Overcoming The Odds Quotes & Sayings

They say it is impossible but I've overcome the odds before. — Mauricio Rua

To grow - overcome and go beyond your barrier. — Debasish Mridha

Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them. — Ted Koppel

If you focus on the world's deficiencies and stop there, then you'll probably feel horrible and paralyzed. But why stop there? It's intellectually dishonest to focus on what's wrong with the world without acknowledging our rich history of overcoming incredible odds. — T.K. Coleman

Everest for me, and I believe for the world, is the physical and symbolic manifestation of overcoming odds to achieve a dream — Junko Tabei

No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out. — Loretta Lynn

Great determination can overcome most odds. — Aesop

I've had 14 bookings this season-eight of which were my fault, but seven of which were disputable. — Paul Gascoigne

poetry's favourite moment is when one loses one's footing because of a landslide or seismic shaking of thought — Michel Leiris

There is no bigger gratification than the realization of the things you believe in after overcoming all the odds. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models. — Bill Bradley

God is alone,-but the devil, he is far from being alone; he sees a great deal of company; he is legion. — Henry David Thoreau

You have to fight the odds in life to be able to reach a greater height. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Overcoming obstacles requires commitment and strength. Despite all odds, face each journey with courage, each struggle with accomplishment, and each challenge with victory. — Lorna Jackie Wilson

By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds. — Lurlene McDaniel

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage. — Randy Newman

Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are pleasurable to read. But they work on a deeper and symbolic level in that they play out our universal psychological dramas and hidden desires and fears. — Kate Forsyth

[I watch] Fincher, Spielberg, Cameron, McTiernan. Just people who are good at staging action. I like to know where I am. I don't like the kind of cutting where you don't know where you are. — Steven Soderbergh

When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop - always cleaning and vacuuming! — Lea Michele

For the critics who think Chesterton frivolous or 'paradoxical' I have to work hard to feel even pity; sympathy is out of the question. — C.S. Lewis

The classic business story is much like the classic human story. There is rise and fall; the overcoming of great odds, the upholding of principles despite the cost, questions of rivalry and succession, and even the possibility of descent into madness. — Mark Helprin

I am the eye that beholds ... And I am the dreamer that paints the stars in the night sky ... For I am the one they call artist, and you call Love. — Solange Nicole