Quotes About Challenge

I wonder if there is such a thing in nature as a FAT MIND? I really think I have met with one or two: minds which could not keep up with the slowest trot in conversation; could not jump over a logical fence, to save their lives; always got stuck fast in a narrow argument; and, in short, were fit for nothing but to waddle helplessly through the world.

The toughest battle is Mind.

[T]ruth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it. Ignorance may deride it. Malice may distort it. But there it is.

Virtue, as understood by the world, is a constant struggle against the laws of nature.

You need special shoes for hiking — and a bit of a special soul as well.

Backpacking: An extended form of hiking in which people carry double the amount of gear they need for half the distance they planned to go in twice the time it should take.

Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons. Oh, I know you've seen advertisements for lawn products that are supposed to kill crabgrass, but don't believe them. Crabgrass thrives on these products.

Fire tests metal, wine tests men.

A strong woman looks a challenge dead in the eye and gives it a wink.

Resist winter as you will — the cold will come.

Those who have had experience with type are aware of its satanic persistence towards error.

My only cure for writer's block is insomnia.

In this epoch of ours, many of us are watching with a distressed heart the evidence of a flight from freedom. Most people take liberty for granted, when they enjoy it, and do not realize that they have to relentlessly fight for preserving it.

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt.

Every radish I ever pulled up seemed to have a mortgage attached to it.

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

Adversity is the first path to truth...

You must be at the end of your rope. I felt a tug.

I am having an out-of-money experience.

When fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth.

You want to run out in front, prepare to be tripped from behind.

He who burns his bridges better be a darn good swimmer.

Remedy it or welcome it: a wise man's only two choices.

It is the fight alone that please us, not the victory.