Quotes About Challenges

It is true: most people are more satisfied with old problems than committed to finding new solutions.

If at First You Do Succeed, Try Something Harder

Do you know the difference between leaders, followers, and losers? Leaders stretch with challenges. Followers struggle with challenges. Losers shrink from challenges.

Predetermine a course of action. Lay out your goals. Adjust your priorities. Notify key personnel. Allow time for acceptance. Head into action. Expect problems. Always point to the successes.

people with a positive attitude focus their time and attention on solutions, not problems.

People are training for success when they should be training for failure. Failure is far more common than success; poverty is more prevalent than wealth; and disappointment more normal than arrival. —J.WALLACE HAMILTON

There is no achievement without failure.

Marriage, like any long-term relationship, requires us to . . . wade through a few things that are difficult. work for many things that are needed. wait on some things that take time. watch out for those things that can be harmful. wave good-bye to personal things that are selfish.

Author George Matthew Adams stated, "What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you." Every problem introduces you to yourself. It shows you how you think and what you're made of.

One of the paradoxes of life is that the things that initially make you successful are rarely the things that keep you successful.

Our problems are no longer problems when we seek learning instead of leisure.

The price of success is failure.

Crisis doesn't necessarily make character, but it certainly does reveal it. Adversity

Raymond Smith, former CEO and Chairman of the Bell Atlantic Corporation, once remarked, "Taking the safe road, doing your job, and not making any waves may not get you fired (right away, at least), but it sure won't do much for your career or your company over the long haul. We're not dumb. We know that administrators are easy to find and cheap to keep. Leaders—risk takers—are in very short supply. And ones with vision are pure gold.

Failure results from bad breaks.

Are we quick to respond to others' needs? Do we run from problems or face them? Do we talk more about bad news or good news? Do we give people the benefit of the doubt, or do we assume the worst? The

know this: though not everything that we face can be changed, nothing can be changed until we face it.

Everything worthwhile is uphill.

Un buen liderazgo se aprende en las trincheras.

It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose your cow!

You learn resiliency and tenacity during tough assignments, not easy ones. When tough choices have to be made and results are difficult to achieve, leaders are forged.

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. We

people with a positive attitude focus their time and attention on solutions, not problems. Just about anybody can see problems.

All things are difficult before they become easy." That's wise advice.