Quotes About Challenge

The first boy was always the hardest.

Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.

I don't think I like you." "A common reaction," he replied. "I'll win you over. Eventually." She

I hoped this was true. Even if it wasn"t, all I could do was hand over what I could, with the hope of something in return. But of course, this was easier said than done.

It doesn't matter whether you're the one having to douse a flame or helplessly watching it sputter. Either way, it goes out eventually.

The thing is, Rolly said, it's a big deal when you finally get the chance to do the one thing you want to do-need to do-more than anything. It can kind of scare the crap out of you.

My father's new life was progressing as planned, one neat step at a time. And I felt it, again, that same feeling I got whenever another change or shift in my life was announced to me – selling the house, Ashley's tantrums, now the baby – that need to dig in my heels and prepare myself for the next shock and its aftermath. I was tired of hanging on, taking the torn pieces to make something whole with them.

She was looking right at me, shaking her head, and I told myself she was wrong, so wrong, even as she spoke. "You're a goner.

The first step is always the hardest

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.

It's kind of impressive...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.

It was like I'd waited all my life to have something like this, and I knew even then, at the start, that it would be hard, so hard to lose. The big stuff always is.

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. (299)

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 wonder 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

We all have a strong preference that life should be easy, comfortable, and pain-free, but that doesn't mean there's something wrong with life when it isn't those things. It's just life. It's just life and it's not how you would prefer it to be, but that doesn't mean there's something wrong with it. - Constance Waverly, - Waverly Radio podcast #132

Imagine the baby has moved in. They're a cute little creature who's just weeks old. Your parenting instincts are in full throttle. Now enters your beloved puppy. Are they used to lounging on the furniture or jumping up for attention? Do they order you to give them a back rub by pawing, barking, or nudging you? Can you see the problem that's developing there? They won't stop this behavior just because you're holding a newborn

This life will hit you--hard. In the face! It'll wait for you to get back up, just so it can kick you in the stomach. But getting the wind knocked out of you, is the only way to remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

Difficulty becomes familiar, at least, if no less difficult.

Whaddaya know? I didn't even win the read-a-thon and the two books I want most will still be ordered. And maybe, just maybe, I can find a way to uncurse Maryrose.

Which kind of safety are we endorsing here? Is it the safety from psychological "power over" and actual harm? Or is it the safety from being made uncomfortable by accurate information that challenges one's self-perception?

After Hymns and tears, they boarded the brig Thaddeus, a vessel so crappy, it made the Mayflower look like the QE2.

What are you going to do? Will you soon begin the siege of the Capital?

So be it. In my mind the beginning of a life, especially if it seems destined to be a challenging one, deserves the most promising name you can come up with. A beginning kind of name. Like Dawn, Or Hope. Or Aurora.