Quotes About Challenge

People tend to call me for only one thing - NRI-based roles. I'd like to change that and expand a little bit, and have more substance.

As far as films are concerned, I would take up only those roles which are challenging and have some substance in them.

I was an executive running a pretty substantial group before becoming CEO, and I had no idea what it was like. When something goes wrong, people say, 'It's all your fault.' Your reaction is, 'It's not my fault.' But what do you mean? I was the founder, I hired everybody in the company, I was managing it.

I'd aspired to give people a profound education - to teach them something substantial. But the data was at odds with this idea.

Once you sign a contract that states that you're going to have to fight this other man for a substantial amount of money, things change psychologically.

Rehabbing any significant injury is a substantial challenge independently; braving the process twice makes for even longer odds.

Gerald's Game,' we could not have made it at a studio without substantive changes to the story.

Now is not the time for us to shy away from challenging ourselves to make substantive change for the better. We have the opportunity to raise the bar in the faith-based world by forging a culture in which inclusivity, diversity, and equality are paramount.

A small group of councillors sought to force a vote of no-confidence in my leadership. They did so with no substantive consultation with the members they represent.

Once you start putting in political subtext, it does create intellectually challenging science-fiction, but with 'Pacific Rim,' I always thought it would be a shame if kids couldn't go see this movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters because it seemed to have a political point of view.

My wife is a Christian and is extraordinary patient, logical, and philosophical. For years, I would challenge and condemn her beliefs, battering the structure of her conclusions with every argument, analogy, and evidence I could bring to bear. I am a very argumentative man, and I am as fell and subtle as a serpent in debate.

Aside from birthing me my first grey hairs and keeping me up at night more times than I'd like to count, 'The Subtle Art' taught me a lot about the nature of work. And a lot of that had to do with how my perception of the work itself evolved over the course of writing the book.

I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.

I get really excited when I see filmmakers make something that is subtle and feels real. It is really tough to do right.

Being a Kathak dancer, learning Bharathanatyam was a challenge as it was not that subtle, when compared to my natural form of dance.

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

Bandwagons roll through our lives. It's up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.

I'm always trying to, using literature, subvert people's responses.

If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

Sometimes you can do all the right things and not succeed. And that's a hard lesson of reality.

You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.

The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.

Your strike will not win. You cannot be allowed to succeed.

Any entrepreneur has to prepare for a lot of dark days, and they've got to really like what they are doing, and they have to have a reason for it to succeed.