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Quotes About Challenge

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.
~ John F. Kennedy
You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
~ Arthur Ashe
If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.
~ Evel Knievel
Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
~ A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.
~ H. L. Mencken
Life is like unto a long journey with a heavy burden.
~ Ieyasu Tokugawa
Think about it: it is easy to see God's beauty in a glorious sunset or in ocean waves crashing on a beach. But can you find the holiness in a struggle for life?
~ Harold S. Kushner
When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.
~ Donald Trump
If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.
~ Emil Zatopek
Invite people into your life who don't look or act like you. You might find they challenge your assumptions and make you grow.
~ Mellody Hobson
The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness.
~ Massimo Vignelli
My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.
~ Kiran Bedi
The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day.
~ Oscar De La Hoya
Life is a zero sum game.
~ George Carlin
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty.
~ Lise Meitner
If you want to move to a new level in your life, you must break through your comfort zone and practice doing things that are not comfortable.
~ T. Harv Eker
He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
~ Edmund Burke
If the size of your vision for your life isn't intimidating to you, there's a good chance it's insulting to God.
~ Steven Furtick
There is no route out of the maze. The maze shifts as you move through it, because it is alive.
~ Philip K. Dick
What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.
~ Wendell Phillips
Because our minds process information solely through analogy and categorization, we are often defeated when presented with something that fits no category.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
The world we are a part of now is difficult to accept, unimaginably difficult. I don't know if I accept everything even now. I don't know how I can. But acceptance moves past denial, and maybe there's defiance in that, too.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
Writing fiction is like doing a jigsaw puzzle with all the pieces turned upside down.
~ Jeff Wallach