Quotes About Insurmountable Odds

#1. I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.

Khaled Hosseini

#2. I've always been attracted to characters with insurmountable odds and obstacles, because innately, however inarticulately I've always believed that my dreams and my desires can command and bend time and space to be the things that I want them to be.

Will Smith

#3. I've done a number of things in the spirit of employee motivation. I tend to be a storyteller and a student of history. I often tell stories of great battles, like the battle of Thermopylae, to inspire teams who face what appear to be insurmountable odds.

Brad D. Smith

#4. There is an incredible feeling of strength that comes with walking through the fires of Hell and coming out with the prize. The prize, that part of oneself that is rescued, is the confidence that comes with facing down seemingly insurmountable odds and coming out better than when you went in.

Jaq D. Hawkins

#5. As a romance novelist, I have a rather skewed view of babies. You see, they don't typically fit into the classic structure of the romance novel - romance is about two people finding each other and falling in love against insurmountable odds. Babies ... well ... babies are complicated.

Sarah MacLean

#6. Passion is the engagement of our soul with something beyond us, something that helps us put up with or fight against insurmountable odds, even at high risks, because it is all worth it.

Janet Hagberg

#7. What happens over the next few months is like the plot of a children's movie, the kind where a dog finds its owner in spite of insurmountable odds and prohibitive geography.

Lena Dunham

#8. It is unlucky to be stubborn in the face of insurmountable odds

Sun Tzu

#9. I never feel more alive than when I'm in great pain, struggling against insurmountable odds and untold adversity. Hardship? Suffering? Bring it!

Dean Karnazes

#10. As our planet faces seemingly insurmountable odds, we must find new ways to survive and thrive together.

Nikhil Advani

#11. I write novels about ordinary women who face seemingly insurmountable odds but through courage and determination find their heart's desire.

Francis Ray

#12. Malcolm Price embodies all that is Welsh, aside from the green valleys and male voice choirs. The will to win against insurmountable odds is a penchant of the Welsh, put this with a propensity to never say 'die' and that is what makes the Welsh so durable.

Stephen Richards

#13. We are not supposed to comprehend something like this,

David Levithan

#14. There is no proof great enough to prevent doubt. Ir you base your belief on proof, sooner or later you will sink!

Michael Card

#15. Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.

Aeschines

#16. Wavering isn't falling. Wavering and going on when you want to fall, when you want to run away and give up--persevering when everything looks hopeless and the odds seem insurmountable--that's what strength is.

Jane Kindred

#17. Every step that I've taken was a learning lesson. Even to not think you're so big and so bad you can't fall.

Darlene Love

#18. Meditation is something that is indigenous to the heart, which makes it hard to talk about. We don't necessarily need to talk about it too much other than to get a sense of the practice.

Frederick Lenz

#19. People love to hear music on their personal devices, but the issue really becomes, if you're able to download music, you should know this download and the quality of it is going to be of the highest, and that it has a value to it and on it.

Stevie Wonder

#20. When the odds seem insurmountable and it seems impossible to overcome them, most people will give up.The true heroes in this world are those who don't give up in these times when things seem impossible to do.

Dave Brown

#21. I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.

Patrick J. Kennedy

#22. Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.

C.S. Lewis

#23. Horse racing is not so much a business as it is a calling. The work requires too much time and energy to pursue it with anything less than utter passion; and even then, the odds against success can seem practically insurmountable.

Joe Layden

#24. This was what happened when perfect cracked and splintered. This was what happened when your life fell apart.

Chanel Cleeton

#25. Can't call 'em zombies anymore," sighed Manny. He seemed almost wistful. "Now we gotta be all politically correct. It's like the Cold Wars never happened.

David S.E. Zapanta

#26. It is important not to allow ever wider coalition-building to become an end in itself. As we saw in the Gulf War of 1990, international pressures, particularly those exerted from within an alliance, can result in the failure to follow actions through and so leave future problems unresolved.

Margaret Thatcher

#27. I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record.

Duncan Sheik

#28. After all, where can the glorious, the goofy, and the god-like stand shoulder to shoulder?

Clive Barker