“All great leaders find a sense of balance through their levels of reception. For instance, those who support a leader may soften him, those who ignore him may challenge him, and those who oppose him may stroke his ego.” MayChallengesLevelsLeaderSupportBalanceEgoInstanceStrokesGreat LeaderReception Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“The Bishops of the Philippines have asked that this year be set aside as the ‘Year of the Poor.’ I hope that this prophetic summons will challenge everyone, at all levels of society, to reject every form of corruption which diverts resources from the poor, and to make concerted efforts to ensure the inclusion of every man and woman and child in the life of the community.” MenYearsChildrenFormCommunityChallengesPoorLevelsEffortMen And WomenResourcesCorruptionEvery ManRejectsInclusionBishopsPropheticPhilippines Author:Pope Francis
“But as an amateur, the highest level you can box at is the Olympics. I did that at 18 and felt it was time to move on to other challenges as a professional.” MovingFeltChallengesLevelsHighestBoxesOlympicsTime To Move On Author:Billy Joe Saunders
“If you have great people around you, they will take you higher than your dream will. Leaders are never self-made. Those closest to you determine your level of success, so choosing the right companions as partners in pursuit of your vision is an important decision. My advice is to surround yourself with talented people who will challenge you, help you grow and inspire you to maximize your potential.” PeopleIfsMadeImportantSelfHelpingDreamGrowsChallengesDecisionLevelsLeaderVisionAdviceInspireHigherDeterminePartnersPursuitYour DreamsCompanionSurroundClosestGreat PeopleSurround YourselfSelf MadeImportant Decisions Author:John C. Maxwell
“I claim that many patterns of Nature are so irregular and fragmented, that, compared with Euclid - a term used in this work to denote all of standard geometry - Nature exhibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity ... The existence of these patterns challenges us to study these forms that Euclid leaves aside as being "formless," to investigate the morphology of the "amorphous."” DifferentFormScienceUsedTermChallengesLevelsExistenceStudyHigherDegreesStandardsClaimsPatternsComplexityGeometryExhibitsDifferent LevelsFragmentedEuclidMorphology Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.” WantI CanDifferentTodayGamesSidesChallengesDecisionLevelsStepsCareersCuttingPlayerMissingPeriodsHealthyHighestCourtEnjoyedMy TimeTennisInjuryCompetingGaugesDifferent SidesTime Away Author:Martina Hingis
“I was attracted to climbing mountains because of the physical dangers, but also the challenges, like 'mental fortitude, physical fortitude, judgement.' It's the intensity of the experience, at a sustained level. The experience is incredibly intense because it is so dangerous.” SportsChallengesLevelsDangerousDangerMountainIntenseJudgementClimbingIntensityInspirational SportsFortitudeClimbing Mountain Author:Lincoln Hall
“If the challenge is far beyond their skill level, they tend to get frustrated; if it's far below their skill level, they tend to get bored. Leaders need to strike the right balance.” IfsNeedsChallengesLeadershipLevelsLeaderBalanceSkillsStrikesBoredFrustrated Author:Teresa Amabile
“The clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the language. "Let it be a challenge to you" means you're stuck with it; "interpersonal relationships" is a fight between kids; "ancillary civic agencies for supportive discipline" means call the cops; "Language Arts Dept." is the English office; "literature based on child's reading level and experiential background" means that's all they've got in the Book Room; "non-academic-minded" is a delinquent; and "It has come to my attention" means you're in trouble.” MeanChildrenArtBookKidsOrderFightingCoursesReadingLiteratureLanguageChallengesLevelsRoomsAttentionTroubleDisciplineOfficeStuckBackgroundsAgencyAcademicCopSupportiveFilesCivicsInterpersonalDelinquentsInterpersonal RelationshipLanguage Arts Book:Up the Down Staircase Source: Up the Down Staircase
“Quantum physics presents a new and exciting worldview that challenges old concepts, such as deterministic trajectories of motion and causal continuity. If initial conditions do not forever determine an object's motion, if instead, every time we observe, there is a new beginning, then the world is creative at the base level.” IfsWorldChallengesLevelsForeverCreativeConditionsObjectsConceptsExcitingDeterminePhysicsQuantumNew BeginningsInitialsContinuityWorldviewQuantum PhysicsTrajectory Book:The Self-Aware Universe Source: The Self-Aware Universe
“I play for the intense challenges that the game on the highest levels present. The whole team enjoys playng exciting soccer for the fans and my part in that makes me feel good about myself. The whole concept of teamwork is what keeps us all going. It's my role to create scoring chances, and to come through for my teammates is extremely satisfying.” FeelsPlayWholeGamesEnjoyChallengesChanceLevelsRolesTeamFansHighestConceptsExcitingIntenseFeel GoodSoccerTeamworkSatisfyingTeammate Author:Mia Hamm
“Saying goodbye to Nina is both bittersweet and beautiful. After six-plus years together, the entire cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries has reached a level of closeness that I don't think any of us ever expected. Nina is excited to spread her wings, get some rest, travel the world and also take it by storm, and we support her a thousand-fold. We will miss Nina and the four hundred characters she played, but we look forward to the insane and exciting challenge of continuing to tell stories of our Salvatore Brothers and our much-loved and gifted ensemble.” ThinkingWorldYearsLooksCharacterStoriesTogetherBeautifulChallengesLevelsSupportFourMissingBrotherThousandSixHundredExcitingWingsCastsExcitedSpreadStormExpectedInsaneVampireGoodbyePlusContinuingGiftedCrewDiariesFoldsSaying GoodbyeBittersweetClosenessTravel The WorldEnsembleNinaYears TogetherVampire Diaries Author:Julie Plec
“I didn't quit drinking because I was a bad drunk. I quit because I was a spectacular drunk. It got to be like a video game, where you get to the highest level and it's not even a challenge any more.” GamesChallengesLevelsHighestDrinkingQuittingVideoDrunkSpectacularI QuitQuit Drinking Author:David Feherty
“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 world is beset by challenges including the ongoing danger of international terrorism, and the significant political and economic threats posed by factors such as the high levels of corporate and sovereign debt and persistent unemployment.” WorldPoliticalChallengesLevelsEconomicDangerThreatIncludingInternationalTerrorismDebtSignificantFactorsCorporateSovereignUnemploymentPersistentOngoingHigh LevelInternational Terrorism Author:Dan Quayle
“Coaching is about, "How do I get people to play at their peak level?" It is a spiritual quest. And if it's not that, you don't have a challenge, you don't have a mission. Forming a brotherhood and trying to move it forward - that's what coaching is.” PeopleIfsTryingPlaySpiritualMovingChallengesLevelsMissionsCoachingBrotherhoodQuests Author:Phil Jackson
“What keeps me level is the refusal to let the best of human aspirations die in the face of the challenges. I make a moral decision to be hopeful.” HumansFacesDiesChallengesDecisionLevelsMoralAspirationHopefulRefusalMoral Decisions Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I think one of the biggest things is the budget.For a studio, becomes a very big challenge to make sure that movie will work even better on every level. As an actor I don't think in those terms when I make a movie.” ThinkingBigsActorsTermChallengesLevelsStudiosBudgetsBig Challenges Author:Famke Janssen
“Having emotional connections to things that don't really exist, like looking at a green ball and really loving that green ball, and being sad whether it's around or not. Stuff like that. I've never done acting at this level before so it was a huge challenge for me. It was a hurdle to overcome just to survive.” DoneStuffChallengesLevelsActingEmotionalHugeConnectionsOvercomingBallsGreenHurdleBeing SadEmotional Connection Author:Shia LaBeouf
“One of the things that is always difficult about a collaboration is that you don't necessarily find the same thing funny. And so the challenge becomes, how do you tell the other person that you don't think something's funny? The best collaborations tend to be when you are willing to be told that. But there's also ego involved, and so there's a lot of frustration in knowing that you're writing something, and the other person, on some level, needs to think that it's funny.” ThinkingNeedsWritingPersonsDifficultChallengesLevelsKnowingWillingInvolvedEgoFrustrationCollaboration Author:Michael Showalter
“Happiness is not the shallow state of feeling pleased and chipper all the time. Happiness is the state of a human being that has achieved cross-level coherence within herself, and between herself and the people, challenges, and institutions around her. Happiness comes from between.” PeopleHumansStatesFeelingsChallengesHuman BeingsLevelsCrossesInstitutionsShallowCoherence Author:Jonathan Haidt
“One of the top challenges is the fact that you are dealing with survivors. Every time you deal with a documentary film subject it is fraught with obvious minefields but when you are dealing with a population that is severely traumatized and trying to recover from that trauma there is an extra level of vigilance and care and attention that has to be implemented all the time at every level.” TryingFactsCareFilmChallengesLevelsDealsAttentionSubjectsPopulationObviousTraumaExtrasSurvivorDocumentariesVigilanceMinefieldsDocumentary Films Author:Amy Ziering
“Ironman distance triathlons are a true test of oneself as a whole. Each race is a test of physical, mental and spiritual toughness that I haven't found in any other type of racing. At the end of the day, challenging myself on all levels is what it's about for me.” EndsWholeSpiritualFoundChallengesLevelsRaceHavensTypeTestsDistanceOneselfThe End Of The DayRacingToughnessChallenging MyselfTriathlonIronman Author:Timothy O'Donnell
“I have been fortunate to work in places where people have a passion for their work. At HHS the passion sort of exceeds passion - it's a vocation.... I obviously knew that there were certainly some challenges that I would be taking on both with the work and the politics. [But] I probably did not have the right expectation level with regard to the number and volume of crises that would occur.” PeopleHas BeensWould BePassionChallengesLevelsNumbersExpectationsRegardCrisisFortunateVolumeVocationExceed Author:Sylvia Mathews Burwell
“I want to enjoy myself and enjoy the challenge. I love to compete at the top level of NASCAR. I love my job. I love what I do. I'm very fortunate that God has given me the strength and the courage and the people around me to help me do what I do.” PeopleWantHelpingJobsGivenEnjoyChallengesLevelsFortunateHelp MeNascar Author:David Ragan
“I never shied away from a challenge and I love doing big, epic films. They're interesting to me just on a pure music level, just in terms of the amount of music I could create for a symphony orchestra and chorus.” BigsFilmTermChallengesInterestingLevelsAmountPureEpicOrchestraSymphonyChorusSymphony Orchestras Author:Howard Shore
“I wanted to prove people wrong who didn't think I could play at this level. I also wanted to take care of my family. It was a chance to play against the best players in the world. Mentally and physically I don't think I was ready, but I was ready to take on the challenge.” PeopleThinkingWorldPlayCareWantedChallengesChanceLevelsPlayerReadyProveMy FamilyTake CareBest Players Author:Jermaine O'Neal