Quotes About Challenge

If I went out with a couple of rifles and a gun bearer, and twenty or thirty beaters, to hunt a lion, I should not feel that the lion had much chance, and so the pleasure of the hunt would be lessened in proportion to the increased safety which I felt.

um homem deveria enfrentar sua má sorte, sua consciência, e todas essas coisas. - Ora - o que mais há para se combater?

As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved, contrary to my first intention, to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large. After having formed this determination and having spent some months in successfully collecting and arranging my materials, I began.

Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straight-forward pathway had been lost

To be in the middle of composing a book is almost always to feel oneself in a state of confusion, doubt and mental imprisonment....

Georgia O'Keeffe, the famous artist from the American Southwest, expressed this same courageous attitude toward fear in another way: "I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life, and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

As individuals, we have enormous difficulty thinking the negative. We see patterns all around us, and each new day brings new evidence that confirms our belief in them. Thinking through the hypothetical "What if I am wrong?" is not something that comes naturally. Having other people around whose sole interest lies in doing just that not only serves as an external corrective, it also pushes us to think in a way that our thoughts do not naturally go.

Even when he cheated he couldn't win, because the people he cheated against were always better at cheating too.

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind.

Fortunately, just when things were blackest, the war broke out.

Lehet, hogy egy hosszú életet tényleg sok kellemetlen körülménnyel kell megtölteni, ha azt akarjuk, hogy hosszúnak látsszon. De ha így van, kinek kell? – Nekem – mondta neki Dunbar. – Miért? – kérdezte Clevinger. – Tudsz jobbat?

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive. The

Yossarian makes any attempts to excuse himself from the perilous missions then he is caught in Catch-22: if he flies he is crazy, and doesn't have to; but if he doesn't want to he must be sane and has to. That's some catch...

Nem is lenne normális, ha sohasem félne. Még a legbátrabb emberek is tapasztalják a félelmet. A harcban a legnagyobb feladattal akkor kerülünk szembe, amikor saját félelmünket kell legyÅ'znünk.

Why," swore Yossarian at him approvingly, "you evil-eyed, mechanicallyaptituded, disaffiliated son of a bitch, did you walk around with anything in your cheeks?

Valakinek egyszer valamit csinálnia kellett. Minden áldozat b?nös, és minden b?nös áldozat is, de egyszer valakinek meg kellene már törni az öröklött szokásoknak ezt a tetves láncolatát, ami elÅ'bb-utóbb végveszélybe sodorja Å'ket.

It was miraculous. Each day he faced was another dangerous mission against mortality. And he had been surviving them for twenty-eight years.

Then you're up shit creek, Popinjay, without a paddle.

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive.

That's some catch, that Catch-22," he observed. "It's the best there is," Doc Daneeka agreed.

Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who needs one?

agreed that it was neither possible nor necessary to educate people who never questioned anything.

Bless you, my boy. Have a horseshoe." "Thank you, sir. What should I do with it?" "Throw it." "Away?" "At that peg there. Then pick it up and throw it at this peg. It's a game, see? You get the horseshoe back.

I try not to think of that," Major Danby admitted frankly. "I try to concentrate on only the big result and to forget that they are succeeding, too. I try to pretend that they are not significant." "That's my trouble, you know," Yossarian mused sympathetically, folding his arms. "Between me and every ideal I always find Scheisskopfs, Peckems, Korns and Cathcarts. And that sort of changes the ideal.