Quotes & Sayings About Overcoming Challenges

Remember that nearly all extraordinary accomplishments began by overcoming a series of challenges that discourage and tempt us to quit, before we succeed. Those that maintain faith, stay committed, follow through and keep moving forward are the few that achieve everything they want in life. Be one of the few. — Hal Elrod

You are stronger than your challenges and your challenges are making you stronger. — Karen Salmansohn

A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it. — Ray A. Davis

Endurance is spiritual. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you expect life to be easy, challenges will seem difficult. If you accept that challenges may occur, life will be easier. — Rob Liano

Hope is a great assurance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God will not allow you to add the words "next time" to now faith. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

Trust in God gives self-power. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable. — Thomas S. Monson

God's grace grant us immeasurable ability to overcome adversity of any type. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Often, people give up without knowing success was just around the corner; if they had only preserved a little longer, if they had only tried one more time, they could have succeed. — Ashley Ormon

A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them. — Brian Tracy

Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, gaining fluency in skills, and experiencing the power this brings. You develop patience. Boredom no longer signals the need for distraction, but rather the need for new challenges to conquer. — Robert Greene

Overcoming one of my limiting beliefs, "girls are not as strong as men, therefore we cannot attempt the same physical challenges." I can tell you, with all certainty, this is not true. I have accomplished things on skis no one thought were physically possible for females. — Lynsey Dyer

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity. — Stephen Covey

Maybe that's what growing up was really all about. Adults always say how complicated life gets as we age, but really, I think we just look for bigger challenges to overcome. Our biggest fears stretch from sleeping without our beloved teddy bear to finding out that we have no purpose in life. Did time, maturity, and overcoming obstacles offer the kind of contentment so evident in Orvin? Or did we just simply give up and surrender to the life we were already living? — Renee Carlino

a great publicity is a high way to remote customers and a universal key to the gate of ignorance — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

This is a story about understanding overcoming compulsion, love overcoming revulsion; and oneness overcoming abuse. About the rare sort of kind-geniality, and brave-morality; which we all possess but seldom use.

A story about detractors who will be defeated, challenges which will be completed; and principles which will be proclaimed. About acts of persecution, and threats of execution; which will all be constrained.

This is the beginning of Alfred Freeman's story, the beginning of a life full of glory; and the beginning of Alfred himself. Because Alfred is being born, in his human form; with peaceful-eyes and perfect-health. — Joss Sheldon

We must face all our fears and conquer each one of them. — Lailah Gifty Akita

After that it was easy. It was the most impossible thing I'd ever done, but it was also easy. I held on to Jamie, and I kept moving forward. — Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

You are not your past. You are the warrior that rose above it to become the example of someone who didn't survive, but thrived in creating the most beautiful last chapter of their life. — Shannon L. Alder

God is so much bigger than our 'what ifs' that he can turn them into 'why nots — Gary Rohrmayer

Boy! There are times when I get the feeling that science develops things that are supposed to be good for us, but that just make trouble."

Dr. Tresselt's blue eyes seemed to throw out sparks of amusement. "I know how you feel, Joe," he said. "But my stars, boy, nobody can be alive and never have any trouble! Being alive is just meeting troubles every day and overcoming them. Just to stand up straight against the pull of gravity is a fight, isn't it? — Jay Williams

Our confident hope is our great trust in God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You do not continue to sit on thorns that continue to prickle you. If the prickling continues, ponder and continue — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Relish the challenge of overcoming difficulties that would crush ordinary men ... learn to suffer. — Mark Twight

May you find the grace of triumph over any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

When we desire to be a blessing, we find that there are many ways in which we can bless others. We can give material goods to others, and we can also offer them the benefit of our experience. People who have faced and overcome challenges with alcohol and drugs often involve themselves in helping others who are experiencing similar difficulties. They understand the value of overcoming the problem. In every area of the human experience, we may find those precious ones who are able and willing to be a blessing to others. — John Templeton

Uncommon solutions can always overcome problems of the most common or uncommon kind if I am sufficiently committed to overcoming them. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

If we never challenge our shortcomings, we ensure that they remain our Achilles' heel. — Gina Greenlee

The measure of a man, or woman, is not so much what they have accomplished, though that has weight. It often is much more though what that man or woman has overcome to accomplish what they have. — Leif Gregersen

If it is going to kill you," Enso Roshi says, "then let it kill you. — T. Scott McLeod

I love hearing stories about, you know, people who are overcoming challenges in their life. And when you experience hardships, you can either fold or rally, and just by a paradigm shift in your belief system. — Brooke Burns

Having a dream is what keeps you alive. Overcoming the challenges makes life worth living. — Mary Tyler Moore

No more crying. Tears only cause destructive
floods. When you are sad, you build a boat. — Katherine Russell

Consider your self as a strong person when you have been challenged enough...(think about it) If you have allowed people to continually step all over you,then you deserve to be used as a doormat! — Auliq Ice

We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles. — Stephen Covey

Future dreams distract you from present nightmares. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Life is a sacred enduring journey. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Let's face it. you become a deeper person amidst adversity. You become a more perceptive, strong, resilient person when life is not handed to you on a silver platter held by a butler. — Cathy Lamb

I love overcoming challenges and fear. — Laura Wilkinson

You don't overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger. — John C. Maxwell

There are no negatives in life, only challenges to overcome that will make you stronger. — Eric Bates

God is our strongest anchor. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God's grace gives strength overcome any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those. — J. R. Celski

You can conquer any mountain with faith, hope and courage. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Overcoming challenges makes life a worthwhile adventure. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Our experiences always teach us something. If the experience is "bad", then the lesson is even more powerful and meaningful. Every unfortunate incident makes us stronger and better equipped to handle new challenges. — Miya Yamanouchi

What offers immediate pleasure comes to seem like a distraction, an empty entertainment to help pass the time. Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, gaining fluency in skills, and experiencing the power this brings. — Robert Greene

The Key to overcoming the challenges in life is to make up your mind to overcome the Challenge — Carlton Young

Don't let the situation say stop to your true purpose;say stop to the situation. Situations are situations and you are you — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

There is greatness in you, dare to do something! There is an opposition you face, dare to overcome every obstacle! No one has ever blaze a trail without overcoming challenges. No one has ever been a champion without a competition. No matter how your present sees you, how you see your present is what matters. The matter doesn't matter; how you see the matter is what matters! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Always be ready for criticism for there shall always be people who shall be ready always to criticize you. The positive lesson you learn from your critics, is the most important thing which matter and not just the matter! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Overcoming challenges purifies you like gold to become bold. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill on the way which may seem to be the end of the journey, but should a pilgrim of life climb such a mountain with tenacity and courage and gets to its apex, he would not only deeply feel and understand the tenacity and the courage it takes to climb the mountain, but he would also see ahead and have a clearer picture of the way forward better! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

All ways will lead and take you there as long as you know where you want to go. — Auliq Ice

The only way to go beyond your fears is to grow beyond them and that always means challenging, overcoming and learning from them. — Dean Frazer

Your sense of pleasure becomes redefined. What offers immediate pleasure comes to seem like a distraction, an empty entertainment to help pass the time. Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, gaining fluency in skills, and experiencing the power this brings. You — Robert Greene

The challenges and how we deal with them: that's what defines us.
Problems don't define us; it's our ability to overcome and transform. — Jared Leto

Use what you've been through as fuel, believe in yourself and be unstoppable! — Yvonne Pierre

Look to the Lord in every situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Adversity awakens the spirit of every man. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no guarantee that life will be easy for anyone. We grow and learn more rapidly by facing and overcoming challenges. You are here to prove yourself, to develop, and to overcome. There will be constant challenges that cause you to think, to make proper judgments, and to act righteously. You will grow from them. However, there are some challenges you never need to encounter. They are those associated with serious transgression. As you continue to avoid such tragedy, your life will be simpler and happier. You will see others around you who don't make that choice, who do things that are wrong and evil and bring sadness. Thank your Father in Heaven that your pattern of life is different and that you have been helped to make choices guided by the Holy Ghost. That prompting will keep you on the right path. — Richard G. Scott

The greater the destiny, the greater obstacles you'll have to overcome. No great destiny comes without great challenges and sacrifices. — Jeanette Coron

Winning requires reaching inside of yourself for that extra gear to accelerate challenges. — Orrin Woodward

Let them see you cry. Let them see you sweat. Let them see you bleed. Those three drops make you human. Never fear to show your humanity. It's the bravest act of all. — Toni Sorenson

The LORD GOD is a shelter from the heat.
The LORD GOD is a refuge from the storm. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Adapt to any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

We may have to struggle to achieve our goals, but our struggles may yield as much growth as our learning. The strengths we develop in overcoming challenges will be with us in the eternities to come. — Dallin H. Oaks

When you overcome the difficulties of life, you develop an inner strength — Lailah Gifty Akita

He who doesn't want to face his or her challenges shall always face challenges! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

The spirit of hope will sustain you in every situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The point of overcoming great challenges isn't to make a million dollars or change the world. The point is to gain strength and wisdom within. — Kevin Cole

By facing our challenges and overcoming them, we grow stronger, wiser, and more compassionate. — John Templeton

May you find the grace of triumph in any situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God's presence in our lives gives us the greatest hope. — Lailah Gifty Akita

God takes us through the fires to refine us like gold. — Lailah Gifty Akita

CONCERNED BUT NOT CONSUMED! — Ron Sanders

Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge. — Jim Rohn

You necessarily have to be lost, before you're found. — T. Scott McLeod

When you anticipate adversity, you can then plan for adversity. You may never gain control of it, but you can keep it from controlling you. — T Jay Taylor

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. — Moliere

Light in your soul conquers the darkness in your world. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate. — Richard Branson

Challenges are what you came for.
And you are never ever given
a challenge you cannot overcome. — Neale Donald Walsch

Life will throw all kinds of obstacles our way. It's our job to scramble over them and hunt for the little miracles tucked away, then leave some reminders for the people that follow behind us. — Emily Page