Light inside of us can overcome, withstand or overshadow any darkness outside of us

I'm not praying for an easy life,but for God to give me strength to overcome life's circumstances

“It seems that, however grave our mistakes, nature will be able to overcome them, given the chance.”

“S is for SCARY! Fear is driven out by action! Bad habits are overcome by good habits.”

“I think he's just one of those kids who has overcome adversity and become a good player. He's overcome those things to make himself a very good football player. I expect him to be a dominating force this year.”

There is a deep and undeniable sadness in all this: whenever we see the dawn of an eternal good that will never be overcome by evil – an evil that is itself eternal but will never succeed in overcoming good – whenever we see this dawn, the blood of old people and children is always shed.

The resurrection is the promise that death will not prevail, that nothingness does not have the last word. God promises to overcome it with life... We can trust that God will overcome death because Jesus is the resurrection, because on the third day Jesus rose again, as the first of many.

“What are we trying to practice every day? If our friendship depends onthings like space and time, then when we finally overcome space and time,we've destroyed our own brotherhood! But overcome space, and all we haveleft is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. And in themiddle of Here and Now, don't you think that we might see each other onceor twice?"”

“I'm usually not an emotional person, but that time I couldn't help it. It was such a special moment. I was overcome.”

“I know that when he was in the opening ceremonies, he must have just been overcome.”