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One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness. -- Jackie Kennedy
Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock. -- Alvin Toffler
At some stages of your life you will deal with things and at others you are overwhelmed with misery and anxiety. -- Nigella Lawson
I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling. -- Frida Kahlo
When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in. -- Lana Del Rey
Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success. -- Og Mandino
Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. -- John Calvin
The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this. -- Michael Eric Dyson
When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences. -- Caroline Kennedy
I get overwhelmed when I approach things intellectually. -- Keegan-Michael Key
I think women today are so overwhelmed and overtaxed. -- Sandra Lee
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people. -- Maya Angelou
The individual has always to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Every relationship I've been in, I've overwhelmed the girl. They just can't handle all the love. -- Justin Timberlake
The earth was overwhelmed with beauty and indifferent to it, and I went with a heart ready to crack for its unbearable loveliness. -- Josephine Winslow Johnson
The heart of God loves a persevering worshipper who, though overwhelmed by many troubles, is overwhelmed even more by the beauty of God. -- Matt Redman
I am overwhelmed by the strength of my body and the power of my mind. For one moment, just one second, I feel immortal. -- Diana Nyad
I know my mother would be overwhelmed by the continued outpouring of kindness and I want to thank everyone for keeping us in their prayers. -- Melissa Rivers
If we don't see a failure as a challenge to modify our approach, but rather as a problem with ourselves, as a personality defect, we will immediately feel overwhelmed. -- Tony Robbins
I myself don't know what makes my books work. I enter a bookstore and I'm frankly overwhelmed by the number of books in most of them, and I know people are buying mine. -- Chetan Bhagat
When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better. -- Maya Angelou
Sometimes you're overwhelmed when a thing comes, and you do not realize the magnitude of the affair at that moment. When you get away from it, you wonder, did it really happen to you. -- Marian Anderson
At times, I feel overwhelmed and my depression leads me into darkness. -- Dorothy Hamill
Sometimes when you're overwhelmed by a situation - when you're in the darkest of darkness - that's when your priorities are reordered. -- Phoebe Snow
Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme poverty. -- Jacqueline Novogratz
Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction. -- John Boyd Orr
Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us. -- Marcus Buckingham
The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system. -- Kevin Kelly
Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals. -- John H. Johnson
When I'm feeling stressed out and overwhelmed, sometimes I'll read a book. But most of the time, I will either listen to music or play music. I'm basically always playing music, even if I'm not stressed! -- Ross Lynch
For anyone who feels they are overwhelmed by their job, or maybe they take their job too seriously or are working too hard, I say go to a safari, particularly the Okavango Delta, and just be humbled. -- Jill Scott
I've got quite a vivid imagination and I'm easily overwhelmed by sensations and things that are beautiful or scary. I don't think I've ever seen a ghost - I think I'm probably haunted by my own ghosts than real ones. -- Florence Welch
I think faith is incredibly important because you will become overwhelmed with what's happening and you will have waves of grief, but when you turn to your faith, I believe God will give you waves of grace to get through it. -- Joel Osteen
I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity. -- Brendon Burchard
It's clear on the one hand that an education enriches and informs a response to beauty, even makes it possible in esoteric cases. On the other hand, there's no question that someone with no musical education whatsoever might wander into a concert hall and be overwhelmed by the 'Beethoven Pastoral Symphony'. -- Denis Dutton
There's nothing better than having a baby. I've always loved children. I used to work summers at the YMCA and be in charge of, like, 30 preschool kids. I knew that when I had a child, I'd be overwhelmed, and it's true... I can't tell you how much my attitude has changed since we've got Frances. Holding my baby is the best drug in the world. -- Kurt Cobain
The soul of a woman is so important to maintain given all that is on our plates. Figuring out how to do it can be a little tricky. My prayer was, 'Lord, please help me. How can I do it all and not be overwhelmed? How can I do it all and still be happy?' His answer: Find the stolen moments of joy in all you do. -- Niecy Nash
I am overwhelmed by the goodness of God. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
The heart overwhelmed by grief knows no rest ... -- Heloise
Everyone should have themselves regularly overwhelmed by Nature -- George Harrison
I cried, I was so overwhelmed to meet Michael Jackson. -- Brandy Norwood
The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time. -- Marcus Aurelius
Depict a leader who seemed overwhelmed and rarely made key decisions. -- Charlie Melancon
Occasionally we will be overwhelmed, but mostly we will be enchanted. -- Jean Houston
How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much? -- Ally Condie
I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time. -- Kelly Lynch
If I feel strongly about anything, I get overwhelmed with emotion. -- Emma Stone
Sometimes when we get overwhelmed we forget how big God is. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time, -- Kevin DeYoung
Respondents had been so overwhelmed by their in-box they'd declared "e-mail bankruptcy. -- Susan Maushart
Don't be overwhelmed . . . take it one day and one prayer at a time. -- Stormie Omartian
But then, I am always being overwhelmed. I require it to sustain life. -- Everett Ruess
Set small goals along the way and don't be overwhelmed by the process. -- Kara Goucher
By nature, I'm a little distractible. I get very overwhelmed by the world. -- Zoe Leonard
The miracle of compounding returns is overwhelmed by the tyranny of compounding costs. -- John C. Bogle
Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed. -- Confucius
Andrew Johnson wasn't too bad, but he was overwhelmed by a hostile Congress. -- Harry S. Truman
If you don't do anything, you simply end up overwhelmed by something happening. -- Matsuri Hino
I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words. -- Theodore Roethke
He who does not contemplate the future is destined to be overwhelmed by it. -- H. G. Wells
I leaned in toward her, suddenly overwhelmed with the feeling that we must kiss. -- John Green
I have been overwhelmed by the response to 'The Queen of Zombie Hearts.' -- Gena Showalter
I am thrilled yet overwhelmed. There are so many great women athletes, some incredible performances. -- Nancy Greene
Sometimes when I am photographing a major news event, I am suddenly overwhelmed by helplessness. -- Lynsey Addario
If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces. -- Chuck Close
After 10 years of eating vegetarian, I tried my boyfriend's. I was overwhelmed. It was orgasmic. -- Jessica Szohr
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. -- Livy
Aristotle was by far a less able thinker than Plato ... he was completely overwhelmed by Plato. -- Wolfgang Pauli
When you're feeling overwhelmed in business, one smart idea can beat the biggest Super Bowl ad. -- Courtney Love
I remember being in high school and listening to Vivaldi's 'Winter' and being so overwhelmed with emotion. -- Sara Zarr
I think Facebook's biggest problem is the glut of information that Facebook's power users are overwhelmed with. -- Sean Parker
I have been overwhelmed by the response that I have received on the doorstep during this campaign. -- Anne Campbell
You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you. -- Harold Feinstein
The capacity to be overwhelmed by the beautiful is astonishingly sturdy and survives amidst the harshest distractions. -- Susan Sontag
The most extraordinary discoveries are made when the artist is overwhelmed by what he has to say. -- Boris Pasternak
I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words. -- Virginia Woolf
I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced. -- Dale Chihuly
True love is not a feeling by which we are overwhelmed. It is a committed, thoughtful decision. -- M. Scott Peck
When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate. -- Adrian Grenier
Opportunity: it's not really scarce. It's everywhere. If you really were any good, you'd be overwhelmed by it. -- Werner Erhard
To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love. -- Timothy Keller
The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion. -- Albrecht Durer
If your eyes were open to all the beauty in the world, you would be overwhelmed with joy. -- Marianne Williamson
The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. -- Julia Cameron
The nerd flavor of masculinity has overwhelmed the macho kind in real-life power dynamics, and therefore in popular culture. -- Jaron Lanier
We are overwhelmed as it is, with an infinite abundance of vaunted medicaments, and here they add another one. -- Thomas Sydenham
Without a specific reason for the consumer to behave, without a reward or benefit, the overwhelmed consumer will refuse. -- Seth Godin
Eddie and I are overwhelmed by the amount of lovely well wishes. We are blessed and.... I'm Mrs. Cibrian! -- LeAnn Rimes
People are so overwhelmed with the prestige of their instruments that they consider their personal judgement of hardly any account. -- Wyndham Lewis
Health is wholeness and balance, an inner resilience that allows you to meet the demands of living without being overwhelmed. -- Andrew Weil
Often, parents feel overwhelmed. Many must accomplish the whole job single-handedly while bearing all of the emotional pain of divorce. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship. -- Suzanne Fields
When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed. -- Margaret J. Wheatley
When you come from an under-privileged background, oftentimes, you feel a little overwhelmed by your education or your lack of. -- Idris Elba
The biggest mistakes I've ever made are when I've been rushed. If I'm overwhelmed, I slow down. It's more effective. -- Kirsten Gillibrand
I also have a routine with breathing and visualization techniques that I go through when I feel overwhelmed or nervous. -- Amanda Schull
If the world appears abundant in smiles or overwhelmed by scowls, you might ask yourself if you're not to blame. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
For life: it is rather a determination not to be overwhelmed. For work: the truth can only be recalled, never invented. -- Marilyn Monroe
If my heart is overwhelmed and I cannot hear your voice, I hold on to what is true. I will believe. -- Kari Jobe
Do not let your hearts be overwhelmed by adversity. May you have the strength, hope and courage to overcome the situation. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
... the human soul, beaten down, overwhelmed, faced by complete failure and ruin, can still rise up against unbearable odds and triumph. -- Harold Russell
A woman who lives with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule will often ache with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul. -- Lysa TerKeurst
I was doing sketches that were funny but socially irresponsible. I felt I was deliberately being encouraged and I was overwhelmed. -- Dave Chappelle
Gardening is not something to get on your high horse about or be overwhelmed by. Either you enjoy it or you don't. -- Kim Wilde
To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity. -- Alain de Botton
When you're overwhelmed by your emotion, you listen less and you judge more. This is also the reality of the dogmatic mind. -- Tariq Ramadan
I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization. -- Randy Moss
Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do. -- Tony Blair
It is a fact of history that those who seek to withdraw from its great experiments usually end up being overwhelmed by them. -- Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
The years after the millennium will see gathering conflict all over the world to the point where the United Nations will be overwhelmed. -- David Icke
I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family. -- Patricia Reilly Giff
To make independent films, you can't think about them too much, ponder on them too much, get overwhelmed by the enormity of it. -- Michael Rapaport
Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer. -- Katharine Whitehorn
I was kind of overwhelmed by the idea that we are just balls of energy and that we have imposed terms on feelings. -- Ruth Wilson
Cinder twisted up her lips. "Do you think it could have a virus?" "Maybe her programming was overwhelmed by Prince Kai's uncanny hotness. -- Marissa Meyer
Consumers presented with six choices on an item were twice as likely to buy as consumers overwhelmed with 24 varieties of the same item. -- Sheena Iyengar
The conscious mind is easily overwhelmed. The unconscious mind is vast and far more powerful, but by definition we're not aware of it. -- Nick Morgan
When I was a kid and going to the movies I was overwhelmed by the way women were always second-class citizens in the film. -- Brit Marling

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