Challenges Quotes - Page 9

• The single best way to develop leaders . . . is to take people out of their safe environment and away from the people they know, and throw them into a new arena they know little about. Way over their head, preferably. In fact, the more demanding their challenges, the more pressure and risk they face, the more likely a dynamic leader will emerge.

  Bruce Wilkinson

  Safe Environment, People, Leader

  Bruce Wilkinson (2009). “The Dream Giver: Following Your God-Given Destiny”, p.117, Multnomah

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• Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer who talks to his characters or harbours any illusions about the creative process. But at the same time, I think it's juvenile and arrogant when literary writers compulsively remind their readers that the characters aren't real. People know that already. The challenge is to make an intelligent reader suspend disbelief, to seduce them into the reality of a narrative.

  Michel Faber

  Real, Character, Writing

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• One thing we know for sure is that change is certain. Progress is not. Progress depends on the choices we make today for tomorrow and on whether we meet our challenges and protect our values.

  Hillary Clinton

  Choices, Progress, Today

  It Takes A Village - DNC Address, delivered 27 August 1996

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• To be effective the preacher's message must be alive; it must alarm, arouse, challenge; it must be God's present voice to a particular people.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Voice, People, Alarms

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• There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

  Barack Obama

  Block, America, Government

  President-Elect Victory Speech, delivered 4 November 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois

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• The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything as a blessing or a curse.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Positive, Attitude, Warrior

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• She would simply wait on the bridge, calm and obstinate, until events, real events, not her own fantasies, roe to her challenge, and dispelled her insignificance.

  Ian Mcewan

  Real, Bridges, Waiting

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• I challenge anyone to understand Islam, its spirit, and not to love it. It is a beautiful religion of brotherhood and devotion.

  Yann Martel

  Beautiful, Brotherhood, Religion

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.67, Vintage Canada

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• Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Adversity, Enthusiasm For Life

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2008). “Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration For Each Day of the Year”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

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• It is attitude, infinitely more than circumstance, that determines the quality of life. Life is often quite tough, challenging us to choose between seemingly esoteric, intangible ideals and getting goodies or good vibes right now. You have character when you most often choose ideals.

  Laura Schlessinger

  Attitude, Character, Quality

  Dr. Laura Schlessinger (2009). “How Could You Do That?!: Abdication of Character, Courage, Consci”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• A friend is someone who inspires, who challenges, who sends you in search of some truer sense of yourself.

  Steve Lopez

  Friendship, Inspire

  Steve Lopez (2008). “The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music”, Putnam Adult

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• Most inexperienced cooks believe, mistakenly, that a fine cake is less challenging to produce than a fine souffle or mousse. I know, however, that a good cake is like a good marriage: from the outside, it looks ordinary, sometimes unremarkable, yet cut into it, taste it, and you know that it is nothing of the sort. It is the sublime result oflong and patient experience, a confection whose success relies on a profound understanding of compatibilities and tastes; on a respect for measurement, balance, chemistry and heat; on a history of countless errors overcome.

  Julia Glass

  Believe, Cutting, Errors

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• Certainly, none of us enjoy going through struggles, but you have to understand that your struggle may be an opportunity for advancement and promotion. The very thing you are fighting against so tenaciously may be the springboard that catapults you to a new level of excellence. Your challenges may become your greatest assets.

  Joel Osteen

  Struggle, Fighting, Opportunity

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• God never promised that we wouldn’t have challenges. In fact, He said just the opposite. His word says, ‘Be truly glad!...these trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure…’ so if your faith remains strong after being tried in the test tube of fiery trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day of His return.

  Joel Osteen

  Strong, Opposites, Honor

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• That’s why it is important to enjoy the journey not just the destination. In this world, we will never arrive at a place where everything is perfect and we have no more challenges. As admirable as setting goals and reaching them maybe, you can’t get so focused on accomplishing your goals that you make the mistake of not enjoying where you are right now.

  Joel Osteen

  Mistake, Journey, Perfect

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• I could not believe in a God that would challenge faith like this.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Atheist, Believe, Atheism

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Everything Is Illuminated”, p.189, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• So what am I? I guess I would call myself a sober optimist...If you are not sober about the scale of the challenge, then you are not paying attention. But if you are not an optimist, you have no chance of generating the kind of mass movement needed to achieve the needed scale.

  Thomas Friedman

  Attention, Movement, Chance

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• There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning!

  Abbie Hoffman

  Success, Winning, Giving

  "Soon to be a Major Motion Picture". Book by Abbie Hoffman, p. 297, 1980.

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• The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may not be bright and promising. Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

  Maya Angelou

  Lonely, Gratitude, Attitude

  Maya Angelou (2008). “Letter to My Daughter”, p.32, Random House

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• Every sad thing, every loss or hurt really a challenge to love that much more, really just another of beauty's many strongholds.

  Leah Hager Cohen

  Hurt, Loss, Strongholds

  Leah Hager Cohen (2003). “Heart, You Bully, You Punk”, Viking Press

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• The gospel of Jesus Christ has the divine power to lift you to great heights from what appears at times to be an unbearable burden or weakness. The Lord knows your circumstances and your challenges. He said to Paul and to all of us, 'My grace is sufficient for thee.' And like Paul we can answer: 'My strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me'(2 Corinthinans 12:9)".

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Perfect, Grace

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• The way I see it, living in New Jersey is a challenge, what with the toxic waste and the eighteen wheelers and the armed schizophrenics." Connie Rosolli

  Janet Evanovich

  Toxic Waste, Way, Jersey

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• The cat looked as if it were about to say something sarcastic. Then it flicked its whiskers and said, "Challenge her. There's no guarantee she'll play fair, but her kind of thing loves games and challenges.

  Neil Gaiman

  Sarcastic, Cat, Games

  Neil Gaiman (2012). “Coraline”, p.76, A&C Black

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• Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

  Charles Dickens

  Pain, Teaching, Heart

  Charles Dickens (1881). “Great Expectations”, p.525

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• That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as pity, especially self-pity. No event in life is so terrible that one cannot rise above it.

  Robin Hobb

  Self, Events In Life, Life Is

  Robin Hobb (2014). “The Liveship Traders Trilogy 3-Book Bundle: Ship of Magic, Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny”, p.1940, Del Rey

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