Quotes About Challenge

In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.

We are at a stage in history in which remolding society is one of the great challenges facing all of us in the West.

I had been pretty well made a prisoner by school, by society. I had been given this description of the world that I couldn't accept.

I always joke that every novel is really about the same thing: one person's struggle against society.

It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.

The integration of the Negro into American society is one of the most exciting challenges to self-development and self-mastery that any nation of people ever faced.

We show no relish for reconfiguring the relationship between the state, the market and society. The world is on the turn, yet we do not seem equal to the challenge.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior.

This is bravery: using the challenge of daily life to sharpen our mind and open our heart.

The most difficult mental process of all is to consider objectively any concept which, if accepted as fact, will toss into discard a lifetime of training and experience.

A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.

Every valuable human being must be a radical and a rebel, for what he must aim at is to make things better than they are.

Instead of asking "what's the problem?" ask "what's the creative opportunity?

To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.

Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.

Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

It is imperative that we do not fear challenges that we have attracted to promote our growth. Every obstacle we encounter is an opportunity for spiritual evolution.

To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players.