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Quotes About Challenge

I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.
~ Roald Dahl
There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is it raining, is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing? - uh! Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be growing Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes! The danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing! A-aa-aaa-aaaah!
~ Roald Dahl
Well not exactly, the father said.Nobody could do that. but it didn't take me long...
~ Roald Dahl
Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.
~ Roald Dahl
Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.
~ Roald Dahl
Ik heb gemerkt, juffrouw Engel, in mijn lange loopbaan in het onderwijs, dat een rotmeisje veel gevaarlijker is dan een rotjongen. Bovendien zijn ze veel moeilijker klein te krijgen. Een rotmeisje te grazen nemen is als achter een bromvlieg aan zitten. Je mept erop en het gore kreng is alweer weg. Rotmormeld, die meisjes.
~ Roald Dahl
Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
~ Roald Dahl
Thank goodness we don'y meet many people like [Miss Trunchbull] in this world, although they do exist and all of us are likely to come across at least one of them in a lifetime. If you ever do, you should behave as you would if you met an enraged rhinoceros out in the bush--climb up the nearest tree and stay there until it has gone away.
~ Roald Dahl
The rooster has a funny little paper hat over its head, like an ice-cream cone upside down, and my dad is pointing to it proudly and saying, 'Stroke him. Go on, stroke him. Do anything you like to him. He won't move an inch.' The rooster starts scratching
~ Roald Dahl
Sebagian besar hal seru yang kita lakukan dalam hidup ini membuat kita takut setengah mati. Hal-hal itu tidak akan seru kalau tidak menakutkan -Danny
~ Roald Dahl
My Great Glass Elevator is ready for anything! In we go! Into the breach, dear friends, into the breach!
~ Roald Dahl
Mike parecía más confiado. Sabía que podía cubrir cualquier suma que Pratt propusiera.
~ Roald Dahl
Here I come, you grizzly old grunion! You rotten old turnip! You filthy old frumpet!
~ Roald Dahl
Now for me, writing the text of a short first-rate illustrated book for young children is the most difficult task of all, more difficult than a novel, short story, or full length children's book. If you find this hard to believe, I suggest you give it a try yourself.
~ Roald Dahl
The great German scholar Helmut Thielicke once said that a person who speaks to this hour's need will always be skirting the edge of heresy, but only the person who risks those heresies can gain the truth.
~ Rob Bell
You cannot bring a fresh, new word about human flourishing and expect the old, established systems of oppression and power to stand by passively. Or, as Jesus put it, "You can't put new wine into old wineskins.
~ Rob Bell
a person who speaks to this hour's need will always be skirting the edge of heresy, but only the person who risks those heresies can gain the truth.
~ Rob Bell
But sometimes when I hear people quote the Bible, I just want to throw up.
~ Rob Bell
To be here is to embrace the spiritual challenge of your ikigai, doing the hard work of figuring out who you are and what you have to give the world. This is work we all have to do, because we're all a piece of work, in the endless process of exploring our ikigai.
~ Rob Bell
Heaven comforts, but it also confronts.
~ Rob Bell
The truth is, you want risk. Not too much that it overwhelms you, but some. You want some risk in your life. Risk is where the life is.
~ Rob Bell
We want a little risk in our lives because it keeps things interesting. It wakes us up, it gives us a sense that we're alive and breathing and doing something with our lives.
~ Rob Bell
The measure of a sermon is not whether it affirms what you already believe. A sermon is not a product to be consumed and then evaluated according to how good it was or whether it was pleasing or enjoyable.
~ Rob Bell
We want a little risk in our lives because it keeps things interesting. It wakes us up, it gives us a sense that we're alive and breathing and doing Something! Throwing yourself into it begins with being grateful that you even have something to throw yourself into.
~ Rob Bell