Napoleon Hill

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

American Author

Haile Selassie

We all wish to live. We all seek a world in which men are freed of the burdens of ignorance, poverty, hunger and disease. And we shall all be hard-pressed to escape the deadly rain of nuclear fall-out should catastrophe overtake us.

Ethiopian Statesman

Mark McKinnon

Marketers know - no matter how deep the emotional connection or brand loyalty - when a product does not perform, rational thought overtakes emotion, and most consumers make a new choice.

American Businessman

Rafael van der Vaart

I've always said the one change that would've been nice is if I'd been a bit faster - like fast enough to be able to run past people instead of just being overtaken all the time!

Dutch Athlete

St. Lucia

It's easy when you're working together to let work things overtake your life, when all you're talking about is work, and you never leave that space.

South African Musician

Robert Kubica

KERS definitely helps on a straight when you want to overtake somebody who doesn't have the system.

Polish Driver

Katherine Anne Porter

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally overtakes you.

American Journalist

Joy Harjo

My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.

American Poet

Margo Price

You can't let every bad thing that happens to you in your life overtake you.

American Musician

Julian Casablancas

Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.

Usually relates to vehicles or sports where one moves faster and passes another.

Physical Movement

Implies gaining an advantage in a competitive situation, often in sports or business.

Competitive Edge

Conveys moving ahead in ranking, not just physical location.

Precedence in Position

Refers to events that occur suddenly and are usually negative.

Unexpected Events

Can be used figuratively to describe non-physical events like trends or changes.

Metaphorical Use

Often used to describe debts or financial obligations taking control over one’s life.

Financial Burden

Can refer to situations where things get worse and one loses control.

Deteriorating Situation

Speaks to strong feelings or emotions dominating a person's state of mind.

Emotional Control

Can relate to feelings or abstract concepts overwhelming someone.

Non-Physical Overwhelm

 They're incredibly pragmatic, they're hopeful and they're determined. They think they're going to change the world, in fact, I believe they're going to do it. They might be a little bit idealistic sometimes, but in just the last several years, we've seen millennials overtake Generation X

How generational...

 that the picture changes dramatically. As it overtakes sound waves it has emitted, while generating new ones from its current position, the waves are forced together, forming a Mach cone. No sound is heard as it approaches an observer

The sonic boom problem -...

 completely wireless when the number with mobile phone lines overtook fixed lines around the turn of the century we have also heard that what what that Africa's wireless sector is the fastest growing in the whole world more fiber optic

Paving the way towards...

 cultural practices without having to worry about it being overtaken by these Western influences yet as we know time moves on every day is a new day and everyone wants a better living in a better existence for theirselves in the

The Call of Everest PIPE...

 We get to the bottom and we both immediately realize that we've misjudged the speed, and our distance to the shoulder. And we are immediately overtaken by this mountain of white water. Now, I've ridden bigger waves in my life.

Greg Long: Big Wave...

 right up into the center of his mouth Tom and aedra kick into high gear and swim hard to overtake the whale shark she's swimming as hard as you can and I needed to catch up with the shark pushing the camera helping and while I

Photographing the...

 or be overtaken by the military or extremists of all kinds? We cannot tell. The same works for the Western sector, where you can see all these excited young people protesting around the world, occupying this, occupying that.

Srdja Popovic: How to...

 That's when the dinosaurs went extinct, that's when 75 percent of the animal and plant species went extinct, and that's when mammals overtook their ecological niche, and to anthropomorphize, biological evolution said,

Ray Kurzweil: Get ready...

 A saw, This is an antique. Look how the spiderwebs have just completely overtaken it as well. Put your hand under it. Let's see if it works. Not putting my hand in it, but that is a health and safety hazard.

Finding Little Owls in...

 She worried that the violence we witnessed would overtake our lives; that our poverty meant that the neighbors with whom we lived and shared space would harm us. Our entire life was in the Bronx,

Overtake