Quotes About Challenge

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

When people say, "It can't be done," or "You don't have what it takes," it makes the task all the more interesting.

Hate to sound sleazy, but tease me, I don't want it if it's that easy

Pressure is a privilege ... it's what you do with it that matters.

Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water.

Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

Golf and women are a lot alike. You know you are not going to wind up with anything but grief, but you can't resist the impulse.

Women challenge the status quo because we are never it.

I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed.

Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet.

Growth and comfort do not coexist.

We all understand situations where it's swim or drown. Sometimes we surprise ourselves when we start swimming and see how well we can do it.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

I feel I must fight for [my music], because I want women to turn their minds to big and difficult jobs; not just to go on hugging the shore, afraid to put out to sea.

People said women couldn't swim the Channel, but I proved they could.

Once they call you a Latin Lover, you're in real trouble. Women expect an Oscar performance in bed.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.

He lives century after century, and the test I set for him he has passed.

One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning.

Women don't seek power for its own sake, but to make a difference and overcome each challenge

I won a prize for 'best sponge cake' at the Clacton Festival 2005. Having said that, I was only up against three other cakes.

Because we're sponsored by competing breweries there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies.

There's not a lot of creativity when you're dealing with a disability, there's not a lot of freedom and spontaneity.