Overwhelming Quotes

• Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Who I Am, Imperfection

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• When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.

  Ann Landers

  Life, Motivational, Nurse

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• The amount of hassle involved in travel can be overwhelming.

  Paul Theroux

  Travel, Hassle, Involved

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• I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing -- even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficien cy and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -- because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation.

  Barack Obama

  America, Doubt, Energy

  First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

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• I have to admit, at first, it was really overwhelming and I would get stressed about putting things together. Now, it's like trying to figure out a puzzle piece, and I love that...There are so many things that I don't even know and would love to discover more about. I was so upset I had to leave [Europe] before Paris Fashion Week, but then I was like..."Oh wait, my album is coming out."

  Selena Gomez

  Fashion, Europe, Paris

  "Selena Gomez Details Her Style ‘Revival’". Interview with Lauren McCarthy, wwd.com. October 7, 2015.

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• Although we are all the same in not wanting problems and wanting a peaceful life, we tend to create a lot of problems for ourselves. Encountering those problems, anger develops and overwhelms our mind, which leads to violence. A good way to counter this and to work for a more peaceful world is to develop concern for others. Then our anger, jealousy and other destructive emotions will naturally weaken and diminish.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Jealousy, Wisdom

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• Look, freedom is an overwhelming American notion. The idea that we want to see the world, the peoples of the world free is something that all of us subscribe to.

  Joe Biden

  Ideas, Looks, World

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• Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

  Winston Churchill

  Being Strong, Encouraging, Courage

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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• How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.

  Nicholas Stern

  Voice, Faces, Climate

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• What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people in Ireland and Northern Ireland voted in favour of the agreement signed on Good Friday 1998, paving the way for Northern Ireland to become the exciting and inspirational place that it is today.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Friday, Agreement, Years

  Queen Elizabeth II's Dublin Castle Speech, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 18, 2011.

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• Just really, really believe in what you're trying to do. Don't let people alter that. Let people advise you and lead you down paths to make smart business decisions. But trust your instinct and trust that overwhelming drive that made you put all your dreams and everything on the line.

  Luke Bryan

  Dream, Business, Smart

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• At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

  Jane D. Hull

  Positive, Success, Children

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• When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Love, Husband, Passion

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• The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

  Bruce Barton

  Elements, Essentials, Belief

  Bruce Barton (1959). “The Man and the Book Nobody Knows”

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• schools for love do not exist. everyone assumes that we will know how to love instinctively. despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, we still accept that the family is the primary school for love. those of us who do not learn how to love among family are expected to experience love in romantic relationships. however this love often eludes us.

  Bell Hooks

  School, Elude Us, How To Love

  bell hooks (2018). “All About Love: New Visions”, p.26, HarperCollins

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• Face the thing that seems overwhelming and you will be surprised how your fear will melt away.

  Dale Carnegie

  Faces, Seems

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• Life can be magnificent and overwhelming -- that is the whole tragedy. Without beauty, love, or danger it would almost be easy to live.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Tragedy, Easy

  Albert Camus (2012). “Lyrical and Critical Essays”, p.201, Vintage

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, New Beginnings

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• There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

  Washington Irving

  Love, Marriage, Sympathy

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• What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Hope, Paving The Way, Favour

  Queen Elizabeth II's Dublin Castle Speech, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 18, 2011.

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• Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Motivational, Success, Meaningful

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• We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

  Wernher von Braun

  Sarcastic, Work, Science

  "On Bureaucracy". "Chicago Sun-Times" Newspaper, July 10, 1958.

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• Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

  Eubie Blake

  Trust, Envy, Want

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• Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.

  Fred Rogers

  Fear, Grief, Communication

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  A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

  Christopher Reeve

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

  "Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

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