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«A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.»
«Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.»
Author: Eubie Blake (Composer, Pianist) | Keywords: overwhelming
«We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, our flag will be recognized throughout the world as a symbol of freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.»
«It's as if I've arrived in a place where it's all spirit and no body - an overwhelming sense of calm...I actually began to feel blessed.»
Author: Gloria Naylor | Keywords: arrived, began, overwhelming
«There is a particular kind of pain, elation, loneliness, and terror involved in this kind of madness. When you're high it's tremendous. The ideas and feelings are fast and frequent like shooting stars...But, somewhere, this changes. The fast ideas are far too faast, and there are far too many; overwhelming confusion replaces clarity. Everything previously moving with the grain is now against-you are irritable, angry, frightened, uncontrollable...It will never end, for madness carves its own reality.»
«Still, I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds»
«Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.»
«I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.»
«I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.»
«Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.»

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