Quotes About Challenge

Every time you try to do something different, you have to expect obstacles.

When I was in school, they say everybody can do art. And I was, like, a little bit obstinate - not an anarchist, but I was always asking questions. I said, 'Isn't art supposed to be difficult?' If we can all do art, then it's not really art. It's supposed to be difficult.

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

You see the likes of the Barcelonas and Real Madrids, and you always want to play against them and, obviously, Bayern Munich too.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

If you're guarding a guy like Carmelo, obviously you have to stay close to him because he can get hot.

I always design with the occasion in mind, so I particularly enjoy creating bespoke pieces; it's always an exciting challenge for me creatively.

Knowing that you have something you have to deal with, rising to the occasion, builds character.

There are always people that will rise to the occasion when there is no occasion, but it is hard to find people will do it when there is.

I don't rise to the occasion when there's no occasion.

I always rise to the occasion for that big bet.

On one occasion I had to sleep on a stretcher balanced on two kitchen chairs. It wasn't glamorous.

There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.

Taking occasional risks, I'm a strong proponent of that.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job.

If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.

No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day?

People don't understand it, but the most intense occasions in the House of Commons were the ones I enjoyed most. When events could go either way and you could find yourself out of a job by the end of the day, those were the times when you were most on a high.

As the Occupy Movement demonstrated, it's tough to change anything when you're talking about everything.

It is clear to me now that the universe in its truculence doesn't permit itself to be that well known.

There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same.

So you come soon to power, but you have merely inherited the crisis and yours is the profit of cancer.