“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)
“Previous efforts to eradicate malaria failed for several reasons, including political instability and technical challenges in delivering resources, especially in certain countries in Africa.” CountryReasonPoliticalCertainChallengesEffortResourcesIncludingDeliveringInstabilityMalariaPolitical Instability Author:Anthony S. Fauci
“The city (regardless which one it is) does provide a certain degree of sophistication and intellectualism. It offers the challenge of professional matters. It throws new and interesting people in one's path. There is a dynamic and an energy in cities which is diametric to the life-forces of the forest. Still the cabin is the wellspring, the source, the hub of my existence. It gives me tranquility, a closeness of nature and wildlife, good health and fitness, a sense of security, the opportunity for resourcefulness, reflection and creative thinking.” PeopleThinkingGivingDoeStillsMatterCertainOpportunityEnergyForceChallengesInterestingCitiesExistenceCreativePathSecuritySourceOffersDegreesReflectionGive MeForestsGood LifeTranquilityWildlifeGood HealthClosenessSophisticationIntellectualismCreative ThinkingCabinsHealth And FitnessResourcefulnessHubWellspring Author:Anne LaBastille
“He had a certain air of being a handsome man-which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man-which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.” MenWorldWellsCharacterCertainChallengesInterestingHalfAirParticularMereProofHandsomeAssertionSwaggerInteresting CharactersHandsome Men Book:LITTLE DORRIT Source: LITTLE DORRIT
“A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a small child deals with a new challenge (for instance, learning to walk) has certain predictable stages: regression, anxiety, mastery, new energy, growth, and feedback for future achievement. These stages can also be seen in adults coping with new life events, whether positive or negative.” WayChildrenCertainEnergyGrowthChallengesWalksDealsSituationStageEventsAchievementAnxietyAdultsNegativeMirrorsCrisisResponseInstanceMasteryNew LifeFeedbackPredictableCopingSmall ChildNew ChallengesRegressionNew SituationsNew Energy Author:T. Berry Brazelton
“I want to be challenged, I want to keep challenging myself - whether or not it's changing yourself physically or just pushing yourself to a certain extreme. I get bored quite easily so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself.” WantMindCertainChallengesExtremesBoredPushingPush YourselfChange YourselfChallenging Myself Author:Douglas Booth
“I love the fight. I don't - it's not a negative, it's a positive, and I love the challenge. There's that little part of me that I love proving someone wrong in that way when they have an image of me or something, or they think they have me figured out or they think I'm a certain way.” ThinkingWayLittlesCertainFightingChallengesProveNegative Author:Tavis Smiley
“I'm very fortunate that I get asked to do very different kinds of roles and I realize how much I enjoy that. I enjoy the challenge of transformation. There are actors who play one character, or a certain kind of character, the whole of their lives. I really relish the opportunity to have the challenge to totally transform.” KindDifferentPlayWholeCharacterCertainActorsOpportunityEnjoyRealizingChallengesRolesTransformationFortunateDifferent KindsRelish Author:Toby Jones
“Even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights: the right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities, provided only that he does not try to inflict them upon others by force; he has the right to argue for them as eloquently as he can. But he has no right to be protected from the criticism of those who do not hold them. He has no right to demand that they be treated as sacred. He has no right to preach them without challenge.” MenTryingDoeCertainForceChallengesRightsDemandCriticismSacredArguingTreatedProtectedIndulgeHarborsSuperstitiousInalienable RightsImbecility Author:H. L. Mencken
“I had been working predominantly and steadily as a dancer, so after awhile, you don't have to audition. I was just in that world, and I had certain goals I wanted to reach, but I definitely always wanted to keep going and challenge myself and become an actor.” WorldWantedCertainActorsGoalChallengesDancerKeep GoingAuditions Author:Kenny Wormald
“Fight sequence to me isn't just about the athleticism. It so often is about what the emotion that is behind it and how willing you are to really, really challenge that emotion or really take that emotion to that place so you're feeling a certain intensity for the whole time when you're shooting the actual physical scenes.” WholeFeelingsCertainFightingChallengesEmotionBehindsWillingSceneShootingIntensitySequenceOften IsAthleticism Author:Vin Diesel
“One of the biggest challenges I have with certain clients is convincing them to take a vacation - metaphorically. You're dealing with egos, and with egos the answer to everything is "more me." Sometimes the situation calls for less you.” SometimesCertainChallengesAnswersSituationEgoVacationClientsConvincing Author:Eric Dezenhall
“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
“I do have more directorial control over animation, because it's like trial and error: If something doesn't work, you can always go back and change certain things. Whereas in live action, every day is a challenge, and you have to make decisions on an hourly basis. So in live action I have more freedom as a director, but in animation, I have more control over the final product.” IfsActionCertainChallengesDecisionProductsDirectorsBasesErrorsFinalsTrialsAnimationTrial And Error Author:Mamoru Oshii
“Satisfying yourself requires challenges because when you come to a certain point, you're not happy anymore. You don't feel happy with the way you played one year ago, you have to always make progress. So that's a challenge.” WayFeelsYearsCertainChallengesProgressYears AgoSatisfyingNot Happy Author:Hiromi
“As a coach, I want players to challenge me, to question me and ask why we're doing a certain thing, so they feel that they're taking ownership.” WantFeelsCertainAsksChallengesPlayerCoachesOwnershipTaking Ownership Author:Warren Gatland
“What happens so often as an actor is that you retain the information about the scenes that you yourself shot and you obsess over certain scenes that you found the most challenging or interesting. The rest of the film kind of falls away in your memory or it fades a little bit.” KindLittlesHappensFilmCertainFallActorsFoundBitsChallengesMemoriesInterestingInformationSceneLittle BitShotsFadesOur Memories Author:Olivia Wilde
“We were all born with a certain degree of power. The key to success is discovering this innate power and using it daily to deal with whatever challenges come our way.” WayCertainBornChallengesDealsKeysDegreesDiscoveringKey To SuccessInnate Author:Les Brown
“In a certain sense, these were lessons I learned by playing with Indian musicians. The rhythmic forms that they use are very complex, and very challenging. In order to play in fifteen, or eleven, or seven or even five, you have to have mastered that time in order to be able to be free with the music.” PlayUseAbleFormCertainOrderChallengesFiveLessonsMusicianComplexesSevenIndianFifteenEleven Author:John McLaughlin
“I left the studio at 5:30 in the morning. It's an incredible mind exercise. You have to, obviously, have stamina, but you really feel like you're kind of feeding your mind. It's a challenge of learning lines very fast and then you have to be lose enough to hopefully make good choices in a much shorter amount of time that it takes to film certain scenes.” FeelsMindKindEnoughFilmCertainChoicesLeftLosesChallengesLinesMorningLike YouAmountExerciseSceneIncrediblesStudiosHopefullyFeedingStaminaGood Choices Author:Glenn Close
“If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing.” IfsThinkingLittlesHelpingCertainValuesSongChoicesChallengesMy OwnCreatingSkinsWeightGreekInternalsRitualImaginaryCypriots Author:Andrew Bird
“I think the consensus among our generation and people younger than us is that we do have a defining challenge in the moment, so I do like being involved in something bigger than the finger-doodling I do in art. It stimulates your brain in certain ways.” PeopleThinkingWayArtMomentsCertainChallengesBrainGenerationsInvolvedBiggerFingersConsensusDefiningOur GenerationDoodling Author:Edward Norton
“President Obama is a man who had certain advantages because of the civil rights movement. He had the opportunity to go to some of the best schools in this country - schools that train you how to run the political paradigm, not challenge it. The leaders of the Black Power Movement were challenging that paradigm.” MenCountryRunningSchoolPoliticalCertainOpportunityBlackPresidentChallengesLeaderRightsMovementAdvantageTrainCivil RightsPresident ObamaParadigmCivil Rights MovementBlack PowerBest School Author:Danny Glover
“I feel like I turned down a lot of things that I wish I hadn't. But you never know when you're younger. I don't have regrets about certain things I turned down. Those films would have required things of me that would have been challenging, and they ended up being really good movies. But I was never a careerist, I never thought in those terms. I'd be like, "Oh, I'm tired. I don't want to work."” KnowsWantFeelsHas BeensFilmCertainWishTermChallengesRegretTiredBeing RealI'm TiredGood MovieTurned DownReally Good Movie Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh
“A well-functioning democracy has a culture of free speech, not simply legal protection of free speech. It encourages independence of mind. It imparts a willingness to challenge prevailing opinion through both words and deeds. Equally important, it encourages a certain set of attitudes in listeners, one that gives a respectful hearing to those who do not embrace the conventional wisdom. In a culture of free speech, the attitude of listeners is no less important than that of speakers.” GivingMindWellsImportantCertainCultureChallengesAttitudeOpinionDemocracySpeechIndependenceEmbraceDeedsHearingProtectionWillingnessSpeakersFree SpeechConventionalListenersRespectfulImpartPrevailingDemocracies HaveConventional Wisdom Author:Cass Sunstein
“It is a challenge. When you do things that are comedy, you're having to look at the funnier side of life. Often I find Christians - but not just Christians, (any) people who have a certain core belief of things - don't like to have fun made of them at all.” PeopleLooksMadeChristianCertainBeliefFunSidesChallengesComedyCoreHaving FunCore Beliefs Author:Corbin Bernsen
“It's really difficult to have a challenging male-driven show, and certain networks take off because they have their own mandate about what they want to do.” WantShowsCertainDifficultChallengesMalesDrivenMandates Author:Scott Speedman