“The most important person on this earth is you. What are you doing to help the most important person in this world: you? To live right, you have to exercise, have goals and challenges.” WorldPersonsImportantHelpingEarthGoalChallengesThis WorldExerciseImportant PersonMost Important Person Author:Jack LaLanne
“I always enjoyed doing monster books. Monster books gave me the opportunity to draw things out of the ordinary. Monster books were a challenge - what kind of monster would fascinate people?” PeopleKindBookOpportunityChallengesDrawsOrdinaryMonstersEnjoyed Author:Jack Kirby
“Each of the films, whether it’s Magic Mike or Dallas Buyers Club, was a challenge for me. I had to dig deeper. Also, my decision to shake things up came after my first child was born. I had taken nearly two years off and I thought that I would enjoy my time as a dad and wait until something interesting came along.” YearsFirstsChildrenTwoFilmWaitingEnjoyBornChallengesDecisionInterestingTakenMagicDadClubsDeeperMy TimeShakesTwo YearsMikeDallasBuyersDig DeepSomething InterestingMagic Mike Author:Matthew McConaughey
“This book is dedicated to all those who fell by the airside, for nothing is wasted, and every apparent failure is but a challenge to others.” BookChallengesFlightAviationDedicated Author:Amy Johnson
“My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly.” InspirationalStatesEnoughStoriesMotivationalChallengesUnitedHistoryUnited StatesAmerican HistoryFabric Author:John Hope Franklin
“We live in a society where we're not taught how to deal with our weaknesses and frailties as human beings. We're not taught how to speak to our difficulties and challenges. We're taught the Pythagorean theorem and chemistry and biology and history. We're not taught anger management. We're not taught dissolution of fear and how to process shame and guilt. I've never in my life ever used the Pythagorean theorem!” HumansUsedSpeakProcessChallengesHuman BeingsDealsTaughtWeaknessDifficultyShameManagementGuiltBiologyChemistryAnger ManagementFrailtyDissolutionTheoremsShame And GuiltPythagorean Theorem Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“I don't struggle to forgive people. I find it quite easy to forgive people for the harms that they have inflicted on me. What I do find challenging is to forgive people for the harms they inflict on my daughters and family. So, I find it challenging when I see somebody else experience hurt. I also look at my children and family and then I realize, I don't stand inside their skin and that is for me a forgiveness practice I still need to engage in.” PeopleNeedsLooksChildrenStillsEasyRealizingChallengesHurtPracticeStruggleDaughterSkinsForgivingHarmMy ChildrenMy Daughter Author:Desmond Tutu
“I can't wait to design the performance. I want to make a moment that is about much more than me. Performing in space is such an honor. I want to challenge myself to come up with something that will not only bring everyone together but will also have a message of love that blasts into the beyond.” WantI CanMomentsTogetherWaitingChallengesSpaceDesignHonorMessagesPerformancesCome UpPerformingBlast Author:Lady Gaga
“We face challenges every day both big and small. But regardless we are always ready for any obstacle, and we have each other to stay grounded, grow together and for comfort. Our memories growing up are what built our foundation. I think we are proof to never give up. None of us are perfect, and we're okay with making fun of our flaws.” ThinkingGivingBigsTogetherFacesFunGrowsChallengesMemoriesPerfectGrowing UpGrowingReadyComfortGiving UpBuiltOkayFoundationObstaclesProofFlawsGroundedNever Giving UpOur Memories Author:Christina Milian
“It is so important to remember that, as we travel through life, there will be so many events which we can`t control. These are things that seemingly alter our lives forever or become barriers for living a life of fulfillment. It`s important to remember that the ultimate experience of life is not to be controlled by events. We all have difficult events in our lives - the loss of family members, economics, stress, litigation, government interference in our businesses, health challenges. Remember that it is not the events that shape our lives, but, rather, the meaning we attach to them.” ImportantGovernmentRememberLife IsDifficultChallengesLossForeverOur LivesEventsShapesMembersEconomicsUltimateStressFulfillmentBarriersControlledInterferenceFamily MembersHealth Challenges Author:Tony Robbins
“If you become a master of meaning, you become a master of your life. Two people can have the same experience. One person decides that because of that experience his or her life is over, while the other decides that God has challenged him or her to step up, face the challenge, and become more than he or she ever was before.” PeopleIfsPersonsTwoFacesLife IsChallengesStepsMastersStep Up Author:Tony Robbins
“When you're an orphan, you don't wake up every day and tell yourself, "I'm an orphan again today. Why did this happen to me?" You just get on with your life. I've had other challenges that were much greater than that.” HappensTodayChallengesGreaterWake UpOrphan Author:Wayne Dyer
“It's getting harder to make decisions to work for the sake of working. Like everybody, I'm trying to find things that are extremely challenging or mean something to me deeply. Sometimes something like The Tourist comes up and it's just fun, but it's not as easy to find projects that I have to do. I have to be home and I have to do other things, but I don't have to work as much.” TryingMeanSometimesHomeFunEasyChallengesDecisionProjectsHarderSakeCome UpTourists Author:Angelina Jolie
“I just stay healthy all year round. I try to feel good in my skin. For me, I have trained in ballet my whole life so my body really feels best when I feel strong and tight and toned, and I think that comes from years and years of constant training as a ballerina. Leading up to the show, getting out there in your underwear, you just want to feel your best mainly in your head than more anything else. Obviously you want to feel good physically too, so it's more just in your head, pushing yourself, approaching this challenge and taking the opportunity to push yourself a little further.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingYearsLittlesWholeShowsBodyOpportunityStrongChallengesHealthyTrainingSkinsConstantRoundsWhole LifeFeel GoodPushingBalletUnderwearPush YourselfBallerina Author:Angelina Jolie
“Being a dramatic character was more difficult for me. It was a new thing that I explored because it was challenging. But I love to challenge myself and different things.” DifferentCharacterDifficultChallengesDramaticDifferent ThingsNew Things Author:Omar Sy
“Writing has been challenging at times but that's where all the growth is. I know I'm in the right place if it's difficult. Something a British writer said to me once was: "If the project doesn't make him wobble, he doesn't take it." You have to be uncomfortable to grow.” IfsKnowsWritingHas BeensSaidGrowsDifficultGrowthChallengesProjectsBritishUncomfortableRight Place Author:Geoff Thompson
“The real lesson of 9/11 that I think we have still to learn is that this is a world of interdependence, in which all of the challenges of environment and climate change, of jobs, of disease, of war and terrorism, are cross-border problems that cannot be met one nation at a time.” ThinkingWorldStillsWarRealProblemJobsNationsChallengesEnvironmentLessonsMetsDiseaseCrossesClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismBordersInterdependence Author:Benjamin Barber
“The biggest challenge for me, as an actor, is to be informed, prepared and focused, at the same time. I had to just keep on working, prepping, reading and imagining, all the way through, but the biggest challenge is always to let go of all that and just be open to others. That's what we do, as actor. We play with each other and we stimulate each other, and we have to be prepared to be stimulated by the other. That's always my big challenge.” WayPlayBigsReadingActorsChallengesLetting GoPreparedFocusedBe PreparedBig Challenges Author:Hugo Weaving
“I'm always intrigued by new challenges and things that I've never done before and new experiences. It sounds so simple, but the primary interest is just something that's good and instills within me some kind of gut feeling that feels like something that I'm passionate and excited about, and there can be multiple variables that can instill that. It can be simply a filmmaker, it can just be a character, it can just be the script, or a combination of all those things. But, I'm always just looking to do things that I've never done before, primarily.” FeelsKindDoneCharacterFeelingsSoundInterestChallengesSimpleScriptsPassionateExcitedPrimariesCombinationFilmmakerGutsMultipleLike SomethingIntriguedVariablesNew ExperiencesInstillNew ChallengesGut Feelings Author:Elijah Wood
“I think new experiences are extremely important. I think it's really important to constantly challenge yourself. Comfort is not a good thing. It's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone and to look for new challenges.” ThinkingLooksImportantChallengesComfortGood ThingsZoneComfort ZoneNew ExperiencesNew ChallengesChallenge Yourself Author:Elijah Wood
“I listen to a lot of different kinds of music and rather than just doing one thing when I make an album, the challenge to myself is to write all these diverse tracks, but to make them work. It's like a jigsaw because if you've got a lyrical track going into a hard rock track... it's got to work. You've got to write things that will work together.” IfsWritingKindDifferentHardTogetherChallengesOne ThingRocksTrackAlbumsWorking TogetherWorking ItDifferent KindsDiverseLyricalHard RockJigsawDifferent Kinds Of Music Author:Jack Bruce
“During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to women. There were voices that were new to me: the voices of military spouses, many of them women, and veterans.... I was overwhelmed by their challenges, and the notion that we as a country don't even know that these women exist, because we live in a country where one percent of the population protects the rights and freedoms of the other 99 percent of us. I thought that if I had the opportunity to serve as First Lady, I was going to use this platform to be their voice.” IfsKnowsFirstsCountryUseJobsOpportunityVoiceChallengesRightsMilitaryProtectHusbandPercentNotionPopulationCampaignsMy HusbandPlatformsSpouseVeteranOverwhelmedFirst LadyRights And FreedomsMilitary Spouse Author:Michelle Obama
“If you really think back to the great writers, there's a lot of happiness in Tolstoy; there's a lot of love, there's childbirth, and there's dances. And likewise in Shakespeare and even Cervantes, there's a lot of celebrations of the positive manifestations of life. Technically, I found it harder to do, so that's kind of a good late-life challenge - without getting sentimental or chirpy.” IfsThinkingKindFoundChallengesLateHarderManifestationCelebrationSentimentalChildbirthGreat WritersLife Challenges Author:George Saunders
“Not just as an actress, but on a human-being level, I've experienced frustration on many different levels. [With my] career, it would be more the frustration of not always finding challenging material or inspiring material ... [Acting is] therapeutic for me. I'm pretty accommodating.” HumansDifferentWould BeChallengesHuman BeingsLevelsActingCareersMaterialsFindingsActressesFrustrationTherapeuticDifferent Levels Author:Vera Farmiga
“The hardest challenge I'm facing is just balancing my family with the industry. It's kind of like, you gotta stay out there doing your thing, doing whatever and it takes you away from your family. So it's hard to balance it out but once you get it, it's a lifestyle. You got to sacrifice to do what it is you want.” WantKindHardChallengesSacrificeLike YouIndustryBalanceMy FamilyLifestyleHardestOur Family Author:French Montana
“"Resident Evil" was different. I like to challenge myself and do different things sometimes. So when it came to me, I was, like, "Come on with it, I'll do it."” DifferentSometimesEvilChallengesDifferent ThingsResidentsResident Evil Author:Mike Epps
“When I write provocative social and cultural criticism that causes readers to stretch their minds, to think beyond set paradigms, I think of that work as love in action. While it may challenge, disturb and at times even frighten or enrage readers, love is always the place where I begin and end.” ThinkingWritingMindMayEndsActionSocialCausesChallengesLove IsReaderCriticismParadigmProvocative Author:Bell Hooks
“The great challenge for me is to be all things to all people; I want to be a great mother, and I want to feel good when I'm at work.” PeopleWantFeelsMotherChallengesAll ThingsFeel GoodGreat Mother Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“Perhaps, one of our greatest challenges as a nation, as a people, as human beings making sure that our grandkids can live on this Earth.” PeopleHumansEarthNationsChallengesHuman BeingsGrandkids Author:Barbara Boxer
“I want to be a working actor; I want to do jobs that excite me and challenge me, and I want to something fun.” WantJobsActorsFunChallenges Author:Nathan Fillion
“Everyday on the bike is a different day. Just when you think your on top, you find yourself towards the back of the pack. It is probably the hardest sport I ever done it continues to be challenging and different.” ThinkingDifferentDoneSportsChallengesEverydayHardestFinding YourselfPacksBikeDifferent Day Author:Robin Farina
“Every director is different and they all have different styles. I've worked with directors who were very specific and they gave a lot of direction. The one thing about Michael [Haneke]that I think is interesting is that he really has a reason for everything he's asking you. If you challenge it, he is open for discussion but he has a clear idea of what he wants with reasons why.” IfsThinkingWantIdeasDifferentReasonChallengesInterestingClearOne ThingStyleDirectorsAskingReason WhyDiscussionDifferent StylesReason For Everything Author:Michael Pitt
“To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.” FilmCertainChallengesGreaterDegreesShotsMasochistic Author:Michael Haneke
“The real challenge of acting for me, I suppose, is just getting to know a character very, very well and just applying what I know about them to every single scene. That's what it can be broken down to.” KnowsWellsRealCharacterChallengesActingBrokenSceneBroken Down Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“That's one of the central challenges we face - how to stay true to events and compress the fundamentals.” FacesChallengesEventsFundamentalsStay TrueChallenges We Face Author:Paul Greengrass
“You face challenges and you have to make choices. You're weighing the necessary responsibility toward reality and authenticity and of course the need to create a compressed drama over two hours.” NeedsTwoRealityFacesChoicesCoursesHoursChallengesResponsibilityDramaAuthenticityWeighing Author:Paul Greengrass
“You just have to work with your discomfort. ... It’s challenging, but you have to dance the dance that the band’s playing. You can’t say: “I came here to Cha Cha and they’re playing a Waltz, godammit!”” ChallengesBandDiscomfortWaltz Author:Jeff Bridges
“David Epstein, the author of the best book on athletics in recent memory - "The Sports Gene" - wrote to me to say that he thinks I'm being overly generous. He points out that, for years, there used to be an "all-star challenge" on television, in which the best professional athletes from a variety of sports competed in a kind of makeshift decathlon.” ThinkingYearsKindBookUsedStarsSportsChallengesMemoriesTelevisionAthleteUsed To BeVarietyGenerousGenesAthleticsProfessional AthleteAll StarsDecathlon Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“When people are courting, many of them think that when they get married, that's it, and everything will be on Easy Street. But you really have to work even harder once you're married, because the challenges are that much greater.” PeopleThinkingEasyChallengesGreaterStreetsMarriedHarderEasy Street Author:Morris Chestnut
“With crazy [working] hours, it's not easy to find balance. However, the one silver lining is that you really find out who your friends are and who's really interested in you for you, because the schedule is challenging for any relationship.” EasyHoursChallengesCrazyBalanceSilverSchedulesWho Your Friends Are Author:Jenna Lee
“You always want to challenge yourself and work with people you respect. You can't always go by genres, but it's always fun to challenge yourself.” PeopleWantFunChallengesGenreChallenge Yourself Author:Mila Kunis
“It's my chance to challenge myself to the fullest, which is one of the great joys about my job... I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red-carpet best. It's more fun playing a character that requires you to look like dog s - t.” LooksCharacterJobsJoyFunChallengesChanceDogRedCarpetRed CarpetGreat Joy Author:Kate Winslet
“I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle.” PlayCharacterWantedChallengesPuzzles Author:Kate Winslet
“I quite like that jeopardy, those up-against-the-wall odds. I don't like it when it's over-comfortable, too easy, something that can be done in two or three weeks. I like a challenge.” TwoDoneThreeEasyChallengesWeekWallComfortableOddsJeopardy Author:Gordon Ramsay
“We need to challenge our own theology, challenge the curriculum of our Bible schools and our seminaries, and ask simple questions. Are we teaching and producing ministers who have the right message?” NeedsSchoolAsksChallengesSimpleTeachingMessagesTheologyMinistersCurriculumBible School Author:Myles Munroe
“My challenge is to make sure the things I say and the things I do remain consistent for as often and as long as possible. My why is to inspire people to do the things that inspire them so that together we can change our world. That's why I wake up every single day. I'm agnostic to the form it takes: I teach, I write, I speak, I advise.” PeopleWorldWritingLongTogetherFormSpeakChallengesTeachInspireWake UpConsistentOur WorldAgnosticAdviseTogether We Can Author:Simon Sinek
“One thing that happens often times in family life is that people think maybe the challenge you are having with a child when they are a teenager or even in adolescence that this is going to go on forever and it doesn't. They get to their 20s, they change dramatically in their 20s. So sometimes it's just holding on for the ride, and just being there and holding on for the ride.” PeopleThinkingChildrenSometimesHappensLife IsChallengesForeverOne ThingGoes OnTeenagerJust BeingAdolescenceFamily LifeHolding OnBeing ThereJust Being There Author:Michele Bachmann
“Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.” MenInspirationalPurposeWomenGoalChallengesInspiringAchieveGreatnessOvercomingAimPerseveranceAccomplishAfrican AmericanPersistenceAccomplishmentReachingOppositionBlack WomenSetting GoalsBlack History Author:Dorothy Height
“I could stay making nice safe BBC movies for the rest of my life, so I decided to risk it. It was a challenge, to work with Oliver Stone.” ChallengesNiceRiskSafeStonesDecidedRisk It Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I think probably the most difficult challenge was just the climb and rise in show business because I went through my entire twenties with some success as a comedy writer but not much as a performer. And you have to be kind of informed and naive at the same time.” ThinkingKindShowsDifficultChallengesComedyTwentiesClimbsBe KindPerformersNaiveShow BusinessDifficult Challenges Author:Steve Martin