Quotes About Challenge

about itself: "There are times

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them… they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

At every turn you propose to take, you will find someone to warn you away, to tell you not to take that road, that it will lead to disaster.

Who would back you in a race While defeat is in your face?

Everybody cursed the Bolsheviks but nobody was prepared to do anything about them.

The enemy gate is down.

I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.

I have to win this now, and for all time, or I'll fight it every day and it will get worse and worse.

The only teacher that's worth anything to you is your enemy.

So it's Mr. Wiggin and Who The Hell Are You.' 'About right,' Bean replied.

From now on the enemy is more clever than you. From now on the enemy is stronger than you. From now on you are always about to lose.

A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.

I'm hurting you to make you a better soldier in every way. To sharpen your wit. To intensify your effort. To keep you off balance, never sure what's going to happen next, so you always have to be ready for anything, ready to improvise, determined to win no matter what. I'm also making you miserable.

Life is a suicide mission.

So that's it? asked the expendable. Final decision, said Ram. And it's the right one. Why do you think so? Because we live or die, we'll learn something important from jumping into the fold. Thousands of future travelers will either follow us or not. But if we don't make the jump, we'll learn nothing, have no new options. A lovely speech. It has been sent back to Earth. It will inspire millions. Shut up, said Ram.

The classes were valuable, but the real education was the game.

The enemy's gate is down.

There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will teach you how to destroy and conquer.

I am a Gordian knot. Don't unravel, just slice.

Saving the human race is a frantic one. Or a tedious one. It all depends on what stage of the process you're taking part in.

I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't let you beat me unfairly—I'll beat you unfairly first.

Tú no eres una promesa. Tú eres una amenaza

Like climbing a cliff, thinking is a perilous activity for those unused to it.