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"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
Epictetus
"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
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"Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your brain to see if you can spell it? It was like that, the blank panic."
Gillian Flynn
"Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your brain to see if you can spell it? It was like that, the blank panic."
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"I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself."
George Eliot
"I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself."
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"The biggest challenge was trying to convey the story of the making of a film that isn't finished yet - and which won't be finished until the third film, The Return of the King, reaches our cinemas towards the end of 2003!"
Brian Sibley
"The biggest challenge was trying to convey the story of the making of a film that isn't finished yet - and which won't be finished until the third film, The Return of the King, reaches our cinemas towards the end of 2003!"
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"It's a challenge between me and the hurdle, and the hurdle has always won."
Gail Devers
"It's a challenge between me and the hurdle, and the hurdle has always won."
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"Knowing the path through the forest doesn't make the trip any less daunting. Knowing the steps to your dreams doesn't make the climb any less of a challenge."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"Knowing the path through the forest doesn't make the trip any less daunting. Knowing the steps to your dreams doesn't make the climb any less of a challenge."
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"Stealing regular stuff was no fun. She wanted a real challenge. Over the last two years, she'd picked the most difficult places to enter. Then she'd snuck in.And eaten their dinners."
Brandon Sanderson
"Stealing regular stuff was no fun. She wanted a real challenge. Over the last two years, she'd picked the most difficult places to enter. Then she'd snuck in.And eaten their dinners."
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"The only period where there is lesser competition for opportunities are during times of difficulties."
Auliq Ice
"The only period where there is lesser competition for opportunities are during times of difficulties."
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"The challenge is high. The stakes are important. I think it's manageable."
William Hedgcock Webster
"The challenge is high. The stakes are important. I think it's manageable."
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"It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place."
Brandon Sanderson
"It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place."
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"Working in Isaac's universe was more of a treat than a challenge."
Greg Bear
"Working in Isaac's universe was more of a treat than a challenge."
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"My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality."
Regina King
"My biggest challenge will be to play the totally submissive woman. It takes a toll on you when you play someone who's far removed from your personality."
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"I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory."
Earl Hines
"I always challenge myself. I get out in deep water and I always try to get back. But I get hung up. The audience never knows, but that's when I smile the most, when I show the most ivory."
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"Everything new requires determination and courage from a person."
Sunday Adelaja
"Everything new requires determination and courage from a person."
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"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."
Flannery O'Connor
"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."
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"Impossible things are really rough to do, you know."
Brandon Sanderson
"Impossible things are really rough to do, you know."
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"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."
John F. Kennedy
"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."
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"Sometimes I feel as if I'm racing with my own shadow."
Haruki Murakami
"Sometimes I feel as if I'm racing with my own shadow."
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"It's hard as hell to hold onto your dignity when the risen sun is too bright in your losing eyes, and that's what I was thinking about as we hunted for bad guys through the ruins of a city that didn't exist."
John Green
"It's hard as hell to hold onto your dignity when the risen sun is too bright in your losing eyes, and that's what I was thinking about as we hunted for bad guys through the ruins of a city that didn't exist."
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"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."
Michael Finley
"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."
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"To find out how much we can do or how far we can go, we have to challenge ourselves constantly."
Debasish Mridha
"To find out how much we can do or how far we can go, we have to challenge ourselves constantly."
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"The greater your destiny the greater your troubles."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"The greater your destiny the greater your troubles."
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"You cannot reach space without overcoming the attraction of gravity."
Debasish Mridha
"You cannot reach space without overcoming the attraction of gravity."
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"Today, some chess games can't go in 40 minutes. One game not every time can finish fast, sometimes it's difficult to win and the ways are odd."
Deyth Banger
"Today, some chess games can't go in 40 minutes. One game not every time can finish fast, sometimes it's difficult to win and the ways are odd."
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"Since when does anyone get the option to do the easiest?"
Jodi Picoult
"Since when does anyone get the option to do the easiest?"
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"It is in vain to try and kick the wind."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"It is in vain to try and kick the wind."
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"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."
Abraham Lincoln
"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."
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"Nothing is easy, and, with respect to legal work, that was absolutely true."
Kenneth Eade
"Nothing is easy, and, with respect to legal work, that was absolutely true."
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"Trials and tribulations are nothing but opportunities to test the true potential of your mind."
Edmond Mbiaka
"Trials and tribulations are nothing but opportunities to test the true potential of your mind."
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"Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it."
Amit Ray
"Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it."
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"Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge."
Anne Rice
"Obsession led me to write. It's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge."
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"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!"
Charlotte Bronte
"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!"
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"Life's greatest challenge are the manifestations of our dreams."
Auliq Ice
"Life's greatest challenge are the manifestations of our dreams."
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"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."
Oprah Winfrey
"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."
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"For the likes of you, the path to happiness is one mean son of a bitch of a path."
Dean Koontz
"For the likes of you, the path to happiness is one mean son of a bitch of a path."
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"If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you!"
Kemi Sogunle
"If it doesn't challenge you, it won't change you!"
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"When you live in contrary to the demand of life, life doesn't work for you. Life rather works against you."
Sunday Adelaja
"When you live in contrary to the demand of life, life doesn't work for you. Life rather works against you."
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"There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent."
Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent."
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"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?"
Robert Jordan
"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?"
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"If you're not scared every day, you're not pushing hard enough."
Richie Norton
"If you're not scared every day, you're not pushing hard enough."
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"It is always harder to climb the mountain. One must find strength of hope within the depths of heart to move onward."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"It is always harder to climb the mountain. One must find strength of hope within the depths of heart to move onward."
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"You stand the risk of a down turn, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks."
Sunday Adelaja
"You stand the risk of a down turn, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks."
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"It was... the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember."
Nicholas Sparks
"It was... the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. In every way, a walk to remember."
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"We are the mountains we must cross."
Marty Rubin
"We are the mountains we must cross."
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"Don't be restricted to your comfort zone alone."
Sunday Adelaja
"Don't be restricted to your comfort zone alone."
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"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."
Suzanne Collins
"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."
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"The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me."
Johnnie Dent Jr.
"The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me."
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"Every problem is a new puzzle to solve."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Every problem is a new puzzle to solve."
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"When faced with a hurdle then give it all you've got to jump over it because it can't be done in two stages."
Stephen Richards
"When faced with a hurdle then give it all you've got to jump over it because it can't be done in two stages."
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"How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast."
John Green
"How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!" to a margin note written in her loop-heavy cursive: Straight & Fast."
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