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Quotes About Challenge

Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
~ Pliny (the Elder)
Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.
~ Plutarch
To find a fault is easy to do better may be difficult.
~ Plutarch
It's a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.
~ Plutarch
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
~ Plutarch
It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man's oration, it is a very easy matter; but to produce a better in it's place is a work extremely troublesome.
~ Plutarch
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.
~ Polly Toynbee
The ways of the Lord are not comfortable, but we were not created for comfort, but for greatness, for good.
~ Pope Benedict XVI
Dear young people, we have seen that it is the Holy Spirit who brings about the wonderful communion of believers in Jesus Christ. True to his nature as giver and gift alike, he is even now working through you. Let unifying love be your measure; abiding love your challenge; self-giving love your mission!
~ Pope Benedict XVI
Pervading nationalism imposes its dominion on man today in many different forms and with an aggressiveness that spares no one. The challenge that is already with us is the temptation to accept as true freedom what in reality is only a new form of slavery.
~ Pope John Paul (II)
There is no other road than the one we take, hard though it be. And no man outlives his weird. Best to meet it bravely, face to face.
~ Poul Anderson
Dood ok ondergang!" Rupert panted.
~ Poul Anderson
he said, and wondered if the engineers would ever be able to find the breaking strength of the human spirit. He felt very near to giving way.
~ Poul Anderson
You'll either be killed, young man, or you'll do something that will force us to step on you, or you'll go far indeed.
~ Poul Anderson
I've yet to see any problem, however complicated, which when you looked at it the right way didn't become still more complicated.
~ Poul Anderson
You're right,' I'd say. 'The planet is grossly overpopulated and we'd better do something about it. Do you want to machine-gun the surplus yourself, or shall we start with you?
~ Poul Anderson
Aku harus tabah, kubisikkan pada diri sendiri. Takkan ada yang menolong kau! Semua setan dan iblis sudah mengepung aku.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Kalau ada persatuan semua bisa kita kerjakan, jangankan rumah, gunung dan laut bisa kita pindahkan - Ranta
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Aku boleh seorang pelacur! Aku boleh seorang sampah masyarakat! Aku seorang bintang film gagal! Tapi beradat! Tidak. Aku juga punya tanah air. Aku Larasati, bintang ara. Sedang sebutan Miss pun aku tak pernah pakai. Ara! Cukup Ara. Mengapa mesti dengan Miss? Sebutan itu akan membuat aku berkulit putih. Apakah sebutan itu tantangan kaum pria, kalau aku milik siapa saja?
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Siapa pun melanggar hak-hak pribadi akan sahaya tantang, Bunda, apalagi hanya seorang abang.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Ah, Mas Nganten ini. Bagi orang kebanyakan seperti sahaya ini kita kawin supaya semakin susah. Tentu beda dengan para priyayi besar, mereka kawin supaya jadi senang.
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Dengan modal keberanian dan teror saja tak banyak yang bisa dicapai dalam kehidupan modern begini,
~ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Have you ever thought about the factors that help you come out of every odd situation in life? There are 3R's that can let you sail easily through every stormy situation of life. These are the response, responsibility, and responsiveness. The way you respond to the problem, the way you hold yourself responsible for it and finally the responsiveness you show in solving it matters a lot and let you drive out of the bad situation.
~ Prashant Agarwal
the sea's only gifts are harsh blows and, occasionally, the chance to feel strong. Now, I don't know much about the sea, but I do know that that's the way it is here. And I also know how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong but to feel strong, to measure yourself at least once, to find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions, facing blind, deaf stone alone, with nothing to help you but your own hands and your own head...
~ Primo Levi