Overwhelming Odds Quotes:

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

- Christopher Reeve

source: "Still Me". Book by Christopher Reeve, 1999.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Strength, Hurdling Obstacles, Overwhelming Force

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

- Arnold Palmer

topic: Perseverance, Motivational Sports, Determination, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

- Arnold Palmer

source: FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Adversity, Inspirational Soccer, Inspirational Athlete

Risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

- Leo Buscaglia

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Overwhelming Odds, Mountain Climbing

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

- Charles Lindbergh

topic: Success, Struggle, Men, Against All Odds, Success Is Measured

Sometimes, a flame can be utterly extinguished. Sometimes, a flame can shrink and waver, but sometimes a flame refuses to go out. It flares up from the faintest ember to illuminate the darkness, to burn in spite of overwhelming odds.

- Karen Hesse

topic: Flames, Odds, Darkness, Adverse, Light And Dark

The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.

- Steve Coogan

topic: Writing, Odds, Two, Overwhelming Odds, Being Funny

Don’t be discouraged at seemingly overwhelming odds in your desire to live and to help others live God’s commandments. At times it may seem like David trying to fight Goliath. But remember, David did win.

- David B. Haight

topic: Fighting, Helping Others, Winning, Overwhelming Odds, Desire To Live

To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule. To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure. But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing.

- Rene Carayol

topic: Dream, Taken, Odds, Overwhelming Odds

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.

- Hannah Arendt

source: Hannah Arendt (2013). “The Human Condition: Second Edition”, p.178, University of Chicago Press

topic: Odds, Law, Miracle, Overwhelming Odds

Every great moment of social change was once a confirmed impossibility. People's determination in the face of overwhelming odds has, time and again, triumphed over what seems impossible. This is what you tell yourself.

- Tim Winton

source: Source: www.sas.org.uk

topic: Determination, Odds, People, Overwhelming Odds, Social Change

You'll face overwhelming odds; you'll be incredibly outnumbered. Fear would be your natural inclination. But keep in mind, God is with you.

- James MacDonald

topic: Odds, Mind, Would Be, God Is With You, Overwhelming Odds

I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.

- Louis Nizer

topic: Odds, Stubborn, Faces, Overwhelming Odds

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

- Malcolm Gladwell

source: "Outliers". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, November 18, 2008.

topic: Beauty, Greatness, Odds, Overwhelming Odds, Goliath

May I say that I am delighted that my favorite alpha is feeling better. Why, you'll be running recklessly into danger against overwhelming odds anytime now.

- Ilona Andrews

topic: Running, Feel Better, Odds, Overwhelming Odds

When she spoke again it was in the thin, careful and above all brave voice of someone who has pulled themselves together despite overwhelming odds but might let go again at any moment.

- Terry Pratchett

topic: Letting Go, Odds, Voice, Overwhelming Odds

My stories are of gas chambers, shootings, electrified fences, torture, scorching sun, mental abuse, and constant threat of death. But they are also stories of faith, hope, triumph, and love. They are stories of perseverance, loyalty, courage in the face of overwhelming odds, and of never giving up!

- Livia Bitton-Jackson

source: Livia Bitton-Jackson (2011). “I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

topic: Loyalty, Perseverance, Giving Up, Overwhelming Odds, Gas Chambers

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.

- Orison Swett Marden

topic: Motivational, Success, Meaningful, Odds Against You, Against All Odds

How is it that I could run into a gunfight against overwhelming odds and put myself between bullets and civilians, but I couldn't scrape together enough courage to speak to the one person who mattered the most to me?

- Ilona Andrews

topic: Running, Odds, Together, Overwhelming Odds, Gunfights

Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.

- Sheila Kamerman

topic: Mean, Labor Force, Odds, Overwhelming Odds, Unresponsive