Quotes about Overcoming
Be willing to have it so; acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
— William James
Every time you meet a situation, though you think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the torture of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it, you find that forever after you are freer than you were before.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties.
— Charles Spurgeon
Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.
— Lou Holtz
He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.
— Samuel Johnson
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
— Anonymous
Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.
— William Barclay
Our Father in Heaven does not wish us to cower. He does not want us to wallow in our misery. He expects us to square our shoulders, roll up our sleeves, and overcome our challenges.
— Joseph Wirthlin
I know you feel decimated, but don't let your circumstances tell you who God is. Let who God is tell you how to deal with your circumstances.
— Susan May Warren
You will never be enough, Ford. When you are weak, because of Him, you are strong.
— Susan May Warren
It's not what happens to us, it's how we respond. Being broken, being empty is part of life. But how we fill up those empty places, how we heal - that's what matters.
— Susan May Warren