I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
Mark Twain
If we do not rise to the challenge of our unique capacity to shape our lives, to seek the kinds of growth that we find individually fulfilling, then we can have no security: we will live in a world of sham, in which our selves are determined by the will of others, in which we will be constantly buffeted and increasingly isolated by the changes round us
Nena O'Neil
If you compared your troubles, or challenges, with those of others, you would surely find that there are those whose troubles make yours look like minor inconveniences
Catherine Pulsifer
Accept the challenges, so you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
George S. Patton
It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
Robert W. Service
Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
Bernice Johnson Reagon
The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges
Martin Luther King Jr
Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors
African Proverb
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong
Thomas Carlyle
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down
Charles F. Kettering
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it
Henry Ford
When someone tells me there is only one way to do things, it always lights a fire under my butt. My instant reaction is, ''I'm going to prove you wrong
Picabo Street