Overcoming Quotes - Page 23

• I can hear President Snow's voice in my head. 'On the seventy-fifth anniversary, as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the capital, the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors.

  Suzanne Collins

  President Snow, Voice, Males

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

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• She followed slowly, taking a long time, As though there were some obstacles in the way; And yet: as though, once it was overcome, She would be beyond all walking, and would fly.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Long, Would Be, Way

  Rainer Maria Rilke, Walter W. Arndt (1989). “The Best of Rilke: 72 Form-true Verse Translations with Facing Originals, Commentary, and Compact Biography ; Translated by Walter Arndt ; Foreword by Cyrus Hamlin”, p.166, UPNE

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• Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate, while I still have to speak English or Spanish when I would rather speak Spanglish, and as long as I have to accommodate the English speakers rather than having them accommodate me, my tongue will be illegitimate. I will no longer be made to feel ashamed of existing. I will have my voice: Indian, Spanish, white. I will have my serpent's tongue - my woman's voice, my sexual voice, my poet's voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.

  Gloria E. Anzaldúa

  Writing, Speak English, Voice

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• Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That's why people discover mathematical infinity and electromagnetic waves, that's why they write symphonies.

  Jon Krakauer

  Writing, Views, Symphony

  Jon Krakauer (2011). “Into the Wild”, p.186, Pan Macmillan

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• You wouldn’t be normal if you were never afraid. Even the bravest men experience fear. One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat is to overcome fear.

  Joseph Heller

  Jobs, Men, Faces

  Joseph Heller (1999). “Catch-22: A Novel”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• The real opposition is that between the ego-bound man, whose existence is structured by the principle of having, and the free man, who has overcome his egocentricity.

  Erich Fromm

  Real, Men, Ego

  Erich Fromm (1997). “On Being Human”, p.127, A&C Black

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• I'm still willing to continue living with the burden of this memory. Even though this is a painful memory, even though this memory makes my heart ache. Sometimes I almost want to ask God to let me forget this memory. But as long as I try to be strong and not run away, doing my best, there will finally be someday...there will be finally be someday I can overcome this painful memory. I believe I can. I believe I can do it. There is no memory that can be forgotten, there is not that kind of memory. Always in my heart.

  Natsuki Takaya

  Running, Strong, Memories

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• Don't be afraid," I said, "We belong together." I was immediatly overcome by the truth of my own words.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Romantic, Together, Said

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• 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 B. Wirthlin

  Father, Squares, Heaven

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• I am the one whose love overcomes you, already with you when you think to call my name.

  Jane Kenyon

  Thinking, Names

  Jane Kenyon (2005). “Collected Poems”, Graywolf Press

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• Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the reader likes and relates to (2) overcomes increasingly difficult obstacles (3) to reach an important goal. The more important the goal, the stronger the novel. And the most important goal that any of us have is survival. That's why murder mysteries are more gripping than a story titled "Who Stole My TV Set.

  Lois Duncan

  Murder Mysteries, Goal, Survival

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• Difficulties are made to be overcome ~ Miss Felicity Lemon, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Plymouth Express

  Agatha Christie

  Missing, Plymouth, Made

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• The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man goodness, the miser with generosity, and the liar with truth. (Indian proverb) It sounds good, doesn’t it? If only people and life were that effing easy. Trust me, it takes more than a friendly biscuit to tame a hungry lion. And it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. Then it’s war. (Savitar)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hurt, Fun, War

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2007). “Upon The Midnight Clear”, p.1, Macmillan

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• As the alcohol overcomes my mind, I hear the glass bottle shatter on the floor. This seems appropriate since I have obviously lost my grip on everything.

  Suzanne Collins

  Glasses, Alcohol, Mind

  Suzanne Collins (2010). “Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)”, p.179, Scholastic Inc.

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• What once bound him Will make him flee Place of power-joining of five Night Spirit Blood Humanity Earth Joined not to conquer, Instead to overcome Night leads to Spirit Blood binds Humanity And Earth completes.

  P. C. Cast

  Night, Blood, Humanity

  Kristin Cast, P. C. Cast (2009). “Hunted: Number 5 in series”, p.207, Hachette UK

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• A story is a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it.

  Donald Miller

  Character, Want Something, Stories

  Donald Miller (2009). “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life”, p.48, Thomas Nelson

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• Perhaps all our troubles - all the violence, obesity, illness, depression, and greed we can't overcome - began when we stopped living as Running People. Deny your nature, and it will erupt in some other, uglier way.

  Christopher McDougall

  Running, People, Greed

  Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.99, Profile Books

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• A lesson without pain is meaningless. For you cannot gain anything without sacrificing something else in return, but once you have overcome it and made it your own...you will gain an irreplaceable fullmetal heart.

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Pain, Heart, Sacrifice

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• Don’t be afraid,” she said, coldly, “ as far as love may go she may be worthy of you. It must have taken a good deal to overcome her pride. Don’t be afraid, John.

  Elizabeth Gaskell

  Taken, Pride, May

  Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.1510, BookCaps Study Guides

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• Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.

  Kim Edwards

  Simple, Facts, Serious

  Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.129, Penguin

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• The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Boredom, Married, Problem

  "Love in the Time of Cholera". Book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1985.

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• I have done, this year, what I said I would: overcome my fear of facing a blank page day after day, acknowledging myself, in my deepest emotions, a writer, come what may.

  Sylvia Plath

  Years, Done, May

  Sylvia Plath (2013). “The Journals of Sylvia Plath”, p.307, Anchor

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• Happiness is the feeling that power increases - that resistance is being overcome.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Happiness, Feelings, Resistance

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2013). “The Selected Writings of Friedrich Nietzsche”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you mean am I worried about people seeing me with my jeans off? Sure. Sometimes people are overcome. They fall down. They hit their heads. It's worrying.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Fall, Mean, Jeans

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• I always write a draft version of the novel in which I try to develop, not the story, not the plot, but the possibilities of the plot. I write without thinking much, trying to overcome all kinds of self-criticism, without stopping, without giving any consideration to the style or structure of the novel, only putting down on paper everything that can be used as raw material, very crude material for later development in the story.

  Mario Vargas Llosa

  Writing, Thinking, Self

  Mario Vargas Llosa (2013). “A Writer's Reality”, p.48, Faber & Faber

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