Quotes About Challenges

Melanie Marks

Geez," I groan. I sure know how to make enemies—without even trying. People suck.

But of course, we had to part—always—because, well, because that was life. It was full of unsavory things I didn't want to do, like dishes and homework … and saying good-bye.

Hay que tener un gran valor para enfrentarse a nuestros enemigos, pero se necesita aún más valor para enfrentarse a nuestros amigos. —J. K. ROWLING, HARRY POTTER Y LA PIEDRA FILOSOFAL

endless meetings. Ever since she'd assumed the title of Regent, Mimi felt as if her life was measured out in marathon conference calls and discussions that went nowhere.

What's certain is that I'm not going to be stuck with my parents' limited options. My mom graduated top of her class in the Philippines, but in America she cleans up vomit in a hospital, and my dad, the smartest man I know, drives a bus for a living.

That was the thing about leaving home, she guessed. Once you'd made your way out into the world, once you'd left the darkness of the cave, it was hard to go back.

America wrestles with its obesity crisis to such an extent that Americans forget there are worse weight problems on earth than obesity.

like all of her, wrong sex, wrong class, wrong attitude...

Struggling is okay. Back-stepping is okay. Small bits of progress are not only okay, they're admirable.

We need to find a balance between solving problems and learning to live with unsolved problems.

There is no situation in life that can't be improved by laugher. Sometimes humor can help us get through situations we couldn't possibly endure without it. Sometimes laughter isn't superfluous; it's essential. Sometimes laughter is the next lesson we need to be learning.

Problems are a part of life. So are solutions. People have problems, but we, and our self-esteem, are separate from our problems.

we're not always ready to receive God's love. And we're not prepared to accept that it comes in a variety of ways. Often when we least expect it, God's love can show up in the form of something or someone we aren't happy to see-something or someone we want to push away or even run from. And, let me tell you, God's love can make us downright uncomfortable at times.

Your kids ever act like that? Tim laughed. Come on, man, I'm a pastor. My kids were perfect.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

O homem que não sofre atribulações não se educa.

We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.

I'm tired of having to struggle for what seems to come easily to everyone else.

Muddling along ... is the great secret to life... You take the good and the bad and cope as they happen - Gallen in Intrigues

There will always be bad times... It's the getting back up again that counts. - Gallen in Intrigues

Cats. You can't live with them, and the fur's too thin for a rug.

One problem at a time, that was his motto. Too bad he never got to live up to it.

There was something to be said for diversity, though it sometimes did complicate matters.