Quotes About Challenge

Faith dare the soul to go further than it can see.

The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?

Father said conflict develops the character

William Tell's son, Telly, who said as his father was pointing the bow and arrow at the apple on his head, There's gotta be an easier way to kill worms. Never got a dinner!

My father instilled in me the attitude of prevailing. If there's a challenge, go for it. If there's a wall to break down, break it down.

If necessity is the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

When I was 7, I wanted to be a jockey. My father told me women weren't allowed. I couldn't believe it. I was perfectly willing to fail on my own merits, but to be flunked at birth?

Well not exactly," the father said."Nobody could do that. but it didn't take me long.

Father Jude Nnorom also criticized his church leaders, saying the simple lifestyle followed by Pope Francis should challenge African bishops to ask themselves.

My father is also gifted at business, which is a blessing and a curse, because if you have the kind of mind that he does where you can do anything very well, that in its own way is sort of limiting.

We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action.

Fear is your worst enemy. Risk is your best friend.

Run from what's comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I'll be mad.

I like to step into areas where I am afraid. Fear is a sign that I am going in the right direction.

You know, whenever I was presented with a challenge that brought up feelings of fear or self-doubt, I almost always said, 'Yes'.

No challenge can stop you if you have the courage to keep moving forward in the face of your greatest fears and biggest challenges. Be courageous.

Fear is the spice that makes it interesting to go ahead.

There were times when I blundered and got the dreaded look from the lads. But that was a good sign. It showed I'd attempted something I'd not tried before.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.

The most difficult of decisions are often not the ones in which we cannot determine the correct course; rather the ones in which we are certain of the path but fear the journey.

Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.

Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.