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Quotes About Challenge

She grew daring and reckless, overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.
~ Kate Chopin
The bird that would soar above the plane of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.
~ Kate Chopin
The bird that would soar about the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.
~ Kate Chopin
As Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
~ Kate Collins
We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?
~ Kate DiCamillo
The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Are you a man or a mouse?
~ Kate DiCamillo
Putting on socks is hard work, said Bink. I'm hungry.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Quest. Say it, reader. Say the word quest lout loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Louisiana stood up again. She was holding Bunny close to her chest. She faced forward. 'Go faster,' she said. 'Are you kidding?' said Beverly. 'Who do you think you are? Some kind of queen? We're pushing as hard as we can. This grocery cart is worthless. It's like the wheels aren't even wheels. It's like they're squares or something.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Mark that it is dangerous. Trouble has a very long tail.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Never enough. We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?
~ Kate DiCamillo
He can put us in jail for trespassing. I don't care.
~ Kate DiCamillo
Say it, reader. Say the word 'quest' out loud. It is an extraordinary word, isn't it? So small and yet so full of wonder, so full of hope.
~ Kate DiCamillo
I have been bitten by the snake too
~ Kate Elliott
I am trapped, and for once in my life I see no path through these Rings. Four
~ Kate Elliott
It is not in victory that you learn how strong you truly are.
~ Kate Elliott
What good would learning be if we concentrated on what we already knew? It is only by learning those things that come to us with difficulty that we truly gain wisdom.
~ Kate Klimo
L-A-B-Y-R-I-N-T-H.
~ Kate McMullan
I have just rid the road of the three big bad bullies!" Theseus proclaimed. "Oh, bull!" shouted a shopper. "Yeah!" shouted another. "You and what army?" "I did it alone!" Theseus called. "With my bare hands!" Good boy! I thought.
~ Kate McMullan
There is only one way to deal with a goat.
~ Kate Thompson
I had very little idea of what I was supposed to be doing, so I set out to learn. What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes, and step off the edge.
~ Katharine Graham
Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
~ Katharine Hepburn
Things were slipping on me — oranges at first — then everything.
~ Katherine Dunn