Challenges Quotes - Page 18

• And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most

  Patrick Ness

  Men, Firsts, Belief

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• The size of a challenge should never be measured by what we have to offer. It will never be enough. Furthermore, provision is God's responsibility, not ours. We are merely called to commit what we have - even if it's no more than a sack lunch.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Responsibility, Lunch, Size

  Charles R. Swindoll (2009). “Jesus: The Greatest Life of All”, p.117, Thomas Nelson

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• While I wholeheartedly believe in choosing to approach every challenge with a great attitude, I don't mean that we should abandon authenticity and live in fantasyland.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Attitude, Believe, Mean

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• An individual deficient in the sense of humor represents more of a challenge to our idea of the human than a person of subnormal intelligence

  Christopher Hitchens

  Ideas, Sense Of Humor, Individual

  Christopher Hitchens (2001). “Letters to a Young Contrarian”, Basic Books (AZ)

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• If we feel secure In the depths of our heart, We shall not challenge anybody, For inner confidence Is nothing short of Complete satisfaction.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Heart, Satisfaction, Depth

  Sri Chinmoy (1997). “The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Progress, Rivals, Want

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• Why is it, I wonder, that people suffer, when there is so little need, when an effort of will and some hard work would bring them from their misery into peace and contentment.

  Richard Llewellyn

  Hard Work, People, Effort

  Richard Llewellyn (2009). “How Green Was My Valley”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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• In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Moving, Men, Years

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• I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then.

  Diana Gabaldon

  War, Men, Light

  Diana Gabaldon (2011). “Outlander: (Outlander 1)”, p.315, Random House

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• I am convinced that those people whom the world considers good and respects are all liars and fakes. I do not trust the world. My only ally is the tagged dissolute. The tagged dissolute. That is the only cross on which I wish to be crucified. Though ten thousand people criticize me, I can throw in their teeth my challenge: Are you not all the more dangerous for being without tags?

  Osamu Dazai

  Liars, People, Fake

  "The Setting Sun".

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• Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of good books waiting to be read, leaving little time for frivolity. My personal list of must-read books presents a daunting challenge; I can't even imagine the pressure our head librarian must be under.

  Lynn Austin

  Believe, Book, Numbers

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• Attitude is the first quality that marks the successful man. If he has a positive attitude and is a positive thinker, who likes challenges and difficult situations, then he has half his success achieved.

  John C. Maxwell

  Attitude, Successful, Men

  John C. Maxwell (2002). “Your Road Map For Success: You Can Get There from Here”, p.50, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We're the bridge across forever, arching above the sea, adventuring for our pleasure, living mysteries for the fun of it, choosing disasters triumphs challenges impossible odds, testing ourselves over and again, learning love and love and love!

  Richard Bach

  Fun, Odds, Sea

  "The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• When you're doing something for yourself, or your best friend or family, you're not going to cheese out. If you don't love something, you're not going to go the extra mile, work the extra weekend, challenge the status quo as much.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Motivational, Weekend

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• Life is a challenge, we must take it.

  Mother Teresa

  Life Is

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• And why not?” “You know why! This is a bad idea.” “Perhaps I like a challenge.” “Perhaps you’re a glutton for punishment!” “Perhaps I am in love.

  Karen Chance

  Punishment, Ideas, Why Not

  Karen Chance (2012). “Fury's Kiss: A Midnight's Daughter Novel”, p.43, Penguin

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• All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.

  Ally Carter

  Girl, Years, Spy

  Ally Carter (2007). “I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You”, Hyperion

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• I want people to react to my work, to think, to question, to challenge, to cry and laugh and feel.

  Josh Lanyon

  Thinking, People, Laughing

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• I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.

  Sarah Dessen

  Ifs

  Sarah Dessen (2006). “The Truth About Forever”, p.227, Penguin

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• What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal.

  Chinua Achebe

  Children, Book, Prose Poetry

  Chinua Achebe (2012). “There Was a Country: A Memoir”, p.44, Penguin

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• Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path.

  Tara Brach

  Spiritual, Compassion, Self

  Tara Brach (2013). “True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart”, p.163, Bantam

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• Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.

  Carol S. Dweck

  Growth, Brain, Connections

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.53, Random House

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• Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself.

  Kazuo Ishiguro

  Judging, Events, Development

  Kazuo Ishiguro (1989). “The Remains of the Day”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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• The essay I had to read was called, "An Essay on Criticism" by Alexander Pope. The first challenge was that the essay was, in fact, a very long poem in "heroic couplets". If something is called an essay, it should be an essay.

  Maureen Johnson

  Long, Criticism, Firsts

  Maureen Johnson (2011). “The Name of the Star”, p.41, Penguin

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• If many of our young people have lost the excitement of the early settlers, who had a country to explore and develop, it is because no one remembers to tell them that the world has never been so challenging, so exciting... Perhaps the older generation is often to blame with its cautious warning: “Take a job that will give you security, not adventure.” But I say to the young: “Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, and imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Country, Jobs, Adventure

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