Quotes About Challenges

Raj has always been a great encouragement to me. We have gone through some really rough patches as well. There was a time when I was always busier than him. That was a good part of our married life.

I guess we go through multiple rough patches in all of our relationships.

Being a mother is complicated because it's not just a paternal culture making demands on you; it's those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.

If there is one thing you can count on in your life, it's that your path will not always be easy.

No matter what happens to us in life, we must get back on our feet and continue on the path.

I could describe my career in two words: who knew. I was on the path to becoming a professional baseball player, but I got injured in college. When I decided to move out to L.A. to try acting, nobody was betting on me, not even my family. But it's always been that way for me; nothing has come easy.

Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.

But the path you end up on means that you have to close a lot of doors, too.

Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job.

I would love to act in Bengali movies, but the work culture here is pathetic.

I have had my share of flops and it's very discouraging. It's pathetic to be on that side.

I have a pathological fear of confrontation. I'm working on that.

If you look at the paths of other actors, most people have a curve where you hit it and there's a time where you make a lot of money and they let you make your movies, and then they take it away and it's gone.

When I look back at where I came from, at the school I attended... my classmates for the most part haven't had successful paths - many have had a difficult, chaotic path.

At the end of the day, you go through different paths in the league. I wouldn't change anything about it.

I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses.

Like anyone, you could love someone, and it doesn't mean that you're equipped or you were taught or have the patience or the love or the wherewithal to be a good parent. One has nothing to do with the other.

I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.

America is a great country. It has a lot of work to do. The bottom line is it's easy to talk; it's easy to have the media pick up on something, and it's hard to have the patience to put something in place you can build on that will make sure each citizen has their equal rights.

The baby boom is about to become a patient boom.

I was aware that I was not getting the good acting roles because I was either too handsome, too pretty or whatever. I was being judged in ways that left me nowhere to go. You have to be patient.

It was tough mentally at Chelsea, obviously not getting the game time. I had to be really patient and have the mentality to still train right and do all the right things.

Every Crohn's and colitis patient is different, and they all respond to different things. That's the craziest thing about it.

Sexuality can be difficult to articulate, and we have to be patient and compassionate.