Famous Quotes & Sayings

Epictetus

What ought one to say then as each hardship comes? I was practicing for this, I was training for this.

The day has been relegated to terror and horror. That challenges Christians on how to think and respond.

The challenge we've got is that the Government does not have a working majority. They don't.

It's a bit much describing it as a moral challenge from a government that's tripled the deficit and added $100 billion to net debt.

Tony Blair

In 1997, we faced daunting challenges. Boom and bust economics..... Now, for all that remains to be done, dwell for a moment on what has been achieved.

Tony Blair

Climate change is the world's greatest environmental challenge. It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases, associated with industrialization and economic growth...is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable.

Simone Elkeles

Do I hear a challenge?” she whispers, “Oh, Carlos. You know I can’t resist a challenge.

Simone Elkeles

being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you.

Simon Schama

From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the fact of violence that had given them the power to challenge constituted authority. Bloodshed was not the unfortunate by product of revolution, it was the source of energy.

Simon Kinberg

Every movie has its complexities and its challenges.

Rick Riordan

Now, as far as I knew, he (Luke) was still sailing around on his demon-infested cruise ship while the chopped-up Lord Kronos re-formed, bit by bit, in a golden sarcophagus, biding his time until he had enough power to challenge the Olympian gods. In demigod-speak, we call this a “problem.” - Percy, 'The Battle of the Labyrinth

Richard Burr

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

Richard Brown

Make sure to be well informed before accepting the challenge of a commission - check out that you have a source of reference readily available.

Richard Branson

When you are starting a business or going down any challenging endeavor, you are bound to encounter challenges. You are going to hit many roadblocks and obstacles. These are obstacles that would make any sane person want to throw in the towel and quit. If you want your business to succeed, you can’t do that (duh).

Richard Branson

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Timothy Radcliffe

The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.

Thurgood Marshall

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.

Richard Branson

Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.

Tim Meadows

Learning lines is my biggest challenge.

Radhanath Swami

The challenge of co-operation in today's age of quarrel can be achieved by adjusting every situation according to the higher principle of loving God.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives.

Selena Gomez

Artistically, you want to be able to do a lot of things that can challenge you to not just stay in the same thing.

Scarlett Johansson

I would never knowingly go into a film that I wouldn't pay to see, or something that didn't challenge me.

Sharan Burrow

Achieving sustainable ways of living is inextricably linked to how we organize work in the future. State of the World 2014 makes an important contribution by illustrating how trade unions, far from being outdated, will be at the forefront of a just transition. It is a challenging compilation?coming at exactly the right time.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

But the biggest challenge overall was narrowing down the complex narrative elements into a clean and straightforward story while maintaining a sense of the cultural context that makes the film special.

Pema Chodron

Peace isn’t an experience free of challenges, free of rough and smooth, it’s an experience that’s expansive enough to include all that arises without feeling threatened.

Pema Chodron

Anything we experience, no matter how challenging, can become an open pathway to awakening.

Peter Russell

We are living through the most exciting, challenging and most critical time in human history. Never before has so much been possible; and never before has so much been at stake.

Pedro Martinez

I like the challenge. I do not like the attention.

Pedro Almodovar

The challenge to me as a director was for the audience to see the film as going on in a straight line, so that they did not sense all of these break-ups. I did not want a film to be a collage of all these images.

Puff Daddy

Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn - we wouldn't be who we are without them.

Josie Maran

Part of the challenge of Most Wanted is trying to become the most notorious street racer on the pavement.

Joseph Boyden

From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.