“The hard thing when you get old is to keep your horizons open. The first part of your life everything is in front of you, all your potential and promise. But over the years, you make decisions; you carve yourself into a given shape. Then the challenge is to keep discovering the green growing edge.” YearsFirstsHardGivenChallengesDecisionGrowingFrontsPromiseShapesGreenEdgesHorizonDiscoveringHard Things Author:Howard Thurman
“I know starting careers in troubled times is a challenge, but it is also a privilege. Because it's moments like these that force us to try harder, dig deeper and to discover gifts we never knew we had. To find the greatness that lies within each of us. So don't ever shy away from that endeavor. Don't stop adding to your body of work. I can promise that you will be the better for that continued effort as will be this nation that we all love.” KnowsTryingI CanMomentsBodyAmericaLyingForceNationsChallengesEffortCareersGreatnessPromiseHarderStartingPrivilegeDeeperYour BodyShyEndeavorDig DeepTroubled Times Author:Barack Obama
“At least one indication of unbelief is the tendency to measure life's challenges against our own adequacy instead of God's promises. To enter our Sabbath rest, we must put an end to self-reliance - trusting in our own abilities to overcome difficulties, rise above challenges, escape tragedies, or achieve personal greatness.” EndsSelfChallengesAbilityAchieveGreatnessPromiseOvercomingDifficultyTragedyTendenciesSelf RelianceRelianceRise AboveIndicationSabbathUnbeliefAdequacy Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“The social sciences offer equal promise for improving human welfare; our lives can be greatly improved through a deeper understanding of individual and collective behavior. But to realize this promise, the social sciences, like the natural sciences, need to match their institutional structures to today's intellectual challenges.” NeedsHumansTodayIndividualSocialUnderstandingRealizingNaturalChallengesOur LivesPromiseOffersEqualBehaviorIntellectualStructureDeeperWelfareCollectivesImprovingSocial ScienceNatural ScienceDeeper Understanding Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“It was in grasping the reality of his divine parentage as a son of God, as well as his relationship with Christ and the promise of eternal life, that Moses was able to resist the challenge presented by Satan.” WellsRealityAbleChristChallengesDivineSonPromiseEternalSatanEternal LifeMosesGrasping Author:David S. Baxter
“Obama microtargeted his way to re-election by pitting Americans against each other in many instances. In order to confront the challenges the nation faces, he's really going to have to put his 2008 rhetoric about bringing people together into practice. Otherwise his legacy will only be that of a great campaigner whose promises fell short of accomplishment.” PeopleWayTogetherFacesOrderNationsChallengesPracticePromiseElectionInstanceLegacyAccomplishmentRhetoric Author:Kevin Madden
“Everything is in it: the promise and the hope and the fear and the challenge and the defiance. The test is a double test: Just as God tested Abraham, Abraham tested God: "Let's see if you really want me to go ahead with it and kill my son." Then the angel says, "Do not raise your hand against the boy" [Genesis 22:12]. It was the Angel of God who says this, not God. God was embarrassed. [All laugh]” IfsWantHandsChallengesBoysLaughingSonPromiseAngelTestsRaisesMy SonWant MeEmbarrassedTestedAbrahamDefianceGenesis Author:Elie Wiesel
“The rise of the prosperity gospel is one of the great challenges to the true message of Jesus Christ. While not an expressly Western problem, the promises of this false teaching are often deeply rooted in Western materialism and worldly wealth. Teachers focus on a temporal reward as evidence of God's blessing, often ignoring the greater issues of justice, reconciliation, and redemption so needed in the world today.” WorldProblemTodayJesusChristChallengesWealthJusticeFocusTeacherTeachingPromiseBlessingEvidenceJesus ChristWesternProsperityRedemptionMaterialismWorldlyReconciliation Author:Ed McBain
“God is faithful. He'll fulfill every promise he's made. There's no disease God cannot heal, no heart he cannot mend, no bondage he cannot break, no enemy he cannot defeat, no mountain he cannot move, and no need he cannot meet. And because that same Spirit lives inside each of us, we move forward undaunted; we are unstoppable; and we live unshakeable. Focus on our unshakeable God instead of the chaos around you and he will carry you through the challenges and on to victory.” HeartMovingSpiritChallengesEnemyBreakFocusVictoryPromiseMountainChaosDefeatHealMoving ForwardFaithfulBondageUnstoppable Author:Christine Caine
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.” LifeInspirationalPlayDreamLife IsMotherSongFightingOpportunityGamesRealizingChallengesAcceptingStruggleAdventureInspirational LifeDutySorrowPromiseBenefitsOvercomingTragedyLuckDareAdmireAdmiringCalcuttaLife Is An AdventureWorth Fighting ForBest MotherAging GracefullyLife DreamLife OpportunityLife Is A DreamLife Is PreciousLife Is A GameLife Is GreatLife Is A StruggleHow Precious Life Is Author:Mother Teresa
“To all who come to this happy place: Welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America; with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” WorldMayHardFactsDreamInspirationAgeAmericaPastJoyChallengesMemoriesLandYouthSourcePromiseIdealsWelcomeDedicatedDisneylandDisney CompanyHappy PlacePast MemoriesFond MemoriesChildren ImaginationPromise Of The Future Author:Walt Disney
“We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order. The Bible tells us that God did not originally make the world to have disease, hunger, and death in it. Jesus has come to redeem where it is wrong and heal the world where it is broken. His miracles are not just proofs that he has power but also wonderful foretastes of what he is going to do with that power. Jesus' miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantMindHeartOrderJesusNaturalChallengesWonderfulModernBrokenPromiseDiseaseMiracleHungerProofHealRestorationSuspensionNatural OrderHeal The World Author:Timothy Keller
“No matter what advantages you are born with-- money, intelligence, an appealing personality, a sunny outlook, or good social connections-- none of these provides a magic key to an easy existence. Somehow life manages to bring difficult problems, the causes of untold suffering and struggle. How you meet your challenges makes all the difference between the promise of success and the specter of failure.” MatterProblemSpiritualSufferingSocialCausesEasyDifficultBornChallengesDifferencesExistenceStruggleMagicKeysPersonalityPromiseAdvantageConnectionsNo Matter WhatManageOutlookSunnyDifficult Problems Book:Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges Source: Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life's Greatest Challenges
“I had kissed my share of men, particularly during the war years, when flirtation and instant romance were the light-minded companions of death and uncertainty. Jamie, thought, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me, then.” IfsMenWayYearsSaidDifferentWarLightRomanceChallengesKnownSharePromiseDemandExtremesUncertaintyInstantRemarkableCompanionGentlenessJamieProvocationFlirtationLeashes Book:Outlander: (Outlander 1) Source: Outlander: (Outlander 1)