“[Gerrans' AG2R manager, John Beasley was overcome with emotion and had to take a couple of breaths before he could speak.] Simon was just awesome, ... We weren't sure if he could reclaim so much time but he remained positive and, with all the problems of yesterday, this just makes it so sweet.”
“I felt that we really needed to look beyond the existing model to understand how people overcome their disabilities. I wanted to develop a conceptual basis of how medicine should change in the future, how it should evolve in a way that would be more meaningful to people, rather than just focusing on pathology.”
“The team played together and we kept the energy level high always a key in big matches on the road. We got better as the night moved along and we were able to overcome several situations where we wavered a bit. Defeating Fairfield is always a tremendous feat, as they have an excellent program.”
“[Prospects] really have more to gain than they do to lose. No doubt you can really help yourself this week. But if you have a bad showing, you can overcome it assuming you have an opportunity to work out [for scouts] during the next couple of months, which most guys do.”
I’ve learned that to be courageous is to feel fear within, every step of the way. Courage does not take over, it fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take. It’s a battle or a dance as to whether to let it pervade. It takes courage to overcome, but it takes extreme fear to be courageous.
Whether it is through products or services, being a problem solver builds loyalty and confidence. What can you resolve for yourself and others? Do you have a challenge that seems impossible or unsolvable? With the root word being “solve,” resolve is one of your best friends for overcoming obstacles and being a solution specialist.
It's the place built out of Man's ceaseless failure to overcome himself. Out of Man's endless war against himself we build our successes as well as our failures. Making it the city of all cities most like Man himself— loneliest creation of all this very old poor earth.
Wherever sexually restrictive religions invade, they bring the tools of repression with them - fear of punishment, shame if caught, guilt that the deity watches and terror of punishment. Islam, Christianity and Judaism, with their patriarchal, asexual god, have systemically overcome local sexual ideas throughout the world and infected cultures with sex-negative practices.
Difficulties and adversities viciously force all their might on us and cause us to fall apart, but they are necessary elements of individual growth and reveal our true potential. We have got to endure and overcome them, and move forward. Never lose hope. Storms make people stronger and never last forever.
“The first play they ran, and broke away for a score we got down and had to battle back from that. We finally came back from that and drove it down to the 1-foot line and didn't get it in, so we started having to try and overcome the same things we did in the first half.”