Malcolm Brogdon

I want people to have clean water. People in this country take it for granted, the ability to drink clean water whenever they want. There are millions of people far less fortunate in this world, and it's my duty to do as much as I can to change that. I don't see that as insurmountable at all.

American Athlete

Maureen Forrester

Young people can get very discouraged and get hooked on drugs or on alcohol because of problems they perceive as insurmountable. It is important that they realize a mistake need not ruin their future, but they must also know that not everything in life is a bed of roses.

Canadian Musician

Brad D. Smith

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.

American Businessman

Richard Belzer

Most people cherish their very existence and try their best to live a life worth living. In spite of the seemingly insurmountable obstacles in our way, we somehow hope against hope and find a way to be as life-affirming as humanly possible! How? Love!

American Comedian

Tony Tan

Every clinical encounter is an opportunity to generate social capital. Even in situations where patient needs are complex or seemingly insurmountable, it is the empathy and goodwill which makes the difference.

Singaporean Statesman

Sufjan Stevens

The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This is true in real life.

American Musician

Van Heflin

I can sit on a boat or a river bank and problems that seemed insurmountable just don't seem that important anymore.

Norman Vincent Peale

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

American Clergyman

Jonathan Ive

If doing anything new, you're very used to having insurmountable obstacles.

English Designer

Walt Kelly

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

American Cartoonist

Use 'insurmountable' for challenges that seem impossible to conquer, showing the highest difficulty level.

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 But nonetheless, I find myself thinking about those emails every time I reflect back on the bias and prejudice that I've faced in my life, or when there's another hate crime or a senseless tragedy that underscores the disheartening sense that our differences might be insurmountable.

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 who stood up and said, "This is our state, too." Those are successes that tell me how I can get it done. But they also let me understand the obstacles aren't insurmountable. They're just a little high. But I also understand that there are three things that always hold us hostage.

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 encourage them, gently, to seek out some of these options. You might even offer to help with specific tasks, like looking up therapists in the area, or making a list of questions to ask a doctor. To someone with depression, these first steps can seem insurmountable.

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 Your life will always be filled with stressful situations. But what matters to your brain and entire body is how you respond to that stress. If you can view those situations as challenges you can control and master, rather than as threats that are insurmountable,

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 are still at the starting block tying our shoelaces nasa was in its infancy a large goal like project mercury it seems like science fiction it seems like something that is insurmountable we need to work fast need to work smart our very way of life

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 perhaps my friend was concerned, and perhaps my husband was feeling empathy instead. So we all see the world through our own mind's eye, and on some days, it might look like the world is a dangerous and challenging and insurmountable place,

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 It's such a fatalistic adage. It tells us that landlocked countries are condemned to be poor, that small countries cannot escape their larger neighbors, that vast distances are insurmountable. But every journey I take around the world,

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 but to lean into the joy that they curate in their lives instead. And if you don't find it, create it and lean into that. But when your life has been touched by trauma, sometimes trying to find joy feels like an insurmountable task.

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 know the concerns safety waste and cost but after overcoming my own assumptions about them I've learned these issues are not as insurmountable as most people think plus dozens of promising new advanced

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 and at least 2.5 billion times during an average lifetime. That may sound like an insurmountable amount of pressure, but don't worry, your arteries are well suited for the challenge.

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