Quotes about Overcoming

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

I'm a man who has failed in many areas, but the one thing I don't want to do is quit.

God can take what Satan meant for shame and use it for His glory. Just when we think we've messed up so badly that our lives are nothing but heaps of ashes, God pours His living water over us and mixes the ashes into clay. He then takes this clay and molds it into a vessel of beauty. After He fills us with His overflowing love, He can use us to pour His love into the hurting lives of others.

Rejection steals the best of who I am by reinforcing the worst of what's been said to me.

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard.

If she could give love to IT perhaps it would shrivel up and die, for she was sure that IT could not withstand love.

The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. Thats the essence of it.

Your greatest highs come from overcoming your greatest lows.

Never allow temporary defeat to keep you from lasting victory.

Rise above storms.Sail against tides.Succeed against the odds.