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Famous quotes containing the word surmount:

    He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    It is a part of the American character to consider nothing as desperate; to surmount every difficulty by resolution and contrivance.
    Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    A free spirit must be able to surmount anxiety time after time.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)