Top 100 Quotes About Challenges
#1. I don't want to paint rainbows: I want to make art that disturbs identity and challenges authority.
Aman Mojadidi
#2. Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America - they will be met.
Barack Obama
#3. Big challenges provide big opportunities.
Ian Usher
#4. One thing about past challenges I never let go of: the fact that I made it through, survived, and learned a great deal.
Charles F. Glassman
#5. Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.
Mike McGavick
#6. Pope Benedict XVI assumes leadership at a critical time in which the world's collective wisdom and leadership including that of the religious community is most important to face up to challenges of deepening poverty and under-development afflicting many people of the world.
Thabo Mbeki
#7. When I moved to Sheffield and went to a secondary modern in the Seventies, there were certain challenges: if you've got a name like Sebastian, you either learn to fight or to run.
Sebastian Coe
#8. The myth of self-sufficiency demands optimism without end, downplays life's challenges, and shames us when, inevitably, we fall short.
Ashton Applewhite
#9. Every day you say something or do something that challenges me, changes me.
Kiera Cass
#10. Know and understand that there will be challenges and difficult times. Don't try to avoid them. Welcome them. Gratefully.
Neale Donald Walsch
#11. I'm not a parent, but it seems to me the nature of parenting is contingent, full of unexpected challenges - which is one of the wonderful and amazing things about it.
Stacey D'Erasmo
#12. A 'why' is a dangerous thing ... It challenges old, comfortable ways, forces people to think about that they do instead of just mindlessly doing it. (Haplo)
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I think the danger is not so much in asking the 'why' as in believing you have come up with the only answer. (Alfred)
Margaret Weis
#13. Love lasts because it changes and not because it stays the same and never faces any challenges.
Paulo Coelho
#14. What worries me sometimes in the culture is that the role for music that actually challenges and enlightens the audience is being pushed to the sidelines.
Taylor Ho Bynum
#15. In the best of all possible worlds, childbirth enriches a marriage. In the worst, it harms it. No matter how good their marriage is, most couples find that having a baby challenges their relationship.
Jean Marzollo
#16. You know, if you're a human and living on the planet, it doesn't matter what you do; you are not immune to the challenges, the trials, the difficulty. And that fact that I happen to be a coach and a minister and a spiritual teacher doesn't mean anything. I'm still human.
Iyanla Vanzant
#17. The lack of free, child-directed play time for our kids today will have dire consequences for these future leaders, making them less prepared to solve complex challenges and problems.
Darell Hammond
#18. Everyone has challenges and everyone is blessed. Never believe your challenges are more or your blessings any less.
Charles F. Glassman
#19. When you look back at the fight against Communism, one thing that is striking is the degree to which we [the United States] were carried on by our own values. One of the real challenges of the new era is going to be to maintain those values and not adopt those of our adversaries.
David E. Hoffman
#20. Speaker calls the Christian counselor to look at each person as soul embodied with unique challenges that move us. This is not, he says, the first step before we get on to important business but vital in and of itself.
Edward T. Welch
#21. There was a strong focus on performance and respect for people. And one of the points that my father always made was that with all the challenges and obstacles and barriers, the one thing you can control is your performance. And that is one thing I have tried to adhere to throughout my career.
Kenneth Chenault
#22. Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed - whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life - you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do.
Ronda Rousey
#23. The challenges that attempt to break us are, in the end, what actually make us.
Michelle Beber
#24. My goal is to encourage people to see the possibilities that life holds. So many great things can happen in life, if we can find our own way of doing things, and believe in ourselves, no matter what challenges surround you.
Jim Abbott
#25. God doesn't hand you an easy life because you will grow in it. He hands you a dream with hurdles, obstacles, setbacks, battles and challenges because he knows the real you is at the finishing line.
Shannon L. Alder
#26. I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.
Kyle Chandler
#27. Don't put your characters on a treadmill. They need to go new places, face new challenges and do new things.
Ally Carter
#28. God uses all the problems and challenges of life for divine purposes.
Sunday Adelaja
#30. You know, it's just a matter of working through the pitfalls sometimes and working through the challenges that lie ahead.
Kurt Busch
#31. In any country, governance issues are there. Challenges are there, pressures are there. When multi-party coalitions take decisions, sometimes delays will be there. But that is what democracy is: it is beauty or it's challenge.
Anand Sharma
#32. Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don't have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.
Wendy Kopp
#33. Difficult missions will bring difficult challenges which may sometimes produce temporary setbacks. The test of a human being is in accepting the failure and going on trying until he or she succeeds. Managing failure is the essence of leadership.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
#34. I don't really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.
L'Wren Scott
#35. Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms.
Travis Bradberry
#36. I knew that Gisela had no money, and many responsibilities, and that she faced a massive number of unknown but looming challenges.
Piper Kerman
#37. In order to do great things, you have to take on challenges in your life. Im doing nothing but taking on different challenges.
Tracy McGrady
#38. Twenty-five years had whisked by with its challenges and triumphs. Ida now had a medical school, a nursing school, and a large hospital, but still there was much more to be done. Ida found herself wondering what her next challenge would be.
Janet Benge
#39. Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.
James Buchan
#40. We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I intend to deliver it ... I will govern as a reformer.
Rod Blagojevich
#41. Mr. Bergman had a great imagination and saw the possibilities within every one of his actors, and he gave us great challenges. It was very inspiring.
Max Von Sydow
#42. Every work brings new and different challenges. Research is always helpful, regardless of whether the play is contemporary or not.
Gideon Glick
#43. It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.
Daisaku Ikeda
#44. What keeps me level is the refusal to let the best of human aspirations die in the face of the challenges. I make a moral decision to be hopeful.
Alison Hawthorne Deming
#45. The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They've changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.
Spencer Abraham
#46. Believe in yourself, take on your challenges, dig deep within yourself to conquer fears. Never let anyone bring you down. You got to keep going.
Chantal Sutherland
#47. Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it's the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you pull it off.
Roger Deakins
#48. For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.
Freddie Highmore
#49. I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.
Andrew Scott
#51. Don't fear challenges. They often give us the opportunity to strengthen our courage, faith, and inner strength.
Debasish Mridha
#52. From a writer's standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I'm deeply curious about all of my characters, and I love peeling away their layers to see what's underneath their skin, or secreted deep within their hearts.
Tina St. John
#53. If the storm doesn't kill me, the government will./Gotta get that outta my head./It's a new day today and the coffee is strong, I finally got some rest./So a man's put to task and challenges./I was taught to hold my head high.
Michael Stipe
#54. I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them
Wilma Mankiller
#55. The world is always throwing challenges and questions - which ones does your mission and purpose respond to or seek to solve? Do you know your mission and have you clearly defined the life-issues you intend to address?
Archibald Marwizi
#56. One of the challenges of innovation is figuring out how to wipe your mind clean about what you should be doing at any given moment, and not having a religious attachment to what's gotten you there thus far.
Andrew Mason
#57. I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.
Naveen Jain
#58. No matter how heavy the challenges we face in our life, embrace optimism, perseverance, tenacity and courage. Never lose faith and hope and a generous heart who live and breathes with a timeless love.
Angelica Hopes
#59. Challenges ONLY make you STRONGER!!!
Jon Gordon
#60. Achieving the right to basic education for all is thus one of the biggest moral challenges of our times.
Koichiro Matsuura
#62. When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man. I didn't want to do the same thing again and again. I wanted to push and challenge myself. I find and embrace new and unique challenges in all mediums.
Brian J. White
#63. Back-benchers and Last-rankers in School; they have determined hands, powerful minds and courage to turn the mountain of opportunities in their favour, grind challenges and mould desires and dreams into Grand Realities.
Kavita Bhupta Ghosh
#64. And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American.
Barack Obama
#65. To break our addiction to oil is one of the greatest challenges that our generation will have to master.
Barack Obama
#66. Maybe love, at its essence, is being a mirror for another person - for the good parts and the bad. Perhaps love is simply finding that one person who sees you clearly, cares for you deeply, challenges you and supports you, and subsequently helps you see and be your true self.
Penny Reid
#67. I don't look at football as a violent, barbaric sport. It's a very spiritual sport, especially for someone facing the challenges during a game: the fear of failure, the fear of getting too big an ego, of making a mistake and everybody criticizing you.
Troy Polamalu
#68. Meditation is meeting eternity in the present moment. It is resolving every problem as it comes. It is resolving every tension as it creeps in. It is facing the challenges of life in a non-fearful way.
Vimala Thakar
#69. Positive mindset and willpower is necessary to fight life's challenges
Sangeeta Maheshwari
#70. I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.
Geoff Davis
#71. There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.
Steve Coogan
#72. View all problems as challenges. Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow. Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in saintly silence. You have a problem? Great. More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate.
Henepola Gunaratana
#73. Usually what is difficult for me are things that make me feel scared. That's when difficulties rather than challenges arise.
Jenny Slate
#74. The right way to proceed when we face the kind of challenges we face is to pursue the strategy which Ronald Reagan pursued when we faced the challenges of the last century.
Mitt Romney
#75. What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.
Chelsea Clinton
#76. God never leaves us alone, never leaves us unaided in the challenges that we face.
Jeffrey R. Holland
#77. One thing I have learned in my 46 years on this planet is that the greatest opportunity for growth and understanding comes through the challenges that we encounter.
Bryan Kest
#78. What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.
Paulo Coelho
#79. Previous efforts to eradicate malaria failed for several reasons, including political instability and technical challenges in delivering resources, especially in certain countries in Africa.
Anthony Fauci
#80. I can tell you that when I travel the state, when I talk to people, they are really struggling, in a very real way. They're losing their jobs, they're losing their homes, they're dealing with financial challenges.
Alexi Giannoulias
#81. The flexibility we gain in asana is the living symbol of the suppleness we gain in relation to life's problems and challenges.
B.K.S. Iyengar
#82. Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.
Harsha Bhogle
#83. Having applied ancient principle of aligning the Mind-Body-Spirit in my own challenges, I applied the same concept to my weight loss patients. The results exceeded my and their wildest." expectations.
Sergey Sorin
#84. When we are able to receive life's challenges as koans rather than problems, they become interesting and exciting, rather than ponderous and depressing.
Brenda Shoshanna
#85. I've been in love before, every love-relationship is tough and it has its challenges.
Josh Hutcherson
#86. I'm not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.
Frank Lampard
#87. Those who believe they know it all should not fret when they ultimately realize they do not, for when there is nothing left to learn what challenges remain.
Matt Marlin
#88. People often ask why I remain so optimistic, even in the face of the complex challenges we are facing in the Jewish world, in Israel and beyond. It's because I am so impressed and inspired by the young people I meet.
Lynn Schusterman
#89. While 'Buddhism' suggests another belief system, 'dharma practice' suggests a course of action. The four ennobling truths are not propositions to believe; they are challenges to act.
Stephen Batchelor
#91. If we look upon fulfilling of assignments as building the kingdom of God and as being an opportunity as well as a privilege and an honor, then assignments and challenges should certainly be given to every member of the quorum.
James E. Faust
#92. Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.
Bev Perdue
#93. They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.
Valerie June
#94. The Government's mission is to build a strong and fair Australia capable of meeting the new challenges of the 21st century.
Kevin Rudd
#95. I still feel young as far as motivation is concerned, and also the challenges that I have for the future and what I want to achieve. So I just hope this successful streak is extended to the fullest.
Novak Djokovic
#96. Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of obstacles. Along the way, make no excuses and place no blame.
Ray Bourque
#97. Politicians must be simple and clear about how their ideas will serve the national cause. We can no longer use the complexity of today's problems as an excuse for inaction, rhyme or rhetoric that does not meet the challenges before us.
Alan Siegel
#98. I personally kind of yearn to play characters who are complex and who strike a truthful chord in me and who are challenged in some way and, I guess, who kind of move through those challenges.
Toni Collette
#99. When we hold firmly to God's truth, work through the difficult issues and challenges, and become clear in our understanding of the whys and the wherefores, we can truly say, without fear and without embarrassment, "God has said this in His Holy Word.
James R. White
#100. Never did get my curiosity cured,' she said. 'Some people sit around and wait for the world to poke them. Right here in this old curiosity shop of a world, they say, 'Poke me, world,' Well, you have to keep the challenges coming on. Make them up if necessary.
William Least Heat-Moon
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