Challenges Quotes
There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we live in.
When you work in film, you have to be pretty fluent in explaining your vision, especially when speaking to actors, and I found speaking to actors to be so challenging and intimidating on set.
Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism. We are an organization that believes in empowering people to be their best.
That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.
Great challenges confront our great nation. We seek to meet them by rising to the task, not by defining our country down.
These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.
The most important part is to take on the challenge of protecting the ocean as if your life depends on it - because it does.
I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.
I'm more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.
Whenever you're confronted with a tough work situation, stop for a second and try to honestly answer this question: Am I approaching this emotionally or am I approaching this professionally?
How can you read and talk at the same time?” I asked. “Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the conversation is particularly intellectually challenging.
I have come to know that we learn much more of what is important when we concentrate on helping others than when we concentrate on our own challenges.
I've been very lucky to have had a supportive family, a great education, enormous opportunity and challenge.
For me and for I'm sure any actor, each role is a different challenge to prepare for in a different way.
If you are at Coca-Cola, the creative challenge is one of maintaining - rather than creating - a tremendous level of consumption for your products.
If you come up with a new product, you can very easily track its contribution to the bottom line. But often the challenge can be both large and subtle.
The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being
President Obama is funny, he's thoughtful, he's challenging, he's fun to work with - and it's been an extraordinary privilege.
And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most
Music should come crashing out of your speakers and grab you, and the lyrics should challenge whatever preconceived notions that listener has.
Fidel Castro had universal health care for all Cubans, and universal education for all the Cuban people, no money required. This was his challenge.
Soups challenge us, because an enticing flavorful stew can be as different from the thin watery beverage sometimes erroneously called soup as a genuine green turtle is from the mock turtle.
For me, the new pictures are what I'm thinking about every day. The past is the past, no? Every day is a new challenge.
Challenges are opportunities for me to grow. The more I learn, the more equipped I am to handle whatever situations come up.
It's very hard to find good and wholesome, edifying and challenging writing for the students to perform. In my classroom I strive to do that as best as I can.
I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work.
I must say, I don't think there's any more challenging music out there in jazz than what we're doing.
I still feel young as far as motivation is concerned, and also the challenges that I have for the future and what I want to achieve. So I just hope this successful streak is extended to the fullest.
Comedians are the most challenging people for me to shoot. Because you're not actually in the dialogue with them, they are performing. When I work with a comedian, I become their audience.
Honestly every day had huge challenges. I remember one day coming home and running a bath and going, "You don't know how to act, do you?" It was the most humbling experience ever.
It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.
My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am.
Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.
It is only natural to expect that guilds will tend to "protect their turf" and to resist challenge.
Video is moving online in a big way. It's proven to be a challenging market for some companies that start out as a pure Internet company such as Joost.
I also feel that I have been very honest with my friends, my family and also with the public about the mistakes that I've made and the challenges that I've gone through.
I don't see that many movies lately that are actually about something, that are trying to challenge something about the way that people interact.
I'm not a wushu champion. I was an athlete when I was a kid. I was a swimmer and a runner, but all this action stuff is such a challenge. It really, really is.
If we look at the complexity of the challenges facing western societies today, we see that the problems are not really about outsiders, but have their roots much closer to home.
