When faced with a radical crisis, when the old way of being in the world, of interacting with each other and with the realm of nature doesn't work anymore, when survival is threatened by seemingly insurmountable problems, an individual life-form -- or a species -- will either die or become extinct or rise above the limitations of its condition through an evolutionary leap.
The best way to move a mountain is one stone at a time. Nothing is insurmountable if you take one step before you take the next.
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
There is no insurmountable solitude.
I'm not in the best shape, but I want to prove to myself I can do something that seems insurmountable and inspire others by showing them no matter where they are in their fitness goals, they can do it, too.
its not in my nature to go down without a fight even when things seem insurmountable
People want to do business with someone they like. If people like you, they're going to want to do business with you. And if they don't you're going to have an almost insurmountable obstacle to overcome.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
My experience in Gujarat shows that howsoever big a problem might be, it is not insurmountable if we have the will to act.
The tyranny of the ignoramuses is insurmountable and assured for all time.
No obstacles are insurmountable when God commands and we obey.
The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable.
So closely interwoven have been our lives, our purposes, and experiences that, separated, we have a feeling of incompleteness--united, such strength of self-association that no ordinary obstacles, difficulties, or dangers ever appear to us insurmountable.
Out of a very intimate acquaintance with D. L. Moody, I wish to testify that he was a far greater pray-er than he was preacher. Time and time again, he was confronted by obstacles that seemed insurmountable, but he always knew the way to overcome all difficulties. He knew the way to bring to pass anything that needed to be brought to pass. He knew and believed in the deepest depths of his soul that nothing was too hard for the Lord, and that prayer could do anything that God could do.
We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunities
What barrier is so insurmountable as silence?
I don't think that nature envisaged an insurmountable mechanism that would hinder any country from taking the path of democratic development.
Once, a French journalist told me that all my films are the same. I said, 'Excuse me? I work hard to make them different. ' What she meant was that in my films there is a character that faces insurmountable odds, and they overcome them. But I thought that might be true, but you need certain factors for drama, and you need to overcome them.
And whenever you encounter a problem, no matter how insurmountable it might seem, there is one simple response that should be ingrained in your behavior: Never give up.
A difficulty is a light. An insurmountable difficulty is a sun.
