Overwhelmed Quotes

• Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.

  Confucius

  Simple, What Matters, Focus

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• Sometimes when you're overwhelmed by a situation - when you're in the darkest of darkness - that's when your priorities are reordered.

  Phoebe Snow

  Priorities, Darkness, Sometimes

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• I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words.

  Theodore Roethke

  Beautiful, Disorder, Eternal

  Theodore Roethke (2001). “On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose of Theodore Roethke”, p.203, Copper Canyon Press

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• Almost all negative moods are missing one key element - calm. By learning calm, you learn to deal with difficult areas. Calm allows us to achieve what we want, without being overwhelmed by anxiety.

  Liz Miller

  Keys, Anxiety, Missing

  Liz Miller (2010). “Mood Mapping: Plot your way to emotional health and happiness”, p.80, Pan Macmillan

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• I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges.

  Joseph B. Wirthlin

  Order, Priorities, Temptation

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• If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

  Chuck Close

  Pieces, Size, Problem

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• We can endure much more than we think we can; all human experience testifies to that. All we need to do is learn not to be afraid of pain. Grit your teeth and let it hurt. Don't deny it, don't be overwhelmed by it. It will not last forever. One day, the pain will be gone and you will still be there.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Hurt, Pain, Grief

  Harold S Kushner (2011). “When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough: The Search For a Life That Matters”, p.170, Pan Macmillan

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• He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it.

  H. G. Wells

  Doe, Contemplating, Destined

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• A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Stress, Sadness, Soul

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jul 22, 2014

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• No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Being Yourself, Lonely, Loneliness

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• When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

  Maya Angelou

  Hope, Honesty, Integrity

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• At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety.

  Nigella Lawson

  Anxiety, Literature, Misery

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• I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.

  Frida Kahlo

  Love, Drinking, Happy Friday

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• The heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God.

  Matt Redman

  Love, Beauty, God

  FaceBook post by Matt Redman from Oct 28, 2013

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• I think faith is incredible important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it.

  Joel Osteen

  Grief, Believe, Thinking

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• Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness.

  John Calvin

  Fear, Sailing, Mind

  John Calvin (2007). “Letters of John Calvin”, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Depression, Sadness, Oneself

  Jackie Kennedy's remarks after President Kennedy's assassination, 1963.

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• God waits only the separation of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward. Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress, when life is so soon over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness -- to glory?

  Charlotte Bronte

  Waiting, Crowns, Flesh

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.61, Penguin

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• Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature

  George Harrison

  Should Have, Should

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• Real wisdom is recognizing and accepting that every experience is impermanent. With this insight you will not be overwhelmed by ups and downs. And when you are able to maintain an inner balance, you can choose to act in ways that will create happiness for you and for others. Living each moment happily with an equanimous mind, you will surely progress toward the ultimate goal of liberation from all suffering.

  S. N. Goenka

  Real, Goal, Mind

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• I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspiring, Persistence, People

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• If I feel strongly about anything, I get overwhelmed with emotion.

  Emma Stone

  Emotion, Feels, Ifs

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• Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Feels, Knows

  Kevin DeYoung (2013). “Crazy Busy”, p.11, SPCK

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• Your own pain is involuntary; you feel overwhelmed and have no control. When feeling the pain of others, there is an element of discomfort, but there also is a level of stability because you are voluntarily accepting pain. It gives you a sense of confidence.

  Dalai Lama

  Pain, Helping Others, Giving

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• If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed.

  Tony Robbins

  Motivational, Spiritual, Mistake

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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