, to sport a touch of confidence, and to have one’s innate material embedded with layers of feisty are all that makes for the plucky kind of courage that means anything in the end.

God built lighthouses to see people through storms. Then he built storms to remind people to find lighthouses.

To realize your greatest strengths, you must first overcome your greatest weaknesses.

If roses did not suffer thorns on their journey to beauty, they would lose out on becoming masterpieces.

A rainbow earns its colors in the storm.

The only way through pain is love.

Intimidated, old traumas triggered, and fearing for my safety, I did what I felt I needed to do.

Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.

If seeds saw dirt as their enemy, they would lose out on the opportunity to grow.

And certainly both Horses were doing, if not all they could, all they thought they could; which is not quite the same thing.

There are many types of marriage relationships and all of them can work, but none is sadder than the one that doesn't represent peace in your heart.

A diamond is just a rock that refused to break under heat and pressure.

Rainbows are birthed in storms, not in sunshine.

There may be something going on in your life right now, that seems like a giant, so big that you think it's impossible to conquer. But, remember no matter how gigantic your problems may be, you have everything in you to overcome. You have the power to say to that mountain move, get out my way. Activate your faith, and watch it happen. The victory is yours!

God will only push you off a cliff if He's going to give you wings to fly.

Rise in your mind and you will rise in your world.

I wish I had the power to tell them that the despair of their hearts was not to be final, and their night was not without hope. For the battle they lost can never be lost. For that which they died to save can never perish. Through all the darkness, through all the shame of which men are capable, the spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through. And man will go on.

Stumbling up a hill strengthens you more than sprinting down a mountain.

Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.

YOU are the creator of your experience, therefore: all problems must be met within YOU.

Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.

Reach for the stars, not your fears.

If a flower can flourish in the desert, you can flourish anywhere.

Sometimes there’s a fire in your life and you ask God,“Lord, let me go around the fire.” And God says, “No.”Then you ask, “Lord, then let me go over the fire.”And God says, “No.” Then you ask, “Well Lord, please let me go under the fire.” And God says, “No. Go through the fire and I’ll be with you.

Never trust someone that claims they care nothing of what society thinks of them. Instead of conquering obstacles, they simply pretend they don't exist.

A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.

Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left.

Count your summers, not your winters.

He told me that if I hung up, he'd do it. He would commit suicide. He told me that if I called the cops he would kill every single one of them and I knew that he had the potential and the means to do it

If rocks did not persevere under heat and pressure, they would never become diamonds.

Marriage is the beginning of love for your spouse, not the result of it.

You don’t have to wait for a storm to pass to paint your own rainbow.

The bigger the bricks critics throw at you the bigger the palace you are going to build.

A butterfly is a caterpillar who never gave up on his dream to fly.

Learn from seeds to rise, no matter how much dirt is thrown at you.

Maybe not today, Maybe not tomorrow. But somewhere down the line, there has to be a light.

Taking a step in the dark is braver than taking a leap in light.

Wind either breaks a tree or teaches it to dance.

Fear must die for your dreams to live.

A bird that fears turbulence will never know how high it can fly.

Warriors achieve more than worriers.

If you run a hundred miles in your heart, you are ready to run a hundred miles on your feet.

A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.

Use the arrows failure throws at you to hunt for success.

Small steps of faith add up to great leaps of success.

We can overcome the uncertainties in life with courage and hope.

One friend in a storm is worth more than a thousand friends in sunshine.

You can never be upset with the people who forced you into your dream or up higher.

Gravity is no match against one who is determined to reach the stars.

Whether you deny your wounds or see them clearly, they bring a great source of power because they lived in the same place as your heart.

To have a different life you have be a different person. You have to do what you haven't done. You have to become the person that fits that dream. But most of all, you have to realize that if you don't step into your story it becomes the moral of the story. Your inaction is a lesson you leave to your kids-- I was too afraid to change.

Be flexible like trees; when the wind blows bend, but do not break.

A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it.

Some people simply REFUSE to be happy. If they were stuck in a tunnel you can show them the way out and give them a light, but they will just sit there complaining about how they got there. They are more willing to fight to STAY there instead of fighting to coming out. Okay it happened. Now what? Stop focusing so hard on how you got there, focus on how you're going to get out! Keep it moving!

A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.