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• I should have known the power-hungry slave drivers at River's Edge would see my five days of freedom only as a challenge to be filled.

  Cate Tiernan

  Should Have, Rivers, Slave

  Cate Tiernan (2011). “Immortal Beloved (Book One): Immortal Beloved: Book One”, p.313, Hachette UK

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• 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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• I'll challenge senators and kings for the right to know the truth, but far be it from me to challenge a woman in her own kitchen.

  Mira Grant

  Kings, Kitchen, Senators

  Mira Grant (2010). “Feed: The Newsflesh Trilogy:”, p.57, Hachette UK

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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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• A surprise trigonometry quiz that everyone in class fails? Must be in the Lord’s plan to give us challenges.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Class, Giving, Surprise

  "A Walk to Remember". Book by Nicholas Sparks, www.beliefnet.com. 1999.

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• Life's biggest rewards come from the biggest challenges

  Greg Behrendt

  Rewards

  Greg Behrendt, Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt (2005). “It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken: The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy”, p.12, Harmony

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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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• The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Moral, Idiot, Happy Place

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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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• Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.

  Frederic Chopin

  Stars, Heart, Men

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• If we don’t allow ourselves to experience joy and love, we will definitely miss out on filling our reservoir with what we need when. . . . hard things happen.

  Brené Brown

  Joy, Missing, And Love

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• Why do I always have to be the one who says 'stop'?" I demanded, my voice little more than a moan. "You don't. In fact, at this point I'm considering a petition to that word stricken from the English language." His grin was almost lazy, the gleam in his eyes an effortless challenge. "If I did, would you sign?

  Rachel Vincent

  Eye, Voice, Lazy

  "Before I Wake". Book by Rachel Vincent, June 26, 2012.

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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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• Challenge your limitations for the pure joy of challenge.

  Chin-Ning Chu

  Joy, Pure, Limitation

  Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.155, Hachette UK

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• After weeks on the road, listening to a language you don’t understand, using a currency whose value you don’t comprehend, walking down streets you’ve never walked down before, you discover that your old “I,” along with everything you ever learned, is absolutely no use at all in the face of those new challenges, and you begin to realize that buried deep in your unconscious mind there is someone much more interesting and adventurous and more open to the world and to new experiences.

  Paulo Coelho

  New Experiences, Interesting, Listening

  Paulo Coelho (2011). “Aleph”, p.11, HarperCollins UK

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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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• Nothing can temper the spirit of a warrior as much as the challenge of dealing with impossible people in positions of power. Only under those conditions can warriors acquire the sobriety and serenity to withstand the pressure of the unknowable.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Warrior, Power, People

  Carlos Castaneda (2017). “The Fire From Within”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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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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