Overcoming Quotes - Page 2

Gratitude was never a noun; it's secretly a verb. It is not a place you accept defeat, settle in for broken dreams or call it the best life will get. Gratitude is getting out of laziness, self pity, denial and insecurity, in order to walk through that door God has been holding open for you this entire time.

We are the Dragon-Hearted.

One does not become strong lifting feathers.

It is easier to move mountains using God's hands.

Truth is never a straight line; it is a circle that will take you back to what you know, in order to challenge your belief in what is fair, what is real, what is forgiveable, what is not and what type of person will you become today now that you know.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

Licking your wounds will not stop the bleeding, but applying pressure will.

We all must deal with our shadows the best we can. No one can conquer them for us.

God can deliver you so well that some people won’t believe your testimony.

I've played Romeo for Juliet(But in depth)It's vignettes of silhouettes(And then read)And watched Russian roulette, yeah red SovietYet doing it simultaneouslyWhile dropping down shed oubliettesTurned around and took truth to the head thatLove is the ugliest thing too beautiful for death

I realize the simple truth is that power isn’t control at all- power is strength, and giving that strength to others. A leader isn’t someone who forces others to make him stronger; a leader is someone willing to give his strength to others so that they may have the strength to stand on their own.

The courage to live brings its own rewards.

The calmest part of the storm is not in its eye, but in your own soul.

When people want to win they will go to desperate extremes. However, anyone that has already won in life has come to the conclusion that there is no game. There is nothing but learning in this life and it is the only thing we take with us to the grave—knowledge. If you only understood that concept then your heart wouldn’t break so bad. Jealousy or revenge wouldn’t be your ambition. Stepping on others to raise yourself up wouldn’t be a goal. Competition would be left on the playing field, and your freedom from what other people think about you would light the pathway out of hell.

Dancing in the rain is better than despairing in the storm.

If you are going through hell, keep walking until you reach heaven.

On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes.

Never do a single thing in the anticipation to prove something to someone who has hurt you. If someone has hurt or offended you (whoever that person may be), never perform anything or strive for anything in your life with the mind of proving something to that someone/ to those people. May nothing that you do be done with any thought of them in mind. There is nothing that needs to be proven.

What else has kept any of us going, but love of someone or the memory of that love?

To weaken the body, remove blood. To weaken the character, remove struggle.

One who conquers fear cannot be conquered by anyone.

What happens to us are tiny matters compare to us response to any situation.

Stumbling towards greatness is better than sprinting towards mediocrity.

If you want to know if someone was meant to be in your future, then remove all the worldly things about them from your mind. Don’t think about their looks, the intimate moments or their personality. Now, think about how they made you feel, how they improved your life and what virtues they possess that push you to want to become better. Did they bring you closer to God? Did they bring you to your life mission? Did they ever lie to you, betray you or made it impossible for you to feel comfortable speaking your mind? When you remove all the shine from a diamond, it becomes a glass rock. What value is it then? See beneath the surface and you will know who your future is with.

Step up your game and success will step up to you.

Are we not all books waiting for someone to pick us up and read the pages that people missed?

What you endured was a sign of what you would become.

The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of slacking when at the threshold of failure.

Behind your darkest fears lie your brightest rewards.

If an ant carries an object a hundred times its weight, you can carry burdens many times your size.

Stay strong in spirit, be patient and you will overcome any situation.

My burden is my purpose. Without it, I wouldn't be.

Use your tears to water the garden of your dreams.

Shatter your fears and you will shatter records.

Grief is a hone to a hard mind.

Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and I did not put on an ounce of makeup. I grabbed a worn out black oversized jacket to cover myself with even though it is warm outside. I have made conscious decisions lately to look like less of what I felt a male would want to see. I want to disappear.

Revolution must take place within one's own mind.

Time heals nothing. It only brings other issues and tissues, and takes what is incurable or unacceptable out of the center of our attention.

So many had burned opportunities in the name of postponement, believing that another opportunity will arise. They fail to seize the spur of the moment, without thinking that maybe, that could be their last chance to actualize their long nurtured dreams. Achieving your heart desires in this century requires your alertness, diligence, and overcoming the hindrances that procrastination brings.

Because failure works double time, to get success, work triple time.

Rising amateurs always intimidate falling masters.

A mighty storm is inconsequential when facing a mighty ship.

Singing in a storm silences thunder’s threats.

Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.

The thorny path to greatness is better than the rosy path to mediocrity.

Blow by blow a giant is knocked down.

The fault in our stars is the inability to see that the world falls in love with fantasy, fairytales and magic in movies. Even religion asks us to believe in the most unlikely of situations. However, despite all the great movies we love, we choose to see so many real life spiritual experiences as delusion, mania, psychosis or wishful thinking. Our society gives great devotion to the arts. However, they solve so many problems with realism, rather than giving into the possibilty of God's plan for a person, that doesn't involve their theological views about how God helps write his children's stories.

The story of my birth that my mother told me went like this: "When you were coming out I wasn't ready yet and neither was the nurse. The nurse tried to push you back in, but I shit on the table and when you came out, you landed in my shit."If there ever was a way to sum things up, the story of my birth was it.

It is not a single crime when a child is photographed while sexually assaulted (raped.) It is a life time crime that should have life time punishments attached to it. If the surviving child is, more often than not, going to suffer for life for the crime(s) committed against them, shouldn't the pedophiles suffer just as long? If it often takes decades for survivors to come to terms with exactly how much damage was caused to them, why are there time limits for prosecution?

Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness.

One who conquers fear conquers his greatest enemy.

Behind your greatest fears lie your greatest rewards.

The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.

Don't let what you thought you were yesterday keep you from becoming what you're meant to be today.

The uglier the caterpillar the lovelier the butterfly.

John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody was going to listen to me anyway.

Fear will do one thing and one thing only: hold you back

The opinion of success matters more than the opinions of your critics.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

You are not your past. You are the warrior that rose above it to become the example of someone who didn't survive, but thrived in creating the most beautiful last chapter of their life.