Challenges Quotes

"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." Dale Carnegie

“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

“It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again.” Vince Lombardi

"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

"Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road." Dag Hammarskjold

"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

"The obstacles you face are... mental barriers which can be broken by adopting a more positive approach." Clarence Blasier

"Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records." William A. Ward

"Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths." Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"Check the position of your capacity gauge, before tackling any challenge as it may take more or less than you 'have'." Contributed by William Maphoto

"Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." Richard M. Nixon

"A challenge is an opportunity to prove your ability to yourself, and others." Contributed by Joe Brown

"To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can't just accept the ones you like." Mike Gafka

"Let your language be a source of unity but not a separating tool." William Ngwako Maphoto

"Make every rejection moment an opportunity for revolution." William Ngwako Maphoto

"Make every revulsion(dislike) into Attraction." William Ngwako Maphoto

“If someone says 'can’t', that shows you what to do.” John Cage

“Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing.” Lady Holland

"For every mountain there is a miracle." Robert H. Schuller

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have." Norman Vincent Peale

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye." Helen Keller

"In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time." Robert Collier

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are." Bernice Johnson Reagon

"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me." Charles F. Kettering

“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” Mother Teresa

"Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him." Aldous Huxley

“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.” Washington Irving

“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.” Horace

“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” Author Unknown

"A desire can overcome all objections and obstacles." Gunderson

“Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater.” Hazlitt

“There is no education like adversity.” Disraeli

"Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight." Orison Swett Marden

"The greatness comes not when things go always good for you. But the greatness comes when you're really tested, when you take some knocks, some disappointments, when sadness comes. Because only if you've been in the deepest valley can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain." Richard M. Nixon

“The true way to soften one’s troubles is to solace those of others.” Mme. de Maintenon

Challenge Winners must have two things, definite goals and a burning desire to achieve them