Quotes About Challenge

When it comes to taking risks, I believe there are two kinds of people: those who don't dare try new things, and those who don't dare miss them.

You must reject common thinking if you want to accomplish uncommon results.

When you accomplish something that you once believed was impossible, it makes you a new person. It changes the way you see yourself and the world.

Because as the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates.

Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could." —STEVE JOBS

Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire likened life to a game of cards. Players must accept the cards dealt to them. However, once they have those cards in hand, they alone choose how they will play them. They decide what risks and actions to take.

Life begins at the end of our comfort zone. We go there by stretching.

The road to the next level is always uphill, and if a team isn't intentionally fighting to move up, then it inevitably slides down.

Adversity doesn't build character; it reveals it.

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an invasion of ideas." —Victor Hugo

A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself.

Every time you speak to people, give them something to feel, something to remember, and something to do.

If your perception of and response to failure were changed, what would you attempt to achieve?

Of all the things a leader should fear, complacency should head the list. —John C. Maxwell

Don't ever be too impressed with goal setting; be impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. But, take comfort in the knowledge that if a change doesn't feel uncomfortable, then it's probably not really a change.

Effective leaders....always rise to a challenge. That's one of the things that separates winners from whiners.....Walton rose above it by solving his problems with creativity and tenacity. Anyone who expects the road to be easy will continually find himself in trouble.

Do something you hate every day, just for the practice.

If we're not failing or making mistakes, it means we're playing it too safe.

A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.

Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.

ARE YOU CONTENT WITH THE STATUS QUO, OR ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE RISKS TO GAIN HIGHER LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT?

Are you at the head of your class? If so, then you're in the wrong class.

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who left well enough alone.

The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you're going to fail. It's whether you're going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure).