Quotes About Challenge

In parting, I would remind you that "Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate indecision!

You may not know it, Mr. Earthbound, but the best way to advertise an idea is by attacking it.

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one up when success is almost within reach.

fracasso é um trapaceiro com um aguçado senso de ironia e astúcia.

It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity.

In every adversity or defeat there is a seed of equal or greater benefit.

We call it "getting into a rut," which means that we accept our fate because we form the habit of daily routine, a habit that finally becomes so strong we cease to try to throw it off.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word "impossible." He knows all the rules which will NOT work. He knows all the things which CANNOT be done.

In parting, I would remind you that Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is TIME. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by TIME. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate INDECISION!

few people know that every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage. Still fewer people know the difference between temporary defeat and failure.

An enemy discovered is an enemy half whipped.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

there is a solution for every legitimate problem, no matter how difficult the problem may seem.

Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate decisions!

Every adversity, every failure and every heartache carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or a greater Benefit

one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning.

Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan

their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them. Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one up when success is almost within reach.

Abundance is harder for us to handle than scarcity.

the best horses lose when they compete with slower ones, and win against better rivals.

To understand how something works, figure out how to break it.

An idea stats to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion.