Quotes About Challenges

Troubles are a lot like people — they grow bigger if you nurse them.

Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Every one of you hath his particular plague, and my wife is mine; and he is very happy who hath this only.

Families are like fudge — mostly sweet with a few nuts.

Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.

Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.

Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

Spouse: someone who'll stand by you through all the trouble you wouldn't have had if you'd stayed single.

God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them.

A stubborn and rebellious generation.

Teachers who inspire realize there will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how we use them.

It's difficult to decide whether growing pains are something teenagers have — or are.

It's not easy being a mother. If it were easy, fathers would do it.

Between today and tomorrow are graves, and between promising and fulfilling are chasms.

Woman's Rule of Thumb: If it has tires or testicles, you're going to have trouble with it.

Everyone crashes. Some get back on. Some don't. Some can't.

If you think it's tough being a firefighter, try being a firefighter's wife.

Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them.

It's double the giggles and double the grins, and double the trouble if you're blessed with twins.

It's not that easy bein' green.

Life is not like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today might burn your ass tomorrow.

Computers are like air conditioners. They work fine until you start opening windows.

The reason most people do not recognize an opportunity when they meet it is because it usually goes around wearing overalls and looking like Hard Work.

The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.