Overcome

Famous quotes containing the word overcome:

“How much must I overcome before I triumph?”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)

“A good story is one that isn’t demanding, that proceeds from A to B, and above all doesn’t remind us of the bad times, the cardboard patches we used to wear in our shoes, the failed farms, the way people you love just up and die. It tells us instead that hard work and perseverance can overcome all obstacles; it tells lie after lie, and the happy ending is the happiest lie of all.”
—Kathleen Norris (b. 1947)

“The will to overcome an emotion is ultimately nothing but the will of another—or of several other—emotions.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)