Life Challenges Quotes

• I do believe that when we face challenges in life that are far beyond our own power, it's an opportunity to build on our faith, inner strength, and courage. I've learned that how we face challenges plays a big role in the outcome of them.

  Sasha Azevedo

  Inspirational, Believe, Opportunity

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• When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Happiness, Inspiring

  Paulo Coelho (2011). “The Devil and Miss Prym”, p.10, HarperCollins UK

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• I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Motivational, Military

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  The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

  Arnold Palmer

  Graduation, Inspiration, Golf

  FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

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• There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.

  William Halsey

  Perseverance, Bad Day, People

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• Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.

  Roger Crawford

  Encouraging, Optimistic, Adversity

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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• If we are not allowed to deal with small problems, we will be destroyed by slightly larger ones. When we come to understand this, we live our lives not avoiding problems, but welcoming them them as challenges that will strengthen us so that we can be victorious in the future.

  Jim Stovall

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Small Problems

  Jim Stovall (2011). “The Ultimate Journey: A Novel”, p.79, David C Cook

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• Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition - such as lifting weights - we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Motivational, Change

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1997). “First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• 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. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Change, Meaningful

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 27, 2017

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles.

  Stephen Covey

  Character, Challenges, Overcoming

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1997). “First Things First Every Day: Daily Reflections- Because Where You're Headed Is More Important Than How Fast You Get There”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work out, that's when I've really learned.

  Carol Burnett

  Adversity, Wrestling, Work Out

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• It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.19, St. Martin's Press

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• Sometimes the darkest challenges, the most difficult lessons, hold the greatest gems of light.

  Barbara Marciniak

  Light, Challenges, Lessons

  Barbara Marciniak (1998). “Family of Light: Pleiadian Tales and Lessons in Living”, p.17, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

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• The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he's dead.

  Bette Davis

  Courage, Self Confidence, Keys

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• One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

  Andre Gide

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "The Counterfeiters". Book by Andre Gide, 1925.

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• Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

  Randy Pausch

  Happiness, Success, Perseverance

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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• The only way a relationship will last is if you see it as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.

  Tony Robbins

  Relationship, Giving, Getting Back Together

  Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.527, Simon and Schuster

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• Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.

  Tony Robbins

  Relationship, Family, Broken Heart

  Tony Robbins (2007). “Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial”, p.451, Simon and Schuster

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• Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Inspirational, Life, Courage

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Giving Up, Goal, Challenges

  Dalai Lama (2012). “Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World”, p.97, Random House

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• To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

  Gail Sheehy

  Life, Bad Day, Challenges

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