Quotes About Challenges

Parenthood is an equal share of awe and ah, crap. -Galene

My name is Nick Gautier and this is the story of my life. First off, get the name right. It's pronounced Go-shay not Go-tee-ay or Goat-chay (that has an extra H in it and as my mom says we're so poor we couldn't afford the extra letter). I'm not some fancy French fashion designer. I'm just a regular kid… well as regular as someone with a stripper for a mother and a career felon for a father can be.

Life hammers us all. Too many times we become things we never thought we'd be. For many reasons.

La vida rara vez es como desearíamos que fuese.

Yes, sir?" – Sundown "Is there a problem?" – Officer 'Uh, yeah. You people are bugging the shit out of me when I need to be rocketing home.' – Sundown

After all, what doesn't kill you... just really pisses you off.

I was struggling with drugs, I had a lot on my plate, and you know, I was using unhealthy ways to kind of self-medicate and deal with a lot of heavy duty stuff in my life.

I've tried to move on with my life and my career for the last two years and do my own thing, and 'American Idol' and FOX, they've just been making it really tough for me to do that.

Recovery from illness often seems like beginning life all over again.

Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.

I feel like a lot of life is distasteful and embarrassing. And you just push through it. You fix what you can, and you let time pass.

I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.

Because of the life I've had, I'd grown up quicker than most people.

I think I would have had less tumult in my life if I hadn't grown up in my particular house.

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.

There are going to be situations where people are going to go without assistance. That's just the facts of life.

Yeah, but what happens if life hands me pickles? - Bumper sticker

I've had plenty of negative reviews. I have my entire life.

There happen to be whole large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration.

Well, there's no guarantee of failure in life like happiness in high school.

So - whatever happened to you?' 'Life. Life happened.

A running theme in my life is my inability to say no to anything.

With an estimated population of nine billion people by 2050, we cannot continue to consume resources at the same rate and maintain our quality of life.

I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything.