“I don’t really measure success by anything other than if I am happy. That is success to me. Am I happy waking up every morning? And despite the challenges of running my own business, do I look forward to going to work? Absolutely.” IfsLooksRunningChallengesMy OwnMorningWake UpDespiteWakingEvery MorningGoing To WorkOwn BusinessMeasure Of SuccessWaking Up Every Morning Author:L'Wren Scott
“It's always a challenge to hit the stage running, with Kansas' music, because it's demanding from the very first note, so we try to be up to the task and keep our pre-show routine pretty much focused on the music.” TryingFirstsShowsRunningChallengesStageMusic IsTasksNotesFocusedRoutineKansas Author:Phil Ehart
“Acting is a challenge at times. I mean, when you have scenes where you're jumping into a mascot bear to travel back in time, and you try to make that seem real. For me, I'm a person that has a pretty wild imagination, just kind of letting that run wild and sort of just doing the best you can to not feel stupid.” FeelsTryingKindMeanPersonsRealSeemsRunningImaginationChallengesActingStupidBearsSceneJumpingBack In TimeMascotsWild Imagination Author:Josh Hutcherson
“If the present White House leadership runs the gauntlet of common sense and the people's will for peace and challenges us by starting MX missile deployment, then the Soviet Union will respond by deploying a new intercontinental ballistic missile of the same class, with its characteristics in no way inferior to those of the MX.” PeopleIfsWayRunningHouseChallengesWhiteCommonClassUnionsStartingCommon SenseCharacteristicsWhite HouseSovietInferiorsSoviet UnionMissilesDeploymentGauntletDeploying Author:Dmitriy Ustinov
“The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.” RunningLosesChallengesPrinciplesTroubleSightFounders Author:Jesse Helms
“It can be a challenge, but my legacy, at least for the people who came before me, is you don't run from challenges because that's more comfortable and convenient.” PeopleRunningChallengesComfortableLegacyConvenient Author:Bryan Stevenson
“It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to you that you worry about.” MindPersonsIdeasRunningNextChallengesRaceWorryCompetitionRacingCompetingPreconceived Ideas Author:Summer Sanders
“A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.” PeopleMenRunningChallengesInterestingRiskLonelinessWillingPursueExposureBeing AloneInteresting Man Author:Lorraine Hansberry
“No leader can possibly have all the answers . . . .The actual solutions about how best to meet the challenges of the moment have to be made by the people closest to the action. . . .The leader has to find the way to empower those frontline people, to challenge them, to provide them with the resources they need, and then to hold them accountable. As they struggle with . . . this challenge, the leader becomes their coach, teacher, and facilitator. Change how you define leadership, and you change how you run a company.” PeopleWayNeedsMadeMomentsRunningActionChallengesLeadershipAnswersCompanyLeaderStruggleTeacherSolutionsResourcesCoachesEmpoweringClosestEncouragingFrontline Author:Steve Miller
“Your spirit is the duster of any spider web. Behind every finish line, there is a start one. Behind every success, there is another challenge. While you are alive, be alive. If you miss what you once did, do it again. Don't live in yellow photos... Continue although everyone expects you to give up. Don't let oxide the iron that is inside you. Do that instead of pity, and they will respect you. When because of years you cannot run, jog. When you cannot jog, walk. When you cannot walk, use a cane. But never stop!” IfsGivingYearsUseRunningSpiritChallengesLinesWalksBehindsAliveMissingGiving UpPityIronYellowSpidersFinish LineSpider Web Author:Mother Teresa
“The most challenging work is producing. The physical act of getting a production up and running is extremely taxing, and you never have any guarantee that your years of work on any given project will ever bear fruit.” YearsRunningGivenChallengesBearsProjectsFruitProductionsGuaranteesGuarantees ThatChallenging Work Author:David Hayter
“I like to play test cricket. It is really challenging, because you need to really score runs, stay in the wicket and continue for five days.” NeedsPlayRunningChallengesFiveTestsScoreCricket Author:Kumar Sangakkara
“Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the purpose of all the activity of the world? Answer, I challenge you! It is vanity of vanity: all is vanity.” WorldRunningChristianPurposeChallengesAnswersAirActivityBeatsVanityVainOrthodoxOccupation Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“I would have liked to run Formula 1 under the right circumstances. That's the one thing I didn't do. I'm the kind of guy who likes to see what's on the other side of the hill. I like that challenge out there.” KindRunningGuySidesChallengesOne ThingCircumstancesLikesHillsFormulasFormula 1 Author:Parnelli Jones
“I was 21 and had spent the last few years in Stanford University Engineering School at California. Many people advised me to take up a nice, cushy job rather than face the challenges of running a hydrogenated oil business. Looking back, I am glad I decided to take charge instead. Essentially leadership begins from within. It is a small voice that tells you where to go when you feel lost. If you believe in that voice, you believe in yourself.” PeopleIfsInspirationalFeelsYearsBelieveRunningSchoolJobsLastsFacesLostVoiceChallengesBusinessNiceDecidedUniversityOilGladCaliforniaBelieve In YourselfEngineeringLooking BackBelieve In YouIf You BelieveStanfordSmall VoiceStanford UniversityOil Business Author:Azim Premji
“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
“Especially in New York, where things are quite chaotic, I work out to stay grounded. Having that time, whether I'm running or doing yoga I get to challenge myself by creating mini goals and have little personal victories.” LittlesRunningGoalChallengesNew YorkVictoryCreatingYogaWork OutGroundedChaoticPersonal Victory Author:Erin Heatherton
“I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.” PeopleThinkingTryingKindRealRunningPresidentChallengesRecordsGreaterCandidatesParamount Author:Margaret Chase Smith
“One of the challenges with series TV is not to give everyone all the punchlines, all the gags and all the fun stuff at the top. Everyone is so anxious, for very good reasons, to hit the ground running, but I've been on the other end of that.” GivingEndsReasonRunningFunStuffChallengesTvsSeriesVery GoodAnxiousGagsPunchlinesFun Stuff Author:Bruno Heller