Defy Odds Quotes & Sayings

A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad. — Robert Cormier

let your odds be a point of hope and transformation, let no odds defy you or define you, you have to defy and define it just as you want it to be. So do not be discouraged , keep the encouragement because the journey to your desires comes with expensive lessons that you need to invest in in order to grow — Inspiring Quotes

I act irrationally, I defy the odds, I engage when others would run. I look for trouble, I seek chaos, it is a burden. — Rosie O'Donnell

All the strong black birds of promise who defy the odds and gods and sing their sings — Maya Angelou

I have nothing to declare but my genius, and this four-kilo bag of cocaine. — Oscar Wilde

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds. — Patricia Clarkson

The Arts are pure. It's people that are corrupt. — Tim Easley

I've never used chat-up lines; I don't have the gift of the gab. — Ricky Whittle

I can take two people, throw a world of obstacles at them, defy the odds, and still give them a happily-ever-after. Together. I am a romance author. What's your superpower? — Kelly Moran

The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness - doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement. [Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden. — Ai Weiwei

The odds may be stacked against you. But I believe when you tap into your unique gifts and abilities, while combining them with a sense of purpose, passion, and perseverance you will not only defy those odds, you will help create a better life for yourself and rest of us. — Charles F. Glassman

High school is just like glee, a bunch of people dying of drug overdose. — Daniel Tosh

,,, let go of the real source of our unhappiness: our own self-obsession. Stress, loneliness, pessimism, financial worries, and unhappy relationships all have one thing in common: they're all about "me". — David Michie

I just wish we could hold on to that sense of wonder because sometimes we don't notice some of the most incredible things in the world. We walk by beautiful flowers and trees every day without looking at them. We rush through our day without even saying hi to most of the people we see. We take a lot for granted, and I think that's why some people say it's better to live each day as our last. That way we might start appreciating more things around us. — Ellen DeGeneres

I hope you defy the odds of most dreams and actually accomplish yours. — Colleen Hoover

It was nice meeting you, Lily Bloom. I hope you defy the odds of most dreams and actually accomplish yours." I — Colleen Hoover

Your mind is working on your future based on a suggestion. The question is on whose suggestion it's working on: Yours or others? — Assegid Habtewold

I did not mean to break that planet it was just in the way when I came into being and I fixed it and I said I was sorry and the planet said OK so since I'm supposed to learn from stuff like that I will tell you don't break planets, especially the ones with living things on them, or at least fix them if you do break them. Also, don't go in black holes, no matter how much they look like cute little Nahas. They are not cute! They are actually very bitey and kind of mean. Also just OK I do not want to talk about any of this anymore. — N.K. Jemisin

The odds may be stacked against you. Yet, I believe, when you tap into your unique gifts and abilities, while combining them with a sense of
purpose, passion, and perseverance, you will not only defy those odds, you will help create a better life for yourself and the rest of us. — Charles F. Glassman

Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible. — Zeno Of Citium

Spending time with Savannah made me wonder whether it was possible to defy the norm. I wanted more of her, and no matter what happened between us, I already knew I'd never forget anything about her. As crazy as it sounded, she was becoming part of me, and I was already dreading the fact that we wouldn't be able to spend the day together tomorrow. Or the day after, or the day after that. Maybe, I told myself, we could beat the odds.' - John — Nicholas Sparks

Survival rates for breast cancer are relatively good, but Krishnan has been around illness enough to know there is usually a cruel injustice about the way it strikes. Cranky patients defy the odds, while the kind ones, the ones who bake him cookies or bring him tomatoes from their garden, always seem to die early. Mortality rates utilize the law of averages without consideration for who is most deserving. — Shilpi Somaya Gowda

I must have just dreamed that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3? A foreign coach doing that would be a tactical genius. I imagine people think I fell into that system through a stroke of luck or something ... it took some thought. I didn't just throw them out there. — Brendan Rodgers

The two came to differ on many, if not most, issues. But the man who would single-handedly defy Hitler in 1940 against all odds bears a striking resemblance to the man who organized the first satyagraha campaign in South Africa. — Arthur Herman

When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor. — Walter Hilton

Very" is the most useless word in the English language and can always come out. More than useless, it is treacherous because it invariably weakens what it is intended to strengthen. For example, would you rather hear the mincing shallowness of "I love you very much" or the heart-slamming intensity of "I love you"? — Florence King

Whenever you're dealing with fantasy, and you're doing vampires or anything that is not too based in reality, and you try to base it in reality, you have so much of a greater chance of sounding hokey. — Moon Bloodgood

I know you're worried about me. Not because you think I am incapable but because you secretly have always worried that life would go by without my ever learning how to stomp in the puddles or fall in love. I can promise you I'll learn. If anyone is a teacher for that kind of stuff, it has got to be New York. — Hannah Brencher