One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes in times of difficulty can be important role models.
The greater the obstacle the more glory in overcoming it.
Jim Carrey a comic genius has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it.
Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.
True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
You know it shouldn't just be about women as heroic figures overcoming things it just needs to be about women in general getting the opportunity to play a multitude of roles telling a multitude of stories - just to express human experience from a woman's perspective. I hope someday we can get to that point. I'm all about representation.
Overcoming my dad telling me that I could never amount to anything is what has made me the megalomaniac that you see today.
Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe.
I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves whether it's shyness insecurity anxiety whether it's a physical block and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day.
Beauty saves. Beauty heals. Beauty motivates. Beauty unites. Beauty returns us to our origins and here lies the ultimate act of saving of healing of overcoming dualism.
I'm doing 'Les Miserables ' the movie. I've done a lot of musicals and a lot of movies and I know there are not a lot of people in Hollywood who have been down those two paths so I've been like 'Come on let's do a movie/musical.'