Overcoming Quotes - Page 27

The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. Naturally this was a fierce struggle; inhibitions of the most frightful kind had to be overcome, the panic fear, 'Is that possible, then?' So it came about that gradually a piece was written, firmly and consciously, that wasn't in a definite key any more.

The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.

I know some photographs that are extraodrinary in their power and conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial power or subject; the concept and statement must be quite convincing in themselves to win over a dramatic and compelling subject situation.

There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome.

What will you do if your product still further increases next year? You should then destroy again the warehouses which you are now preparing to build, and build bigger. For the reason why God has given you fruitful harvests is that He might either overcome your avarice or condemn it; wherefore you can have no excuse. But you keep for yourself what He wished to be produced through you for the benefit of many - nay, rather, you rob even yourself of it, since you would better preserve it for yourself if you distributed it to others.

To dwell on the things that depress or anger us does not help in overcoming them. One must knock them down alone.

We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.

Transhumanist technology will do much for the world that the world can't really imagine yet, including overcome some of the climate issues the world is facing.

Winners evaluate themselves in a positive manner and look for their strengths as they work to overcome weaknesses.

Think not of the amount to be accomplished, the difficulties to be overcome, or the end to be attained, but set earnestly at the little task at your elbow, letting that be sufficient for the day.

Irrespective of how we physiologically are made, even possessing special weaknesses, we can overcome our sins through the Lord.

If in argument we can make a man angry with us, we have drawn him from his vantage ground and overcome him.

Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief.

If Colin Powell was president, I'd follow him. I wanna get into politics. That's the way for us to overcome a lot of our obstacles.

It is better to know what to fear than to say 'no fear.'

If we are to love sincerely, and with simplicity, we must first of all overcome the fear of not being loved.

Steady faith is stronger than destiny. Destiny is the result of causes, mostly accidental, and is therefore loosely woven. Confidence and good hope will overcome it easily.

Denying our weaknesses is neither power, nor protection. We cannot overcome those disabling parts of our own nature which in fact steal our power away, if we do not acknowledge they exist.

People should remain unaffected by what others may say. A true man is one who overcomes the ups and downs of life with fortitude. One should not recoil before reverses of fortunes. One should bravely face them and overcome them.

Sometimes the tasks we take on seem virtually impossible. But amazingly, when we harness the incredible power of the subconscious in our lives, we can accomplish whatever we set out to do, no matter what obstacles we have to overcome.

No matter what the circumstances of our death, we overcome the horrors of our lives and find peace at last.

Human nature is largely something that has to be overcome.

If a monk can overcome two things, he can become free from the world. Bodily ease and vain-glory.

We must know how to confide. There is the fear of God and the fear of a Judas. Too much fear makes one labour without love, and too much confidence prevents from considering the danger which we must overcome.