What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power in man, the will to power, power itself. What is bad? All that is born of weakness. What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear.
Martin Luther King Jr.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
Wilma Rudolph
Success isn't measured by the position you reach in life: it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.
Booker T. Washington
Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
Nelson Mandela
To overcome a fear, here's all you have to do: realize the fear is there, and do the action you fear anyway.
Peter McWilliams
Some of these errors were just the routine kind of plays. And then we get run-ruled because of it. We're not talented enough to overcome those mistakes.
Todd Fairbourne
It's a bit of a disadvantage for us, which is good, because we need some obstacles to overcome.
Brad Dancer
Three deep fumbles and a dropped ball in the end zone. You just can't do that in varsity football. We couldn't overcome it.
Tee Murabito
He apparently was overcome by the variety of toxic gases and the oxygen deprivation that likely occurred.
Rusty Gregory
Take heednever take advantage of the things you neednever let yourself be overcome by greedwalk the straight and narrow and you shall succeed.
Peter Shaggy
I think Mack is in Mack's head, ... I think he has a hurdle he has to overcome.
Brian Bosworth
I don't think there's any team right now that can overcome our defensive line.
Anthony Saunders
Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.
Eric Hoffer
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.
Saskya Pandita
Our main mission is to increase access and help overcome the digital divide.
Robert Bright
Throw enough time and money at a technology problem, and it can be overcome.
Keith Waryas
It gives the idea that there's hope and life after death, and the sense that we can overcome all our fears, our doubts and our obstacles and live the best life that we possibly can.
Will Simons
We definitely need to overcome the fact that we don't have any divers and we can't secure any points from that. We're going to have to make up those points ourselves.
Miguel Molina
Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty.
William Bennett
That's because the industry as a whole had to overcome the gag reflex.
Tim Mchale
When you build things that are below flood elevations you now have to do engineering to try to overcome what Mother Nature normally tries to do.
Dick Miller
We were able to overcome some first-half foul trouble. They made a lot of free throws and were able to get a little closer, but we were able to hold on.
Brian Ricci
Last season, Huntington and Unioto were the most competitive matches we played. To overcome one of them was a great feat, and I hope the girls come out the same against Huntington.
Lori Anderson
The chances today are better than they were in the past. I still think there are some barriers we would have to overcome.
Alvin Smith
Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.
Tryon Edwards
He's not the first coach there to have to deal with this standard. You really have to overcome the party-school atmosphere that Colorado has ... it's something that was there before him.
Terry Bowden
When you got peace in your heart, you won't have evil thoughts, ... If you have love in your heart. ... The devil is going to come at you now. You'll be able to overcome by God's power.
Sam Hughes
It was an obstacle that Jonathan could overcome. I know Jonathan was strong enough to face the challenge head on and he did that. He was an inspiration and a very special athlete for us.
Roscoe Googe
We have tried to overcome this by installing multiple leased line in our office and inviting select bidders to bid from our office if they so choose.
Minal Vazirani
We've always seemed to be able to overcome, and the last two weeks it just wasn't happening. It was disappointing, because we know we're better than that.
Casey Rabach
All the things he's facing now can be overcome. Seizures can't be overcome.
Dyan Grant
The mindset of poverty is something that has to be overcome. I don't believe that those people who are living in this struggle -- I'm not saying what Bill Cosby is saying, for instance. I'm saying that it's our job to continue to give back.
Russell Simmons
We had so many hurdles to overcome and we still came out decently.
Joseph Curatolo
That a former U.S. congressman couldn't overcome a late start should be a cautionary tale to any other potential latecomers.
John Simpkins
We've watched her be abused in the past, and she's overcome, stood strong. We're not going to be absent or indifferent to the fact that she may be abused again.
Harry Belafonte
I've seen major changes in Vietnam; however, there are still problems and difficulties that need to be overcome.
Vo Nguyen Giap
I certainly don't regret my experiences because without them, I couldn't imagine who or where I would be today. Life is an amazing gift to those who have overcome great obstacles, and attitude is everything!
Sasha Azevedo
I'm proud of my guys. In every great game, like this one, you have to overcome adversity. These guys responded after halftime and did it with fundamentals. This was a big win for us.
Paul Pellicani
Nothing's abnormal in here. Nothing's changed. It's pretty much the same as it's been all year. There's just a little more adversity for the Dodgers to overcome. We've been dealing with stuff all year.
Jayson Werth
I'm confident that we will be back in this market in 2007. We want to keep an open mind and an open dialogue and do what we can to get back in this market in 2007. -- there are hurdles to overcome.
Brian Barnhart
Basically we had to overcome years of abuse and corruption, ... and build a new police force.
Gary Britt
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
Thomas a Kempis
It was a very tight match. But Maria failed to overcome the pressure in the decisive set. We apologize for the defeat.
Lius Pongoh
That just killed us. We're not good enough to be able to overcome that.
John Floyd
It's hard to see how they overcome some of the intrusions onto really pretty sacred territory.
Clint Stretch
We should overcome the various issues and mutually take the risk to hold a summit meeting.
Hidenao Nakagawa
Going in, economists thought that once trade barriers were lifted that small countries would benefit. But we found that cost barriers exist that only large countries and large corporations can overcome.
Gordon Hanson
It gets frustrating sometimes, but every game we win or lose, we always improve and learn from our mistakes. We've got to overcome a lot of things. We're a great ball team, but we're not where we want to be right now.
Brian Jeroloman
It's obviously a challenge for principals and parents and school staff. Challenges have been overcome, and parents are getting that this is a good thing.
Dan Weisberg
It was good to see the girls can overcome obstacles and even pick up their game even more. They stepped up and played strong.
Angell Floyd
My brethren, if you were left to yourselves, you would be overcome by every temptation with which you are beset.
George Whitefield
If we can keep him pain-free for a long time, he can overcome it.
Shane Jabaar
By God's grace and his spirit and power, ... there is a way to live a life that is not [as a homosexual]. If I was born predisposed to kill or lie or embezzle, I have the obligation to myself to overcome that, because it's not in the interest of the common good.
Joe Fields
He's amazing, and his family background is amazing. What he has overcome already in life is really heart-wrenching. I know this: This team loves him. He's the type of guy who really adds to the chemistry of a football team. People can't get enough of him and what he can do with his magic.
Gregg Williams
I am not aware of any current source of funding for construction of an extension to Livermore; it's a difficult burden to overcome.
Joel Keller
It's one significant step, but there are still a lot of hurdles to overcome.
Benn Steil
This weekend was a good example of how we need to be able to overcome things. We had to play 10 games in two days, and we had to fight through some things that were difficult.
Dan O'dell
You've got to overcome adversity if you're going to be a successful player. I'll come to the ballpark tomorrow with a smile on my face.
Joey Devine
Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.
Eugene S. Wilson
We can overcome evil with greater good.
Laura Bush
She's overcome her fear. She's very brave.
Chris Heacock
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.
Dorothy Height
It was too much for the market to overcome. Otherwise, it could have been an even better year profit-wise if so much of (companies') earnings weren't deflected into energy costs.
Rick Meckler
The historic reputation of a public hospital is the main thing we have to overcome.
Dr. Reginald Coopwood
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
W. Somerset Maugham
They've had to overcome a great deal - not as much as I did - but it's become OK to be Latino.
Rita Moreno
The bottom line is that we need to get tougher. It was an important game for Indiana. It should have been important for us, too. I don't know if we're at that point yet to overcome things.
Shannon Bolden
The war crimes hurdle could be overcome in two months at the most.
Vuk Draskovic
There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.
Alfred P. Sloan
We're at the mercy of Mother Nature. We have to be adaptable and overcome situations, whatever we get.
Shannan Keenan
The first thing is whether people can overcome their own preconceived notions. Do you need to see people to know they are working?
Jonathan Spira
Yes, there's a lot of fear, but I happen to believe the love of God can overcome that.
Susan Russell
The field conditions were terrible and the girls were freezing cold, but they were able to overcome that. Their game came together and they played really well.
Matt Anderson
I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.
Gillian Anderson
Atlantic Canada's culture of defeat will be hard to overcome as long as Atlantic Canada is actually physically trailing the rest of the country.
Stephen Harper
With the attitude he seems to have he'll overcome this. He'll go on, he'll be fine and very successful.
Sherry Drummond
While it may take generations of nurturing, nations founded on and grounded in freedom will eventually overcome and prosper. Once free, folks rarely accept anything less, and that includes Iraqis.
Trent Lott
That happens in football. We just had to overcome it.
Chris Harden
The first leg result isn't good, but there is another match to be played and we will do everything possible to overcome the deficit.
Pavel Nedved
I was happy with our kids' effort. Okemos was able to shoot 36 free throws to our 11 attempts, I felt like we were in Ann Arbor. It's definitely not an excuse, but sometimes it's hard to overcome when the whistles are not going your way.
Maurice Nelson
It looks like he tried to hide from the fire in a back room and that turned out to be a fatal error because the apartment filled with smoke and he was overcome.
Jim Leljedal
Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe.
John Milton
I sat there and talked to her for about 30 minutes, and she was overcome with emotion. At that point, it became more personal than about what the company was going to do for her.
Jonathan Marks
The kids fought to the end. But it was just too much to overcome at the end. It seemed like any time we had a run and were cutting into their lead, they hit a big shot.
Bryce Lingen
It's hard to justify staying home sick when you know Marilyn's going to be there and how much she's overcome. Nobody can slough off.
Karen Kahl
So he has to overcome this attitude and go out on the court and say: 'Roger, I don't care what I'm going to have to do ... if I have to rip your throat out I'm going to beat you.
John Newcombe
You operate with low noise and light, and you want them to come to you. They learn to adapt and overcome and we learn to adapt and overcome the same way.
Dan Garibay
If he had ruled the other way on this, the case would have pretty much been over. This lays the foundation, now he has overcome in his mind a huge hurdle to class certification.
Paul Gallagher
It could always happen. I'm just not going to get in a panic about it ... We can teach people how to overcome what otherwise becomes fear and paranoia of the bugs.
Carl Olson
I cannot say that we have a breakthrough. On the contrary, we are working very hard to overcome differences.
James Rubin
To me, it was rewarding to see people come together, not to raise obstacles, but to identify them and overcome them.
Brian Moss
We have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that such a notion could ever have existed.
James Newman
Some are a bit leery. There is an image problem to be overcome.
Nigel Parsons
Goals help you overcome short-term problems.
Hannah More
We're able to overcome obstacles.
Squeaky Johnson
There's an insecure part of me that comes out of me, I get nervous. I don't know why, I wish I could overcome it because it gives me an anxiety feeling.
Fred Durst
Self-pity is the last word for Kendall. The miracle with babies is that they can overcome anything.
Katie Blackhall
I had a great job at Murray State, but I perceived some great potential, and I still do. Dare I say there were some obstacles that we've had to overcome.
Denver Johnson
The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.
Tom Osborne
[T]here's no bad day that can't be overcome by listening to a barbershop quartet; this is just truth, plain and simple.
Chuck Sigars
The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...
Robert Collier
They [St. Augustine] were just too big for us. Their size advantage was too much for us to overcome and that was the difference in the game.
Dennis O'keefe
It's really a great gift, I'll tell you that. Macy's a great woman. I'm overcome.
Randy Lisk
I had to overcome the name Rock. If I'd been as hip then as I am now, I would have never consented to be named Rock.
Rock Hudson
We were able to overcome the limitations to get the best of the buck and the best of the boost put in a single part. All the switches are on the chip, so there are no external switches required.
Dave Heacock
We've got to be able to overcome adversity. We've got to step up and accept the challenge when things go wrong. Instead of moping about it and dropping our heads, we've got to accept the challenge and keep fighting, and we're not doing that right now.
Hal Hayden
It is true that our two governments have economic and political disagreements, but the coordination and work done together have helped overcome the differences.
Craig Stapleton
Don had to overcome a lack of cardio-conditioning to fend off his Round Valley opponent in the last dual of the night. But, you expect no less from Don; he is a fighter and will absolutely never give up no matter what the odds.
Rich Ormand
This team has overcome a lot to go from 4-4 to 10-4. We've had a lot of chances to say that maybe tonight's not our night. But we haven't said it once all year and we're not going to say it.
Rich Kilgour
We want to overcome the gap between the people who generate science and those who use it. Many people or groups may not be all that comfortable calling up a university for help. Many people are also frustrated that they can't find the information they need. It may be available, but it's just not easily accessible.
Kathy Jacobs
It's helped young adolescents, especially males, overcome feelings of awkwardness around members of the opposite sex.
William Dudley
She's going to have to overcome that. Thus far, she's pointing out the problems with him, but I'm not sure she's giving them a good alternative, or at least making them comfortable with the alternative.
Danielle Vinson
Just from learning [by] what Jason went through, I know it doesn't matter who you are, you're going to have criticism. I expect that. I know it's going to come. I just have to block it out and overcome it and just go out there and prove what I can do.
Brandon Cox
This is exactly what we need to do, to have adversity and overcome it. This is big and it can set a tone. We didn't play our best game and maybe we shouldn't have been in that position to begin with, but to see them hang in there and come back is as important as anything that could have happened.
Ivan Smith
Guillermo is a born fighter, he'll overcome this. But beating the number nine in the world means a lot for my game.
Nicolas Almagro
Knocking out the cobwebs that had been over L.A. and over the Great Western Forum and way back in the Sports Arena days when Jerry West and Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain never could overcome the Celtics - that probably was my fondest memory.
James Worthy
I thought he threw better his first time out. He got behind several hitters but was able to overcome those problems.
Steve Stinson
Central is a good team, and you have to be aware of everybody out on the floor. We just didn't overcome a lot of our mistakes. We just didn't execute. We didn't get back on defense the way we should have.
Angie Krebs
I think this team is mentally strong enough to overcome it. We have to.
Aaron Glenn
Through the maturity of the 12 guys on our team we know that no matter what circumstances are, we will keep fighting and overcome. We have to come out every game and play each team is if they are the best in the state.
Kyle Lewis
I believe he will overcome this bump in the road. I believe we can formulate a plan that will have Alex back racing at his previous level.
Tim Ritchey
We're all shocked and overcome with a great feeling of sadness.
Jane Smith
When other children may have given up because of obstacles placed before them, these children did not. These students have overcome some obstacle, whether learning issues or personal issues at home.
Debbie Ritchie
What they told me ... is they feel they were justified in their actions and they were using the amount of force necessary to overcome the situation.
David Benelli
If we have one bad food incident, it would take us a decade to overcome the bad publicity.
Rep. Nancy Detert
When you have all those familiar faces, it's tough to overcome the emotions and I did a bad job of that at the start. I was able to put that aside, use the experience I've gained and take things over.
Seamus Kotyk
We have to overcome with patience what separates us and treasure what brings us closer and unites us.
Alexander Lukashenko
Both can run and they have some of the fastest times of the meet. They are young enough to overcome the dates coming back-to-back, and I think their age will play to their advantage.
Randy Finegan
Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Norman Vincent Peale
What brings in the active-duty military is the fact that the disaster has overcome the state response, when the state is getting overwhelmed.
Sean Kelly
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.
Thomas Otway
I think I caused most of the problems myself by making too many mistakes but I was able to overcome them and finished the match strong.
Russian Dmitry Tursunov
It's been kind of hard. When you lose football games, it starts to creep in your head that maybe you're not good. That's what we're trying to overcome now.
Chris Bean
It is against your horse having to ping his way through machine gun fire. It is one of the things that he has to overcome.
Mick Price
We just got beat by a better team today. We couldn't overcome a lot of two-run spurts.
Mark Foulkes
It's always tough to overcome something like that, but the bottom line is we have to hit and score runs give our pitching a chance to hold up.
Josh Stern
It's a huge boost to someone trying to overcome patterns of self-destructive behavior.
Bruce Bennett
It helps when somebody is holding them accountable and encouraging them. Some of them have been beaten down so badly that they don't think they can overcome.
Judy Swanson
Eventually, they overcome my coaching.
Heath Walton
I don't see the government being able to overcome internal contradictions before that.
Harry Gunatillake
We haven't gotten every penny back and we won't get every penny back. But given all of the hurdles we have had to overcome, more than $5 billion (in settlements) is pretty damn good.
Tom Dresslar
It was a variety of everything. We had a lot of adversity to overcome, whether it was our doing or (Lauderdale County's).
Pamela N. Holloway
There are a lot of obstacles to be overcome.
Tommy Bailey
I got a bit of a small obstacle to overcome this offseason. I fully expect to be ready when camp starts.
Kerry Wood
We're giving a lot of weight away to some really nice horses. Hopefully he can overcome it.
Mark Frostad
This is to calm people, not to bring more panic. The government is ready to overcome this.
Siti Fadillah Supari
I'm proud of them. With all the adversity they had to overcome, that was a tremendous, tremendous win.
Brent Bartlett
We weren't insured for that. It was supposed to be there for less than 60 days. I'm sure somehow we'll overcome it. The good news is 2004 is an awesome vintage.
Delia Viader
We've got to do something different to overcome that situation.
John Ciarimboli
We expected more out of ourselves than we've given this season. We've had a lot of obstacles to overcome. But really, we can finish this season out and be where we want to be.
Kristi Harrell
I just feel we got ourselves into too big of a hole early to overcome that lead.
Susie Runaas
I've never had a year like this, ... This is the first time I've had to overcome this many at one time.
Champ Bailey
These champions have overcome more than many of us can even imagine. Each story testifies of the strength of these kids and the outstanding caregivers who have changed their lives.
Marie Osmond
This is really very little money. I must underline that those obstacles have always been overcome when resources are available and when the countries are committed.
Ciro De Quadros
What would matter then is what was out there in, say, 1999 and 2000. What anybody was doing similar to Creative could be a huge burden to overcome.
Mark Goldstein
We were just knocking on the door and we came so close to winning this thing. With all they had to overcome this year, it was a great job. Nobody expected this.
Gail Kloster
I hope not. I think overall he's done a good job, and I hope he can overcome any immediate problems that are out there.
James Crosby
The public has the perception that if they're in a high-performance vehicle that they can get away from us. Now we have the horsepower and handling capability to overcome any high-performance vehicle.
Larry Schnall
What ever is the natural propensity of a person is hard to overcome. If a dog were made a king, he would still gnaw at his shoes laces.
Hitopadesa
They shot 46 free throws and we shot 20. That's a big difference to overcome.
Robert Corn
He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.'
Julian of Norwich
Gloversville is tough in that there's a perception to overcome - that it's a dying mill town.
Andrew Johnston
It's very disappointing because he had to overcome the shoulder injuries. He's expected to play next year and we're optimistic that'll be the case.
Ray Tanner
It's a tough learning curve, I think. Very tough, even for guys who are very talented. It's difficult for those guys to get enough confidence to have that immediate impact that's expected sometimes. It can be done, but there are some things to overcome.
Steve Walters
SBA can help these small businesses overcome their economic injuries by offering these working capital loans, but the help cannot start until they apply.
Frank Skaggs
You can't just give them the ball. You quick-shot against them and they're explosive coming up the floor. It's hard to overcome that kind of stuff.
Doug Bruno
When we got to talking about this, I knew in my heart it could be done. This community has never let us down when there is something as important as air service. We've come through in all sorts of circumstances, and this Essential Air Service is just the last of those little hurdles we've had to overcome.
Karen Wagner
If the husband hadn't pulled her out so soon, she could have been quickly overcome by fire.
Heather Danenhower
The mindset of the key players has been more focused on the difficulties and the initial competitive disadvantages their own jurisdictions could encounter, as against the mechanism to overcome those difficulties.
Roy Johnson
Adversity is always there. There's always a way to overcome it.
Ashley Carr
We've faced a few teams like that, and we've got to find a way to overcome it.
Josh Gorges
We didn't intend it to go this way, but sometimes you have to overcome obstacles. We're doing it right now in the beginning of the new stretch, but we're going down a long road ahead of us.
Vincent Grier
We realize what we have to overcome. They have a lot of skilled players, and we have to find a way to win one in their building and come home and do something magical.
Shaun Heshka
We know we can relay on each other to overcome anything.
Dana Radulovich
I had to get a different quarterback in there. There's absolutely nothing you can do to overcome a lack of focus from the quarterback. If he ain't got his head in the game, I've got to get a new head in there.
David Daniels
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Albert Schweitzer
In Greece much has been accomplished because of the common effort of all. But still much remains to be done in order to deal with our national issues, to overcome the multifaceted crisis of today, and to safeguard the place that belongs to us . . .
Constantine Karamanlis
A veritable incubator of short cuts, schemes and devices to overcome the truth.
David A. Stockman
When you're down 2-1 after doubles, that is something that is hard to overcome. You have to give a lot of credit to Lincoln Memorial. They're a very good team; we couldn't beat them.
Marc Walters
We really got beat down in some games last year. We have a lot of things to overcome from last year. It's going to take some time.
Patrick Mcgaha
Many kids come to school already disconnected, apathetic or alienated, and the only way you can overcome that is to give these kids a sense of being connected, a sense of being cared about. It sounds a little touchy-feely, and it is, but it's important.
Thomas Toch
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