Quotes About Challenges

WHY MEN SELDOM SUCCEED BEFORE FORTY

I have learned that those who meet with difficulties which seem insurmountable may, if they will do so, best overcome these difficulties by forgetting them for a time and helping others who have greater problems.

Noteworthy is the fact that this 'other self' seldom exerts its influence or makes itself known excepting at times of unusual emergency, when men are forced, through adversity and temporary defeat

The measure of a man may be taken very accurately by the extent to which he adapts himself to his environment and makes it his business to accept responsibility for every adversity with which he meets, whether the adversity grows out of a cause within his control or not.

Do not expect troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint.

Antes de o sucesso chegar à vida de alguém, essa pessoa certamente encontrará muitas derrotas temporárias e talvez algum fracasso. Quando sobrevém a derrota, a coisa mais fácil e mais lógica a fazer é desistir. É exatamente o que faz a maioria das pessoas.

THE depression was a blessing in disguise. It reduced the whole world to a new starting point that gives everyone a new opportunity.

Opportunity is Everywhere. Think of The Cup. Think of its many Handles. When something comes up that ought to be done but that you don't want to do — DO it. That's a Handle. When something happens that takes you from your planned out Task — have no fear. That's a Handle.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every

No matter who you are or what may be your lifework, you are playing checkers with TIME! It is always your next move. Move with quick DECISION and Time will favor you. Stand still and Time will wipe you off the board. You cannot always make the right move, but, if you make enough moves you may take advantage of the law of averages and pile up a creditable score before the great game of LIFE is ended.

Living on our planet, today, requires a lot more imagination than we are made to have. We lack imagination and repress it in others.

Modernity's double punishment is to make us both age prematurely and live longer.

for Mother Nature, opinions and predictions don't count; surviving is what matters.

Organisms need, to use the metaphor of Marcus Aurelius, to turn obstacles into fuel—just as fire does.

This is one of the many reasons that journalism may be the greatest plague we face today—as the world becomes more and more complicated and our minds are trained for more and more simplification.

Education is an institution that has been growing without external stressors; eventually the thing will collapse.

awareness of a problem does not mean much—particularly when you have special interests and self-serving institutions in play.

it is not so easy to "falsify," i.e., to state that something is wrong with full certainty. Imperfections

The problem of lumpy payoffs is not so much in the lack of income they entail, but the pecking order, the loss of dignity, the subtle humiliations near the watercooler.

Science isn't the sum of what scientists think, but exactly as with markets. Had science operated by majority consensus, we would be still stuck in the Middle Ages.

A história mostra que, para a sociedade, quanto mais ricos nos tornamos, mais difícil é viver dentro de nossas próprias posses. Temos mais dificuldade em lidar com a abundância do que com a escassez.

triggers some feeling of bitterness.

I said that taking a "scalable" profession is not a good idea, simply because there are far too few winners in these professions.

while the bulk of their risks came from outside their models.