Quotes About Challenges

It's not what you accomplish in life, but what you overcome.

I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough.

No marriage can stand up under the strain of incessant association.

Sometimes life is a series of obstacles, a matter of putting one foot in front of the other. Sometimes, she realizes suddenly, it is simply a matter of blind faith.

Sometimes just getting through each day requires almost superhuman strength.

You live. And you throw yourself into everything and try not to think about the bruises.

Heartbreak was a luxury too costly for the single parent.

It wasn't that Ed would make it okay--he had his own problems to deal with--but somehow the sum of them added up to something better. They would make it okay.

So I stuck that in the back of my mental filing cabinet too, under the drawer labeled: Unthinkable.

Life is complicated. Which is why finding a little joy where you can is important.

There's no such thing as a life free of complications, Rory. We all end up making compromises in the end.

Because there would be lonely days. And bad days. And days when I wondered what the hell I had just agreed to be part of. Because that was all part of the adventure too.

And all babies were God's blessing, even those who said bugger quite a lot, and whose presence meant that half the potential wage earners in our family couldn't actually go and get a decent job.

Jesus Christ," said my father. "Can you imagine? If it wasn't punishment enough ending up in a ruddy wheelchair, then you get our Lou turning up to keep you company." "Bernard!" my mother scolded. Behind me, Granddad was laughing into his mug of tea.

Want to know the true definition of the triumph of hope over experience? Plan a fun family day out.

The worst thing about working as a caregiver is not what you might think. It's not the lifting and cleaning, the medicines and wipes, and the distant but somehow always perceptible smell of disinfectant. It's not even the fact that most people assume you're only doing it because you really aren't smart enough to do anything else. It's the fact that when you spend all day in proximity to someone, there is no escape from their moods. Or your own.

I felt a sudden wave of sympathy for her. It couldn't be easy being my mother.

things I learned about being a parent, while not actually being a parent: That whatever you did would probably be wrong.

There is nothing more disconcerting to passers-by than to see a man in a wheelchair pleading with a woman who is meant to be looking after him. It's apparently not really the done thing to be angry with your disabled charge. Especially

These are the things I learned about being a parent, while not actually being a parent. That whatever you did you would probably be wrong. If you were cruel or dismissive or neglectful, you would leave scars upon your charge.

Marveling at the 180 degree swings of life in general.

All this nonsense about women having it all. We never could, and we never shall. Women always have to make the difficult choices, but there is a great consolation in simply doing something you love.

Look. I know I've got baggage. I know that someone like me is probably not on your agenda, what with a baby and everything, but, you know, you've got a ton of baggage, too. You've got an ex-wife who you're obviously not over and a load of women you've slept with who still work for you— which frankly I think is a bit much. And you're a bit of a misogynist, which I can't say I like either.

These are the things I learned about being a parent, while not actually being a parent: That whatever you did would probably be wrong. If you were cruel or dismissive or neglectful, you would leave scars upon your charge. But if you were supportive and loving, encouraging and praising them for even their smallest achievements—getting out of bed on time, say, or managing not to smoke for a whole day—it would simply ruin them in a different way.