Postmodernism has not overcome the problems of modernism, but only compounded them with a dosis of cynicism, relativism and indifference.
He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more.
I think we are all overcoming tiny obstacles every second of every day even if that means just a small shift in perspective.
Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.
I have done, this year, what I said I would: overcome my fear of facing a blank page day after day, acknowledging myself, in my deepest emotions, a writer, come what may.
I don't think you can become an outstanding runner unless you get a certain amount of enjoyment out of the suffering. You have to enjoy absorbing it, controlling it, and - ultimately - overcoming it.
My last sort of crisis was about overcoming the people who were more interested in what I had done than what I was doing in the present.
Walk rate is probably the area in which a pitcher has the most room to improve, but a rate that high is tough to overcome.
Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.
Denying our weaknesses is neither power, nor protection. We cannot overcome those disabling parts of our own nature which in fact steal our power away, if we do not acknowledge they exist.
The teacher will have a certain imprint, and each teacher imprints differently. Ultimately the imprint of the teacher is a limitation that you will have to overcome in your final stages of knowledge.
Difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. . . The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It's all right to fight, yes, but only when it's possible.
Mysticism occurs whenever a human being sees the separation between the natural and the supernatural, between the temporal and the eternal, as overcome.
When God overcomes our difficulties for us, we have the assurance that we are engaged in His work and not our own
The loser is usually the one who is ready to lose. Fight, overcome difficulties, control your emotions – and you will win.
During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference.
I prided myself on working as hard as I could, trying to overcome a learning diability.
If I lose a billion dollars, I will have it back in less than five years.
The US needs a cap and trade system with auctioning of licenses for emissions rights. The revenues from these auctions can be used to launch a new, environmentally friendly energy policy. That would be yet another federal program that could help us to overcome the stagnation.
I'm attracted to subjects who overcome tremendous suffering and learn to cope emotionally with it