Quotes About Challenge

The true power of science lies in its ability to challenge assumptions, dismantle misconceptions, and pave the way for new frontiers of understanding.

It is obvious that you like to be in control of things. With this girl, you lose control. You despise that, especially since she is younger.- Maria Delgado

Pero toda rebeldía contra la imagen paterna, magnificada y opresora, se paga durante el resto de la vida. La única manera de salir de ese laberinto, por el que todos nos internamos alguna vez, es llegar a la convicción de que al padre, en vez de substituirlo, hay que intentar prolongarlo, en la medida de nuestras propias fuerzas y de nuestros propios demonios. No es fácil, ni suele ser grato, pero no existe otro camino para enfrentar el reto de vivir nuestra propia vida.

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back." - Chinese proverb

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any fun.

If you insist on the chase," I say, my voice much surer than I feel."Then you better start training. 'Cause, dude you're in for a marathon.

Ever, if I've learned nothing else in my six hundred years of living, it's that people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged.

people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged.

Sie hatten mich einfach in die Höhle des Löwen laufen lassen, ohne Munition, ohne Verteidigungsmittel, ohne Ratschläge, wie ich das überleben sollte.

Life is not meant to be an open-book test,

This day's gone from really bad, to extremely bad and it's a long way from over.

Because, Ever, life is not meant to be an open book test.

That life is not meant to be an open-book test.

We are extremely proud of the accomplishment that Nicolai achieved. He proved to others two things: no matter what your challenge is, it can be overcome with the right mindset, dedication, and determination, and second, having a philanthropic heart for others makes a difference in people's lives who have no other alternative.

En vérité, on passe son temps à lutter contre la terreur du vivant. On s'invente des définitions pour y échapper : je m'appelle machin, je bosse chez chose, mon métier consiste à faire ci et ça.

La laideur, c'est rassurant : il n'y a aucun défi à relever, il suffit de s'abandonner à sa malchance, de s'en gargariser, c'est si confortable. La beauté est une promesse : il faut pouvoir la tenir, il faut être à la hauteur.

Peut-il arriver mieux à une belle jeune fille que de tomber sur un monstre ?

A mí, lo que me gusta en la vida son las molestias autorizadas. Como las víctimas no tienen derecho a defenderse, resultan todavía más divertidas

Es más fácil morir que vivir, ésa es la razón por la que viviré por ti, amor mío.

Preparare brava gente a incontrarmi! Una disciplina che si chiamerebbe "Arte di affrontare i geni"! Che orrore!

Vivir en el extranjero era una enfermedad respiratoria.

Cualquiera que viva un infierno durable o pajero puede, para enfrentarse a él, recurrir a la técnica mental más gratificantes de cuantas existen: contarse un cuento.

As she went on with her labour, she became aware that she had Schubert's Erl-King going around in her head. It wasn't the ideal music for the job. Normally, Pannonique programmed her brain to play symphonies that have her the energy indispensable for such physical labour-Saint-Saens, Dvorak-but now that heart-rending Lied stuck in her skull and sapped her strength.

Those who challenge the law in one or another of its aspects weaken the whole legal structure of society. For one man to disobey a law he does not like is to invite others to disobey another law which he may regard as indispensable to his own livelihood - or life.