Overcoming Great Odds Quotes

#1. By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.

Lurlene McDaniel

#2. The classic business story is much like the classic human story. There is rise and fall; the overcoming of great odds, the upholding of principles despite the cost, questions of rivalry and succession, and even the possibility of descent into madness.

Mark Helprin

#3. Great determination can overcome most odds.

Aesop

#4. When I was little, I thought it was terribly romantic, being half stardust, half Southern magnolia.

Suzanne Palmieri

#5. I've never felt remorse before. It's disgusting.

Willow Madison

#6. Working with my brother is something that I've always wanted to do. He's one of my best friends.

Matt Czuchry

#7. Are you thinking or are you just rearranging your prejudices?

Walter Martin

#8. Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.

Bill Bradley

#9. In the case of 'Blood Stone,' the producers, EON, Michael Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, David Wilson and Gregg Wilson, had an idea for a story and had a lot of it done. And I came in, worked with them, fleshed it out.

Bruce Feirstein

#10. I'm hoping that these next 20 years will show what we did 20 years ago in sequencing the first human genome, was the beginning of the health revolution that will have more positive impact in people's lives than any other health event in history.

Craig Venter

#11. The necessary consequence of an egalitarian program is the decidedly inegalitarian creation of a ruthless power elite.

Murray Rothbard

#12. A sincere hug or a well-placed kiss can communicate a book of words in a single moment.

Kim Meeder