Quotes about Overcoming
Anyone God uses significantly is always deeply wounded.
— Brennan Manning
The only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.
— Brennan Manning
In most testimonies the good news is only a small part of the story, obscured by our achieving and overcoming. In Brennan's story, and in mine, the good news is the entire story, which blessedly leaves us with nothing to prove or protect.
— Brennan Manning
Every Christian is constantly invited to overcome his neighbor's fear by entering into it with him, and to find in the fellowship of suffering the way to freedom.
— Henri Nouwen
Setting our hearts on something involves not only serious aspiration but also strong determination. A spiritual life requires human effort. The forces that keep pulling us back into a worry-filled life are far from easy to overcome.
— Henri Nouwen
The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
— Will Rogers
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
— Maya Angelou
'Option B' draws not just on my story but on the research and stories of many people overcoming all kinds of adversity. No one should have to go through challenges and trauma alone.
— Sheryl Sandberg
If the Devil can only make you think that you are abused or ill treated, and you begin to fret about it, and you give the Devil power over you - in the end, it is as bad as though you had done wrong yourself.
— Brigham Young
I myself have gone through a lot of trials and tribulations with insecurity and body dysmorphia, and stuff like that.
— Eva Marie
When satan wants you to cry and you laugh, you defeat him
— TB Joshua
Out of these ashes beauty will rise.
— Steven Curtis Chapman