Quotes About Challenges

My problem with country music is that I try to avoid the very situations the lyrics lament.

Family's tough. It's like walking through a minefield, hoping you won't get blown to bits

What I've noticed though is that any attempt to trim out the dark matter takes away some of the good that was also buried in the muck.

I'm capable of screwing things up by trying to solve all the problems in advance instead of simply taking care of issues as they surface. I

Maybe life is just a straight shot from the horrors of grade school to the horrors of the nursing home.

traffic, but

Mi niña tendrá dificultades en la vida, pero es lo que ocurre con los dones. Si nos los entregaran fácilmente, no nos esforzaríamos por encontrar la mejor manera de servirnos de ellos.

Any partner we choose will hurt us at one time or another. No relationship, even the most ideal, has unwaveringly smooth sailing; there will always be squalls and storms that roil the waters.

Don't look away. Terrible things will happen now. Unbearable things. Bear it anyway.

Depressed people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do.

June always said that most people bit off more than they could chew, but August chewed more than she bit off. ...she turned her thoughts over and over, digesting stuff most people would choke on.

Mauma came down with a limp. When she was in her room or in the kitchen house for meals, she didn't have any trouble, but the minute she stepped in the yard, she dragged her leg like it was a dead log.

I fall and there ain't no wings sprouting off my shoulders.

If I'd been a thorn in Mother's side, Angelina would be the whole briar patch.

Don't look away. Terrible things will happen now. Unbearable things. Bear it anyway.

Mauma told me, "It gon be hard from here on, Handful.

PART TWO February 1811–December 1812

We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country -- its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.

The comparison is not very happy, however, because the regularity of the phenomena which Sun Tzu mentions is by no means paralleled in war.]

2. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) Entangling ground;               (3) Temporizing ground;               (4) Narrow passes; (5) Precipitous heights; (6) Positions at a great distance from the enemy.

WANG XI Opponents cannot exhaust you.

Victory comes from finding opportunities in problems.

A menos que tu corazón esté totalmente abierto y tu mente en orden, no puedes esperar ser capaz de adaptarte a responder sin límites, a manejar los acontecimientos de manera infalible, a enfrentarte a las dificultades graves e inesperadas sin turbarte, dirigiendo cada cosa sin confusión.