Overcomes Quotes

Men emerge pale from the little printing plant at four sharp, ghosts for an instant, blinking, until the outdoor light overcomes the look of constant indoor light clinging to them. - John Updike

Larry's desire overcomes a lot of his pain... I think it's just a matter of being functional. If he comes in and feels like he's going to be functional and contribute, that's something he and Tony discuss. When Tony asked him the question, obviously he gave him a good enough answer to satisfy Tony. - Barry Weinberg

Larry's desire overcomes a lot of his pain. I think it's just a matter of being functional. If he comes in and feels like he's going to be functional and contribute, that's something he and Tony discuss. When Tony asked him the question, obviously he gave him a good enough answer to satisfy Tony. - Barry Weinberg

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph. - William Butler Yeats

It's like I told our guys - good shooting overcomes a lot of woes and it covers up a lot of mistakes. And I think the second half was a little bit more indicative of the way we've been playing. - Pat Donahue

It was remarkable. The only explanation is that people feel so strongly about this issue that it overcomes fear. - Maria Jimenez

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. - Andre Gide

It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil, of love that overcomes hatred, of life that defeats death. - Pope Benedict XVI

In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle -- this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly. - Lao-Tse

I think she overcomes things like that. And she'll be so blown away by everything that's going on around her, it could be a great distraction. - Matt Christensen