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Challenge Quotes


"But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public."


"Sometimes I feel as if I'm racing with my own shadow."


"Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can the holidays."


"The biggest challenge for me was Get Rhythm. I don't know why."


"And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge."


"I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation."


"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."


"I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and I've had some big disappointments, but I enjoy the freedom of running and the challenge of training and competition as much now as when I first started back in high school."


"The easy path will seldom lead where you need to go."


"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win."


"Trials and tribulations are nothing but opportunities to test the true potential of your mind."


"Everything new requires determination and courage from a person."


"To find out how much we can do or how far we can go, we have to challenge ourselves constantly."


"Since when does anyone get the option to do the easiest?"


"To be a part of a championship team, I'm excited... This is the closest I've ever been to a championship. I'm looking forward to the challenge of helping this team repeat."


"It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place."


"It was... the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember."


"We are the mountains we must cross."


"The greater your destiny the greater your troubles."


"Anyone? On Snow's visit before the Victory Tour, he challenged me to erase any doubts of my love for Peeta. "Convince me," Snow said. It seems, under that hot pink sky with Peeta's life in limbo, I finally did. And In doing so, I gave him the weapon he needed to break me."



"Now for the hitch in Jane's character,' he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him to speak. 'The reel of silk has run smoothly enough so far; but I always knew there would come a knot and a puzzle: here it is. Now for vexation, and exasperation, and endless trouble!"



"Does it make you brave to stick your hand in a bear's mouth? Would you do it again just because you didn't die?"


"How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast."


"Sometimes, God's silence is a challenge for us to act."


"Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand."


"Every hill becomes a mountain when one has to climb up it."


"Impossible things are really rough to do, you know."


"Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, "Then it was a good service?Lincoln responded, "No. The aide protested,"But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant."Yes, replied Lincoln, "but he didn't challenge us to do any great thing."


"The only period where there is lesser competition for opportunities are during times of difficulties."


"No matter how hard you kick, no matter how high you get, you can't go all the way around."


"The height of your storm determines the height of your rainbow."


"If you escape from a necessary fight, pray you will live long enough to wait for and deal with the same challenge that must be settled."


"It takes physical, spiritual and mental preparation to overcome the life challenges."
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