Quotes about Overcoming

There are two kinds of suffering in this life. That which pursues us and that which we doggedly pursue.

In 35 yrs of leading I've been afraid at every major step but I DID IT ANYWAY since I REFUSE let fear run my life.

One big contribution my father [Stephen Hawking] has made is to show that having a disability does not bar you from leading a full and eventful life.

Because in life, the question is not if you will have problems, but how you are going to deal with them. Stop failing backward and start failing forward!

You may feel singled out when adversity enters your life. You shake your head and wonder, 'Why me?'

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

The most beautiful people I've known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.

Self-pity is... a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink.

But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it" (1Co 10:13).

I'm not the biggest guy.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

I type 40 words per minute on a normal computer with my left foot. And with two cups of coffee, I can do 53 words per minute.