“It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties.”
Abigail Adams
“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.”
Bette Davis
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”
Robert F. Kennedy
“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
Randy Pausch
“I don’t run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run towards it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your foot.”
Nadia Comaneci
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
Chinese proverb
“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back.”
Paulo Coelho
“There is a tendency at every important but difficult crossroad to pretend that it’s not really there.”
Bill McKibben
“Our very survival depends on our ability to stay awake, to adjust to new ideas, to remain vigilant and to face the challenge of change.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“You see a mousetrap; I see free cheese and a f’ing challenge!”
Scroobius Pip
“Hope and change are hard-fought things.”
Michelle Obama
“I’ve learned that success comes in a very prickly package. Whether you choose to accept it or not is up to you. It’s what you choose to do with it, the people you choose to surround yourself with. Always choose people that are better than you. Always choose people that challenge you and are smarter than you. Always be the student. Once you find yourself to be the teacher, you’ve lost it.”
Sandra Bullock
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
Albert Einstein
“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work or whether I’m going to fall flat on my face.”
Johnny Depp
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
John F. Kennedy
“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.”
Gail Sheehy
“To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up.”
Dalai Lama
“If you are facing a new challenge or being asked to do something that you have never done before don’t be afraid to step out. You have more capability than you think you do but you will never see it unless you place a demand on yourself for more.”
Joyce Meyer
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s a day you’ve had everything to do and you’ve done it.”
Margaret Thatcher
“Understand that it is ok to be scared or uncertain, however right beyond those barriers ultimately lies your dreams.”
Josh Hinds
“Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away, and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.”
Yanni
“Part of the challenge that comes with striving for success is how the entire journey comes with its own fair share of failures and disappointments.”
Rupert Johnson, Build for Success
“If you compared your troubles, or challenges, with those of others, you would surely find that there are those whose troubles make yours look like minor inconveniences.”
“I have also worked with leaders who have a positive outlook, and the morale is so different. Even when faced with challenges, the people looked for solutions.”
Byron and Catherine Pulsifer
“Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.”
Amelia Earhart
“Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build your strength and character.”
Author Unknown, Be Thankful
