Quotes About Challenge

Total commitment, I said. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?

Story of my life.

But all the love in the world won't save a sinking ship. You have to either bail or jump overboard.

Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

Harder to get in than out, like so little else.

You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence -Eli

I told you, everyone understands a quest.

It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would be. It's the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth. When something's difficult to come by, you'll do that much more to make sure it's even harder -if not impossible- to lose.

I wondered again why the right thing always seemed to be met with so much resistance, when you'd think it would be the easier path. You had to fight to be virtuous...

Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise. For some people, it's love. Others, money or alcohol. Mine was even worse: calculus.

I bet you can't eat ten bananas! I bet you're right.

In every friendship, at some point comes a test. Never before in my experience, however, had it involved food.

It's harder that in looks, I told him when I finally got back in the car. Most things are

You have to admit, it's kind of impressive.... Total commitment. You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know?

Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.

But I always worked harder when I was up against something, or when someone assumed I couldn't succeed. That's what drove me, all those nights studying. The fact that so many figured I couldn't do it.

I wasn't ready for this, but then I probably never would be, and this year, like so much else, wouldn't wait. I had no choice but to get out of my car, with everyone watching and begin in earnest, alone. So I did

And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.

Get back on that bike.

In a way, I was almost happy to see her. The worst part of me, out in the flesh. Blinking back at me in the dim light, daring me to call her a name other than my own.

I'd chosen instead to just change my route, go miles out of the way, as if avoiding it would make it go away once and for all.

Doesn't it seem sometimes that the whole world's uphill but at least we know the way back will be easy...

How fast were you? Wes asked me. I said, Not that fast. You mean you couldn't... fly? he said, smiling at me.

I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.