Quotes About Challenge

And I have a message for the liberals and the defenders of the status quo: we're just getting started.

Individuals fighting or rebelling against the status quo, the establishment, is good for drama.

I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.

Speaking out and challenging the status quo is seldom cheered at the UN.

I really think it would be cowardly to pull back and not challenge the status quo, when the status quo may not be the right way for the field to go.

Sometimes, we need an obstacle to challenge us and push us further than we would if things were always status quo. I'd say one example is the market crashing. It's like, just when we started to get into a rhythm, everything changed! But, it taught us a great deal about how we do business and how we can improve.

Many have built their careers buttressing the status quo, reinforcing what they've already accomplished, and resisting the radical thinking that can topple their legacy - not exactly the attitude you want when trying to drive innovation forward.

The people that were most interesting were always questioning the status quo.

The status quo - Obamacare - is not acceptable.

When you really make things that really challenge the status quo or challenge issues, and you do it artistically, and you do it with no fear, people are listening.

It's hard in today's society to have a discussion where you want to challenge the status quo because of the 'I gotcha' politics.

I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism.

I like characters and stories that challenge the status quo. Lately, I'm really interested in history because I find that in my public school education, I didn't learn about women in history. I want to introduce the world to some great stories and incredible heroes.

I tell people all the time, the status quo is so untenable to me. Like, literally, I have no patience for it.

We're a band that's never been okay with the status quo. In a way, it's allowed us to be more open and confrontational in our music.

Holding women to the idea of 'write what you know' subtly reinforces the status quo. Writing is a chance to celebrate who we are. But it's also a chance to celebrate who we could be.

When you play in a great club like Real Madrid, it's hard to stay here.

I pushed the envelope as far as it needed to be pushed, and now it's on the floor, and people seem to want it to stay there.

The biggest challenge is to stay focused. It's to have the discipline when there are so many competing things.

On the pitch, I need to stay focused, alert, and be ready to face my heart-racing moment with confidence.

I had to take up a new challenge and I always want to stay true to myself. My last six months at Celtic were a tough time but, at the same time, I'm gone from there now, and I'm enjoying my football again.

Someone has new ideas, and obviously my time was up at Celtic. I had to take up a new challenge and I always want to stay true to myself.

I knew in advance I was coming to maybe the biggest club in the world, so I knew it wasn't going to be easy to play - otherwise I would have stayed in Bilbao. But I love the challenge; I love to have the chance to play for Manchester United.

Everyone wrote our obituary but us and the coaches and the kids who stayed with us. The obit was, 'Vanderbilt will have to leave the Southeastern Conference. All the coaches are leaving, and all the students are transferring.'