#overcoming

There is no illusion greater than fear. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#overcoming-fear #inspirational

The most vibrant of flowers often come from the filthiest of soils. ↗

— Zack W. Van

#overcoming-adversity #zack-w-van #inspirational

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#overcoming-obstacles #motivational

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self. ↗

— Francis of Assisi

#beloved #christ #gifts #gives #grace

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #athletes #difficulty #great #important

Identifying and overcoming natural fear is one of the pleasing struggles intrinsic to climbing. ↗

— Alex Lowe

#fear #identifying #intrinsic #natural #natural fear

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. ↗

— Angela Merkel

#central #cold #cold war #courage #decades

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

#any #consequences #first #first step #happened

You necessarily have to be lost, before you’re found. ↗

— T. Scott McLeod

#buddhism #dark-night-of-the-soul #enlightenment #love #meditation

If you are faced with a mountain, you have several options. You can climb it and cross to the other side. You can go around it. You can dig under it. You can fly over it. You can blow it up. You can ignore it and pretend it’s not there. You can turn around and go back the way you came. Or you can stay on the mountain and make it your home. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#coping #difficulties #mountain #mountains #obstacle