Quotes About Challenge

Sounds like someone's found a turd floating in the punch bowl, and I'm supposed to fish it out." Trouble followed me everywhere.

Grandes barbaridades hemos hecho las personas en nuestro intento de adaptar la realidad a las medidas de nuestro recipiente mental.

La valentía no es la ausencia de miedo, Pablo, sino el atreverse a hacer lo que uno tiene que hacer a pesar

Cuando creíamos que teníamos todas las respuestas, de pronto, cambiaron todas las preguntas

uno no sabe quién es realmente, cuán incinerable o incombustible es, hasta que no pasa por alguna hoguera.

Los celos retrospectivos (por su imposibilidad de rencor, por su falta de desafío, por su improbable competencia) son espantosamente crueles.

la mujer identifica el sexo con la conciencia. Allí puede estar la mayor culpa, la mejor felicidad, el problema más arduo.

lo cierto es que la vida desde el principio me sacó ventajas y yo no he podido ni podré jamás recuperar el terreno perdido.

Its easy to know what you want to say, but not to say it

Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella." (spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa)

there is nothing so bad as a reformed anything, be it gambler, drunkard, or lecher. They are aye harder on folks wi' their vices than someone without them would be." Sir

Toby thought. It was a painful process, since he was not in the habit of thinking very much about anything.

Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.

Tragedies don't kill you, she decided, "it's the messes. I can't stand messes. I'm not being a smart-cracker. You know I'm not when you meet me – don't you, honey?"9

as far as I can tell, no matter what the circumstances, parenthood is thrust upon a parent. No one is ever quite ready; everyone is always caught off guard. Parenthood chooses you. And you open your eyes, look at what you've got, say "Oh, my gosh," and recognize that of all the balls there ever were, this is the one you should not drop. It's not a question of choice.

I know there are people who claim to enjoy dating, just like I know there are people who claim to enjoy a cold shower in the morning.

Why did people try to shush trouble away as if it were an unruly child?

It's not fair." "It's not. But then, that's the game. It makes life great. The fact that it ends when we don't want it to. The ending gives it meaning.

Ever' man wants life to be a fine thing, and a easy. 'Tis fine, boy, powerful fine, but 'taint easy. --Penny Baxter to his son, Jody

Now I shore as the devil won't waste no time tootlin' him. You know me better'n that. You know I'm made outen whale-bone and hell.' 'Ain't the whalebone gittin' a mite limber?' ''Tis, but the hell's hot as ever.

The good and the bad. It always happens together, and all you can do is press on. Press on.

How did a nice girl like me get into a mess like this?

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried; you float.

You can't make a difference without making waves, and some people in the boat won't like it. So be it. Rock the boat anyway.