“We are alive for a certain period of time in any given lifetime. We are competing against time. It is a race to see if we can wake up before we go to sleep again. That is the challenge.” IfsInspirationalCertainGivenChallengesSleepRaceAliveBuddhismPeriodsWake UpLifetimeCompetingGoing To Sleep Author:Frederick Lenz
“Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your own best ways to travel with that pain will lead you to the joy that you long to have. They are your paths, your ways and while my experience and the experiences of others may inspire you, ultimately it will be the choices you discover and make for yourself that lead you to certain joy in the midst of your challenges.” IfsWayLoveMayLongPainJoyCertainChoicesDifficultChallengesLeadershipPathInspireBest WayMidstCompanionDiscovering Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Character is the sum of one's good habits (virtues) and bad habits (vices). These habits mark us and affect the ways in which we respond to life's events and challenges. Our character is our profile of habits and dispositions to act in certain ways.” WayCharacterCertainChallengesVirtueEventsHabitMarkVicesDispositionProfileBad HabitsGood Habits Author:Thomas Lickona
“Never give up: There are certain times that you think, 'OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.'” ThinkingWayGivingCertainChallengesStruggleFeetGiving UpDown AndPerseveranceMy WayKneesBeatenNever Giving Up Author:Randy Pausch
“One of the challenges of any second-term administration is you always lose a certain amount of identification with the Congress, because everybody in the Congress in the first term knows you'll be out there in the next campaign with them, .. Your motives are always a little more suspect when you don't have to face the voters again.” KnowsFirstsLittlesFacesCertainNextTermLosesChallengesAmountCongressCampaignsAdministrationMotiveSuspectsVotersIdentification Author:Roy Blunt
“Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. This scarcity makes leadership valuable...It's uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers. It's uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail. It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo. It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle...If you're not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it's almost certain you're not reaching your potential as a leader.” PeopleIfsIdeasMightCertainChallengesLeaderFailingFrontsWillingStrangerValuableSettlingUncomfortableReachingUrgesStatus QuoDiscomfortProposeScarceScarcity Author:Seth Godin
“If I advance new views in Philosophy or Theology, I cannot expect to have many adherents among minds altogether unprepared for such views; yet it is certain that even those who most fiercely oppose me will recognize the power of my voice if it is not a mere echo; and the very novelty will challenge attention, and at last gain adherents if my views have any real insight.” IfsMindRealPhilosophyLastsCertainVoiceChallengesViewsAttentionGainsMereInsightTheologyEchoesNoveltyUnprepared Author:George Henry Lewes
“Each one of us has our own evolution of life, and each one of us goes through different tests which are unique and challenging. But certain things are common. And we do learn things from each other's experience. On a spiritual journey, we all have the same destination.” DifferentSpiritualCertainChallengesCommonJourneyEvolutionUniqueTestsDestinationSpiritual JourneyEvolution Of Life Author:A. R. Rahman
“I think being on a TV show is amazing but also, people get kind of used to seeing you a certain way and so it becomes a challenge to break free from that in a way.” PeopleThinkingWayKindShowsUsedCertainChallengesBreakSeeingTvsTv Shows Author:Aubrey Plaza
“For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.” CharacterFilmFormCertainChallengesActingPeriodsHistoricalBurdenBackgroundsContemporaryGestures Author:Donnie Yen
“One starts gambling for a joke, out of curiosity, as a little challenge to fortune. One goes on, pricked to the quick by delusions, excited by vague desires that grow. Woe to you if you win anything - an AMBO, a small TERNO! It is all up with you, for your chance of winning seems certain. ... It is the devil's money going back to hell.” IfsLittlesSeemsDesireCertainWinningGrowsChallengesChanceHellGoes OnJokesDevilFortuneCuriosityExcitedDelusionGamblingVagueWoe Book:The Land of Cockayne (Matilde Serao) (Literary Thoughts Edition) Source: The Land of Cockayne (Matilde Serao) (Literary Thoughts Edition)