Overcoming

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Jean Paul Richter

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Jean Paul Richter

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

Martin Luther King

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

Limits, like fear, is often an illusion.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.

Once you agree upon the price you and your family must pay for success, it enables you to ignore the minor hurts, the opponent's pressure, and the temporary failures.