“For me, acting is not a job. It is something I love. I don’t do these things for awards or rewards. I do them because I love challenges.”
― Aamir Khan
“Bringing together the unique expertise of researchers from both NYU and the Technion will hopefully enable us to overcome some of the most difficult challenges in treating cancer patients.”
― Aaron Ciechanover
“You have to find it in the moment, and that’s one of the challenges of being an actor – especially a film actor – is that you have to maintain these heightened emotions for long periods of time. There’s no trick to it. You just have to do.”
― Aaron Stanford
“We can be mothers and have careers. We can finish our education with children in tow. Is it a challenge? Yep. But women are made for challenges. We are strong enough to handle the challenges presented to us. It’s what we were made to do.”
― Abby Johnson
“One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.”
― Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
“No matter what’s happening in the Middle East – the Arab Spring, et cetera, the economic challenges, high rates of unemployment – the emotional, critical issue is always the Israeli-Palestinian one.”
― Abdullah II of Jordan
“Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.”
― Abdullah II of Jordan
“There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.”
― Adam Braun
“Ever since the economic crisis in 2008, millions of people have accepted cuts in all sorts of things – from real wages and living standards to benefits and hospital care – without any real opposition. The cuts may be right, or they may be stupid – but the astonishing thing is how no-one really challenges them.”
― Adam Curtis
“We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what’s high quality and what’s not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There’s a lot of technical challenges in that.”
― Adam D’Angelo
“One of the great political and economic challenges of our time is figuring out the balance between wealth that benefits society and wealth that distorts.”
― Adam Davidson
“If you do a quantity challenge, the problem you’d face would be a starchy challenge. If it has a lot of potatoes, a lot of bread or fried elements, that’s difficult. With heat challenges, challenges that use the whole pepper are much, much easier than ones that use pepper extract. That’s concentrated, and also devoid of flavour. It’s just heat.”
― Adam Richman
“Nasdaq is investing in the technologies, talent, and capabilities that solve the complex challenges our clients face.”
― Adena Friedman
“I love challenges, I love intensity, and I also like to challenge my mind. Believe it or not, boxing is not only about physical force. You use a lot of concentration; it’s really mental.”
― Adriana Lima
“People who come from Compton – they’re overcoming so many challenges that most people don’t have to overcome, but that creates special tenacity and different skills that you just can’t manufacture.”
― Aja Brown
“Kendrick Lamar is a phenomenal artist whose work has served as a catalyst to raise a new level of consciousness for this generation. His message challenges the status quo and motivates listeners to rethink our society’s institutions.”
― Aja Brown
“Textile mills are not a very high-margin business and have fixed overheads, so it was challenging. But I think it is only in challenges that you get opportunities.”
― Ajay Piramal
“In any merger, when you have large organisations coming together, there will be challenges in terms of culture.”
― Ajay Piramal
“Leadership is more than just managing economic reforms. Leadership means giving broad direction, take up challenges which other people cannot do.”
― Ajay Piramal
“As chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, I’ve logged more than 5,000 miles driving across the country to see first-hand how digital technologies are unleashing opportunity in U.S. communities and to understand the connectivity challenges many Americans face.”
― Ajit Pai
“I’ve never understood why we would want to deny all the joys – and the challenges – of marriage to anyone. Which is why I think any loving, committed couple – gay or straight – should be able to get married.”
― Al Franken
“Changing technologies, changing marketplaces, and even changing trends in anti-competitive practices have all presented challenges to antitrust enforcement.”
― Al Franken
“Emotional life is – alongside work – one of the great challenges of existence and is a theme that I keep returning to.”
― Alain de Botton
“Diverse groups do best at complex problems and innovation when the facts aren’t clear: each individual’s perspective allows him or her to tackle challenges differently and, when stuck, rely on others’ differing points of views to progress.”
― Alain Dehaze
“Young people encounter great challenges at the beginning of their careers.”
― Alain Dehaze
“An important part of leadership is being able to hold two things in your mind at once: Dealing with the reality, whatever it may be, and focus on hope for the future. Any leader helping an organization through challenges needs to be able to do both.”
― Alan Mulally
“If we don’t re-charge the American Brand, all future challenges – economic, social and political – are destined to be driven to the brink, further jeopardizing the strength and competitiveness of our country and its citizens.”
― Alan Siegel
“Politicians must be simple and clear about how their ideas will serve the national cause. We can no longer use the complexity of today’s problems as an excuse for inaction, rhyme or rhetoric that does not meet the challenges before us.”
― Alan Siegel
“No matter what kind of challenges or difficulties or painful situations you go through in your life, we all have something deep within us that we can reach down and find the inner strength to get through them.”
― Alana Stewart
“One of the biggest challenges of writing for middle-grade or even young-adult readers is that I don’t want to have too much violence in it – which really limits what you can do. It’s important that they’re not just bloodbaths or glorifying violence. I always try to show that a person who dies leaves a hole. There’s grief in my books.”
― Alane Ferguson
“They’re different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I’m in.”
― Alanis Morissette
“I’m for big challenges and can face anybody, but I know they have legends in ‘WWE ’12,’ so I’d love to see myself against Andre the Giant.”
― Alberto Del Rio
“Each film and each character is a completely new set of challenges. It doesn’t feel like you can rest on something you may have done well in the past.”
― Alden Ehrenreich
“One of the challenges in the Affordable Care Act was that it prejudiced the Medicaid system very much in favor of able-bodied adults, away from the more traditional Medicaid populations of the aged, the disabled, pregnant women, and children.”
― Alex Azar
“I’ve always enjoyed challenges.”
― Alex Rodriguez
“We don’t know yet how to build a society which is environmentally sustainable, which is shareable with everybody on the planet, which promotes stability and democracy and human rights, and which is achievable in the time-frame necessary to make it through the challenges we face.”
― Alex Steffen
“Here is just the beginning of a list of skills that exam results cannot possibly hope to reflect: interpersonal skills, the ability to entertain, how articulate we are as speakers, our ability to work as part of a team, the ability to deal with challenges and invention.”
― Alexandra Adornetto
“I’m a believer in challenging myself and overcoming challenges by doing things I’ve never done before.”
― Alexandra Daddario
“I can tell you that when I travel the state, when I talk to people, they are really struggling, in a very real way. They’re losing their jobs, they’re losing their homes, they’re dealing with financial challenges.”
― Alexi Giannoulias
“A story isn’t interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.”
― Alexis Bledel
“I like challenges, and I hate being categorized. It’s always been a thing of mine.”
― Alexis Ren
“I love a guy who knows who he is, can make me laugh, and challenges me intellectually.”
― Alexis Ren
“I’m interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.”
― Alfonso Cuaron
“I guess I have a short attention span! I’m interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.”
― Alfonso Cuaron
“I’m open to anything that pretty much challenges me.”
― Algee Smith
“I have a lot of respect for President Obama, and while I deeply disagree with some of his actions or lack of action on issues I care about, I still recognize the significance of the first black presidency and the challenges that come with that.”
― Alicia Garza
“If I had challenges in my company, I would not hesitate to sell assets to remain afloat, to get to the better times, because it doesn’t make any sense for me to keep any assets and then suffocate the whole organization.”
― Aliko Dangote
“I think everybody faces challenges in their lives. I’ve definitely been through it – not to the extreme that Astrid did. I try to keep some kind of identity and strength.”
― Alison Lohman
“For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It’s hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible.”
― Alison Lohman
“Economically anxious, many parents see their children’s accomplishments as a sort of insurance against the financial challenges of old age; high-achieving kids, this logic goes, will become high-earning adults and therefore be better able to help Mom and Dad pay for the assisted-living facility in a few decades.”
― Alissa Quart
“If not the biggest, the Premier League is one of the biggest leagues in the world. It’s very competitive, and I find that exciting. I like challenges. I came here because it will be a great challenge for me at a very high level of football and be among these great players in a great team like Liverpool.”
― Alisson
“I like new challenges.”
― Allu Arjun
“For all the challenges I’ve faced in my path to self-acceptance, I’ve also traveled it with my own set of luck and privilege.”
― Alyson Stoner
“I find that with dance – and with the arts in general – because I want to grow in my performance, I have to come face to face with my own personal challenges.”
― Alyson Stoner
“I don’t want to paint rainbows: I want to make art that disturbs identity and challenges authority.”
― Aman Mojadidi
“One of the biggest challenges in my job is letting go of the movie once you go home at night, and knowing you can’t do anything to your performance once you’ve laid it on film.”
― Amber Heard
“One of the biggest challenges for any Home Secretary – indeed, any government – is how we deal with emerging threats.”
― Amber Rudd
“Protecting children at risk of exploitation will always be a priority, and at the other end, safeguarding an ageing population brings its own challenges.”
― Amber Rudd
“People with disabilities and health conditions have enough challenges in life. Dealing with my department should not be one of them. So my ambition is to significantly improve how DWP supports disabled people and those with health conditions.”
― Amber Rudd
“As a child, I didn’t know what I didn’t have. I’m thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what’s important.”
― America Ferrera
“What I would say is that vows and rings don’t change anything: the challenges are the same. Every day is just a conscious commitment to making the next day better.”
― America Ferrera
“I think, in any profession, what you fear most is not being able to perform, about not being able to meet new challenges. The fear of non-acceptance, particularly if in creative art. What happens if the audiences do not like you anymore!”
― Amitabh Bachchan
“I don’t have anything in particular to achieve; I don’t want to go any particular direction. I just want to take up the challenges of life as we go along.”
― Amitabh Bachchan
“To write what is not dead on the page, one has to be open to all kinds of disturbances and challenges and confusion.”
― Amitava Kumar
“I have to say I’ve been lucky in that way in that I’ve been able to go from different films and different genres with different challenges.”
― Amy Adams
“Entrepreneurs are more likely to be successful if they’re able to be present while pitching their ideas. It’s about maintaining presence during big challenges – very high stakes moments with some component of social judgment. Everyone has them, whether they’re entrepreneurs or not.”
― Amy Cuddy
“A mountain of evidence shows that our bodies are pushing, shaping, even leading our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. That the body affects the mind is, it’s fair to say, incontestable. And it’s doing so in ways that either facilitate or impede our ability to bring our authentic best selves to our biggest challenges.”
― Amy Cuddy
“As president, Barack Obama has the potential to finally bring our country together to meet the enormous challenges ahead. This includes restoring economic prosperity, moving toward energy independence, delivering affordable health care for all, and implementing a responsible, effective foreign policy.”
― Amy Klobuchar
“I know we can find a bipartisan response to pressing challenges – like repairing, modernizing and adding to the infrastructure on which we all rely. I know it because I’ve seen it happen in my own state of Minnesota.”
― Amy Klobuchar
“The more you practice tolerating discomfort, the more confidence you’ll gain in your ability to accept new challenges.”
― Amy Morin
“A lot of problems stem from a desire to avoid discomfort. For example, people who fear failure often avoid new challenges in an effort to keep anxiety at bay. Avoiding emotional discomfort, however, is usually a short-term solution that leads to long-term problems.”
― Amy Morin
“Being ill-prepared and unequipped to deal with life’s inevitable challenges leaves us vulnerable to the dangerous effects of stress.”
― Amy Morin
“We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them.”
― Amy Purdy
“We’ve all seen that every challenge we’ve gone through, we’ve learned something from. It’s not getting hung up on the challenges but figuring out how to get ahead.”
― Amy Purdy
“We can help companies committed to addressing global challenges such as climate change.”
― Ana Patricia Botin
“In any country, governance issues are there. Challenges are there, pressures are there. When multi-party coalitions take decisions, sometimes delays will be there. But that is what democracy is: it is beauty or it’s challenge.”
― Anand Sharma
“Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That’s why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.”
― Anders Fogh Rasmussen
“Sometimes it’s just harder to remind yourself about what you’re doing and why you’re doing it… Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you’re not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.”
― Andre Agassi
“I used to set myself little challenges to make the work more interesting.”
― Andre Previn
“One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.”
― Andrea Hirata
“I create little challenges for myself, like, ‘Okay, whatever you do in this song, you’ve got to somehow work in Greek Cypriots,’ or something like that.”
― Andrew Bird
“The truth is that stress doesn’t come from your boss, your kids, your spouse, traffic jams, health challenges, or other circumstances. It comes from your thoughts about these circumstances.”
― Andrew J. Bernstein
“One of the challenges of innovation is figuring out how to wipe your mind clean about what you should be doing at any given moment, and not having a religious attachment to what’s gotten you there thus far.”
― Andrew Mason
“It is vital that the entire international system is ready to meet the challenges of future disasters.”
― Andrew Mitchell
“I’ve played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.”
― Andrew Scott
“In 2009, the American Library Association recorded 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom.”
― Andrew Shaffer
“I love challenges.”
― Andrew Whitworth
“Our young people desperately want the chance to participate in and lead our nation’s economic and cultural revival. They’re up for the challenges that they’re going to inherit. It only remains for us to present the path to address them.”
― Andrew Yang
“I don’t think lying has any ultimate justification. I don’t think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That’s one of the challenges in a way.”
― Andy Garcia
“One of the challenges of commencement speeches is that you have this older, wiser person who is accomplished talking to young, not-yet-so-wise, not-yet-accomplished adults or, in high school or middle school, even younger.”
― Angela Duckworth
“Working with BET always provides a reminder of why I began to do this work. It is essential that we have platforms where we can discuss our politics, our challenges, and our culture through our respective lenses.”
― Angela Rye
“Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.”
― Angelina Jolie
“For the first case I did with Octone, 360 deals were not at all being talked about. And then for the follow-up case, it was the focus. I wanted to see how things were changing and what the new challenges were.”
― Anita Elberse
“I like everything that challenges me.”
― Anitta
“Water links us all as human beings. Everyone needs water, and we all have challenges about it, no matter where we live. Yet even in the U.S., people aren’t aware of problems facing water.”
― Ann Bancroft
“We’re living in a whole new social and economic order with a whole new set of problems and challenges. Old assumptions and old programs don’t work in this new society and the more we try to stretch them to make them fit, the more we will be seen as running away from what is reality.”
― Ann Richards
“Everyone in life has their challenges, mine have not been financial.”
― Ann Romney
“A free and open Internet should not have to be weighed down by legal challenges – its dynamism is essential to our economy.”
― Anna Eshoo
“Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges.”
― Anna Lindh
“I think everyone has their personal stands, and everyone has challenges in their life.”
― Anna Popplewell
“While at Oxford in 1999, I met Jonathan Fortier, who is a Montreal-born Canadian. Despite the challenges of a transatlantic relationship, we remained keen on each other and eventually married in 2002.”
― Anne Fortier
“Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges.”
― Anne Wojcicki
“Our ancestors are totally essential to our every waking moment, although most of us don’t even have the faintest idea about their lives, their trials, their hardships or challenges.”
― Annie Lennox
“The decision to allow clergy to perform same-sex marriages at the discretion of the congregation poses challenges for seminaries training new pastors who come from denominations fundamentally opposed on biblical grounds to same-sex marriage.”
― Anthea Butler
“Previous efforts to eradicate malaria failed for several reasons, including political instability and technical challenges in delivering resources, especially in certain countries in Africa.”
― Anthony Fauci
“I know well the opportunities and the challenges of maintaining and improving infrastructure and providing good transportation choices.”
― Anthony Foxx
“Death row prisoners face enormous challenges in finding lawyers who will assist them.”
― Anthony Ray Hinton
“I am a multilateralist. I am deeply convinced that there is no other way to deal with global challenges than with global responses, and organised in a multilateral way.”
― Antonio Guterres
“Our world faces many grave challenges: Widening conflicts and inequality. Extreme weather and deadly intolerance. Security threats – including nuclear weapons. We have the tools and wealth to overcome these challenges. All we need is the will.”
― Antonio Guterres
“Facing dramatic global challenges, we need a global capacity to address them that reaffirms the importance of multilateralism and the importance of a rules-based set of international relations, based on the rule of law and in accordance with the U.N. Charter.”
― Antonio Guterres
“The Purple Man helps Matt understand that his powers are unique, and maybe he is cut out for the hero biz after all. And Mr. Fear challenges Daredevil’s very philosophy; how does a Man Without Fear deal with a man who induces terror in everyone he meets?”
― Antony Johnston
“If my life can inspire people, then a television show where guests talk about their challenges and what makes them unique would work.”
― Anupam Kher
“The unfolding migratory crisis has become one of the most acute challenges facing the international community. Millions of lives are at stake. All of us have a responsibility to act. Collectively, we need to find solutions.”
― Arancha Gonzalez
“There is a deep-felt desire among the people to stand firmly together in dealing with the challenges of the future.”
― Ariel Sharon
“What challenges me is this – I want to walk out of a film with the experience of having done a film, not with a feeling that I have sleepwalked through it.”
― Arjun Rampal
“Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person’s point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.”
― Arlo Guthrie
“When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.”
― Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear – fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors.”
― Arthur Levitt
“Promoting the interaction of orders remains one of the most difficult, but crucially important, challenges we face concerning our national market system.”
― Arthur Levitt
“Too many spend too much time trying to live in a fixed point, when our lives are an unfolding journey. Taking on new challenges is how we fix the world.”
― Arturo O’Farrill
“I have serious challenges with Donald Trump and his messaging that is going to make it more difficult for us to bring in minorities, Hispanics, into the party and into our voting base in November. I would be concerned about him carrying the banner for the Republican Party.”
― Asa Hutchinson
“As a person and as a singer, I love to try something new. I like challenges.”
― Asha Bhosle
“Life is short, and nobody knows what’s around the corner, but I’m up for lots of new challenges.”
― Ashley Roberts
“When I’m training, and I’m in games, and challenges or things aren’t going my way, I literally am so happy to go home to the family I’m creating.”
― Ashlyn Harris
“Every day, we as athletes face several challenges during the training process, and it is imperative that we approach each situation carefully and with continued precision.”
― Ashton Eaton
“There has to be a protagonist who has to overcome challenges, and there will be a race to finish.”
― Ashwin Sanghi
“Terrorism and religious extremism are huge challenges. They go hand in glove.”
― Asma Jahangir
“It’s clear that the medium and long-run fiscal challenges facing the country have to do with the rise of entitlement spending, they have to do with the longer run imbalances that we’ve created in the structure of the system.”
― Austan Goolsbee
“Friendly governments do not act so as to undermine the national security of their friends, and do not presume to know better than their friends how they should contend with the many challenges they face. The Swedish government would do well to rethink its intention to act in this way towards its friend Israel.”
― Avigdor Lieberman
“Making progress on longstanding challenges requires a different lens and a new approach.”
― Ayanna Pressley
“I know, given my own life challenges, that there are many non-academic barriers that get in the way of the scholastic and life success of our children and that complicate teaching.”
― Ayanna Pressley
“Challenges give me a kick. The day I stop getting challenges, I would quit.”
― Baba Kalyani
“Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are – rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call ‘global challenges,’ which require global solidarity.”
― Ban Ki-moon
“Climate change is destroying our path to sustainability. Ours is a world of looming challenges and increasingly limited resources. Sustainable development offers the best chance to adjust our course.”
― Ban Ki-moon
“One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.”
― Ban Ki-moon
“The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.”
― Ban Ki-moon
“Women and girls are disproportionately affected by landmines. They have different needs when it comes to education about risks. And they may face greater challenges when a family member is killed or injured.”
― Ban Ki-moon
“We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.”
― Barack Obama
“First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us – especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?”
― Barack Obama
“We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country.”
― Barack Obama
“Through every victory and every setback, I’ve insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn’t meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.”
― Barack Obama
“What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning.”
― Barbara De Angelis
“I’ve always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives – what makes people tick. I’ve also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.”
― Barbara Kopple
“I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.”
― Barbara Kopple
“I think the scientific goals and the technical challenges were the two things that equally motivated me.”
― Barry Barish
“The technical challenges were technical challenges that were not unbeatable; it was just that we had to learn how to do things and how to build a sensitive enough device. That took us 20 years after we built the first version of the LIGO detector.”
― Barry Barish
“Being an online platform, we ran into challenges with Cuba’s lack of Internet accessibility. We were able to work around that by creating a program unique to Cuba where many local hosts are working with hosting partners who have Internet access and can help them manage their Airbnb requests and bookings.”
― Belinda Johnson
“I think I’m the best in the world at 170 pounds, so why would I need to go down? If, at some point, I beat everyone at 170, I’d consider going up. If I’ve eliminated all my challenges, yeah, at that point I would consider going up.”
― Ben Askren
“But, you know, we have these entrenched entities – and I’m talking about both Republicans and Democrats – who believe that when you’re elected to office, you become some kind of member of the aristocracy, and that anyone who challenges you is attacking you and is unpatriotic. This is foolishness.”
― Ben Carson
“I enjoy Augusta. I enjoy its challenges. There’s no other golf course like this anywhere. Its greens and its challenges on and around the greens are just super, super tough. So the greens are fun to play in sort of a morbid way.”
― Ben Crenshaw
“There’s challenges in life that present themselves unexpectedly, and if you rise to them, then those challenges will toughen you up.”
― Bernard Sumner
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are.”
― Bernice Johnson Reagon
“From the beginning, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has presented very difficult challenges.”
― Bernie Sanders
“I think it’s very important to support the program in your area, as each part of the country has its own challenges coping with AIDS. It can be very different from state to state and city to city. Wherever you live, there is surely someone who could use your help.”
― Beth Broderick
“I think what you have to recognise is everybody has their own deal, and everybody has challenges. Do I think that it was easier for me because at a certain point in my career I didn’t have children? Yeah, I think absolutely so. But everybody has their own deal.”
― Beth Brooke
“It’s easy to look at the things of this world to solve our challenges and obstacles in life, but when we submit our lives to Christ, His grace, mercy, peace and love will bring true fulfillment to our lives.”
― Bethany Hamilton
“The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead.”
― Bette Davis
“Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.”
― Bev Perdue
“Challenges keep evolving as you move into different stages. When you are at a prototype stage, it’s about getting that sustenance money. Then, talent becomes an issue; your early hires are difficult to get when you aren’t too big. Later, it’s about handling growth; then, you have competition.”
― Bhavish Aggarwal
“One of the biggest challenges for me is that I’m still a human being. I’m a very imperfect human being. I’m very open about the fact that I’m not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.”
― Bibi Bourelly
“I want to see the next Reagan. I want somebody who brings out the good in Americans and challenges us to aspire to that North Star, someone who wants to empower our families and individuals and communities and let them be free to achieve their dreams. That’s what’s going to make this country again.”
― Bill Flores
“We do have our challenges. Some things don’t always work right in Washington, and the anger you see from the electorate, I think, is a reflection of what’s not working right.”
― Bill Flores
“Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.”
― Bill Frist
“In order to deal with all the medical cost demands and other challenges in the U.S., as we look to raise that revenue, the rich will have to pay slightly more. That’s quite clear.”
― Bill Gates
“We have to be about finding long-term solutions to our biggest challenges.”
― Bill Haslam
“Whenever anyone challenges anything, the powers that be try to paint them as extremists or radicals or whatever. And I think that’s actually nonsense.”
― Bill McKibben
“I always love challenges and doing something that I can’t quite figure out.”
― Bill Pullman
“Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.”
― Billy Graham
“Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God’s word.”
― Billy Graham
“Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.”
― Billy Graham
“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.”
― Billy Joe Saunders
“One of the big challenges for our party is to demonstrate to people that we have an agenda for economic prosperity and that we can be trusted with their money.”
― Birch Bayh
“I think one of the most difficult challenges in show business is the challenge of longevity and to constantly realize and reveal what’s already been there – like doing stage and singing and dancing in New York. I haven’t been that far out of my comfort zone in a while.”
― Blair Underwood
“Basketball is basketball, but with each level, there’s new challenges and new things you have to pick up.”
― Blake Griffin
“The church can challenge society, but society also challenges the church. That’s good. We should be humble enough to be able to accept that.”
― Blase J. Cupich
“I think the most important thing to understand about credit derivatives and their use at JPMorgan is they served a number of different purposes. First and foremost, they were a tool which initially was seen as being useful in managing the bank’s own risk management challenges.”
― Blythe Masters
“It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today’s intelligence challenges.”
― Bob Barr
“Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.”
― Bob Iger
“Secondly, security. Both the challenges we face in the world and the responsibilities that our country has in protecting our people, are major issues. We need to do more in the context of domestic security.”
― Bob Menendez
“No matter the challenges ahead, I will never stop fighting for New Jersey and the values we share.”
― Bob Menendez
“The engineering, analytics, design, testing, and delivery behind our products offer some of the hardest engineering and business challenges in the world. As we’ve brought our franchises into eSports and moved to digital delivery, it’s become even more complex and exciting – which, in turn, has allowed us attract even more top talent.”
― Bobby Kotick
“This is the person you think is your antagonist, who ends up being your greatest ally: the person who pushes, criticizes, and challenges you to meet a standard of excellence you might not otherwise achieve.”
― Bonnie Hammer
“Europe has found itself confronted with fresh challenges – challenges of a global character, the nature of which is directly connected with changes in the international climate and the difficulties of seeking new models for co-operation.”
― Boris Yeltsin
“I think we have challenges, but we have so many opportunities to get it right. I like it when we have a little bit of a headwind. The kite actually lifts when you have a headwind and doesn’t when there is lift from the back.”
― Borje Ekholm
“Every season challenges me to approach styling in a different way.”
― Brad Goreski
“I’m willing to meet with anyone, Democrat or Republican, who has a good idea, an open mind and a willingness to come together to tackle the challenges we face.”
― Brad Schneider
“In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges, and there is a lot of great banter between them. Meanwhile, in Arthur, Merlin has a friend he can really rely on. Merlin knows that when it comes the crunch, Arthur will always do the right thing.”
― Bradley James
“I may never get back to the track. The problem was that I was dominating my event, and the winning became slightly boring. I wanted new challenges, and I’ve got that on the road.”
― Bradley Wiggins
“The challenges surrounding HIV and AIDS are getting more complex and mature, and we just can’t stick our heads in the sand and say ‘it can’t happen to me.’”
― Brande Roderick
“We have to look honestly at ourselves and recognize the positives, the negatives, and the challenges we can overcome.”
― Brandon Victor Dixon
“The elephant in the room has always been simulator sickness and disorientation. That’s one of the biggest challenges.”
― Brendan Iribe
“With the headset and motion tracker and all kinds of different future tracking technologies that we are R&Ding, there is just a huge amount of intelligence that has to be created. So we are looking at hiring some of the brightest minds out there to tackle some of those challenges and deliver the very best experience possible for the consumer.”
― Brendan Iribe
“I love the Premier League, the quality of the players, the quality of the coaches. There are great challenges. But there are arms and legs flying off managers down there.”
― Brendan Rodgers
“Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.”
― Brendon Burchard
“My father built a small manufacturing business. I worked alongside him and saw firsthand the challenges that business owners face.”
― Brett Guthrie
“One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world’s nations.”
― Brian Behlendorf
“The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as an actor. In America, the heritage of an actor is based on cinema mainly.”
― Brian Cox
“I like challenges; I like excitement. I like entering different worlds and trying to succeed – not excel, but succeed.”
― Brian Grazer
“Relativity challenges your basic intuitions that you’ve built up from everyday experience. It says your experience of time is not what you think it is, that time is malleable. Your experience of space is not what you think it is; it can stretch and shrink.”
― Brian Greene
“When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man. I didn’t want to do the same thing again and again. I wanted to push and challenge myself. I find and embrace new and unique challenges in all mediums.”
― Brian J. White
“Running businesses of all sizes and stages, I’ve seen the challenges companies face in trying to identify, attract, and retain talent.”
― Brian Lee
“As I have had to meet different challenges, I realize I am coming into myself, and whatever I’m wearing is another chance for me to explore a new version of myself.”
― Brie Larson
“Sometimes the characters I find the most compelling are in independent movies. With independent scripts people can take more challenges.”
― Brittany Snow
“In opera, everyone’s watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn’t relate too much to film.”
― Bruce Beresford
“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.”
― Bryan Stevenson
“Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.”
― C. J. Mahaney
“You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don’t have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living ‘Slow’ just means doing everything at the right speed – quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.”
― Carl Honore
“I always had challenges when I was younger, because I looked so young but sounded older.”
― Carla Gugino
“I like being the lead but I like being in an ensemble. There are different challenges and dilemmas with both. If you’re carrying a film, there’s a certain weight, but there are a lot of scenes to explore the character. When you’re in an ensemble, you have to convey the entire character in a limited number of scenes.”
― Carla Gugino
“My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I’m not afraid to try anything.”
― Carla Hall
“Any work that’s worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That’s true if you’re running a business, it’s true if you’re trying to help on a campaign.”
― Carly Fiorina
“Life presents itself in constantly changing ways, but you’re able to accept the challenges, rather than recoil, throw up your hands, and go on a binge.”
― Carnie Wilson
“Like everyone else, I have challenges.”
― Carnie Wilson
“I came into a strong organization, and I hope I strengthened it more and expanded its capacity to deal with some of the challenges that might not have seemed as great 10 years ago, such as H.I.V., AIDS and children affected by war.”
― Carol Bellamy
“In meeting the challenges of organic growth, BlackRock has the advantage of having an executive team greatly respected for what it has accomplished.”
― Carol Loomis
“The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters.”
― Carol P. Christ
“With a fixed mindset, you’re so worried about how smart or talented you are, you don’t take on challenges. You don’t try new things.”
― Carol S. Dweck
“When I was in graduate school, I became very interested in why some kids took on challenges and were able to bounce back from setbacks whereas others shy away from difficulty and really crumble when they hit failures. I became fascinated with people who had that kind of courage to take on challenges.”
― Carol S. Dweck
“I’ve always been interested, since graduate school, in why some children wilt and shrink back from challenges and give up in the face of obstacles, while others avidly seek challenges and become even more invested in the face of obstacles. So this has been my primary question for over 40 years.”
― Carol S. Dweck
“What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five years later that welcomed challenges and that represented traits as malleable, not a label you were stuck with.”
― Carol S. Dweck
“I open ‘Mindset’ with examples of kids who thrive on difficult challenges.”
― Carol S. Dweck
“Speaking personally, as a first-time female founder, I would not be where I am today without an incredible network of fellow founders who have shared their challenges, advice, and hacks with me.”
― Caroline Ghosn
“We all need challenges at work, or else it would be considered play. When you can’t seem to grow with the job or move forward, it’s time to start looking for a new one.”
― Carolyn Aronson
“At the Global Crop Diversity Trust, we work to conserve the diversity that will allow the adaptation and evolution of our agricultural crops in the context of climate change and other challenges.”
― Cary Fowler
“In terms of tackling different subjects, I can’t really think of anything I wouldn’t want to try; that’s the fun of it right? Each new style brings new challenges – not that you shouldn’t focus on one and master it, but it takes so long to make a film, you just want to have some variety.”
― Cary Fukunaga
“I want to give myself new challenges. I want to get better.”
― Caster Semenya
“The innovation of our workplace is key to the development of innovative solutions that address the evolving complex challenges of our clients.”
― Cathy Engelbert
“Accelerating technology innovations such as ubiquitous sensors, cheap computing power, and 5G networks will open entirely new opportunities and challenges.”
― Cathy Engelbert
“Young professionals shouldn’t have to let a fear of failure hold them back; they should feel emboldened to take on challenges in creative ways.”
― Cathy Engelbert
“The specifics of Cathy’s and my life are different now, but the basic life challenges are exactly the same.”
― Cathy Guisewite
“Children in foster care are there through no fault of their own, and they face challenges that would test the resolve of even the most mature adults: frequent moves, early trauma, instability, and in many cases, abuse.”
― Cathy McMorris Rodgers
“These past years, as we have been recovering and given our city a rebirth, we have been encouraged by our faith, knowledge, and steadfast belief that we will pull through. There will be challenges and setbacks, as there have already been, but we will continue, and we the citizens of New Orleans will prevail in bringing our city back.”
― Cedric Richmond
“Being a single has different challenges, and being a tag team has different challenges. I welcome them both.”
― Cesaro
“I think each role has had different challenges.”
― Chad Lowe
“While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis.”
― Chaka Fattah
“You have to handle the challenges and emerge stronger from them, rather than allow them to bog you down.”
― Chanda Kochhar
“Life comprises of both: opportunities as well as challenges.”
― Chanda Kochhar
“It is important always to make full use of opportunities that come your way, and at the same time, it is important to not just cope with the challenges but try and convert each challenge into an opportunity.”
― Chanda Kochhar
“Two eyes are given for a reason. One eye to always look at the opportunity. The second eye to always keep looking at the challenges. Because if you don’t balance both, it’s very easy to get carried away one way or the other. And it’s when you balance the two that you find the most sustainable model.”
― Chanda Kochhar
“My priorities are going to be to play a very balanced role in the sense that I have to keep an eye on the challenges in the environment. At the same time, I have to keep an eye on the optimism that is there for India.”
― Chanda Kochhar
“All my challenges have become opportunities.”
― Chanda Kochhar
“ICICI has been a meritocracy. So, a huge amount a lot of responsibilities, big roles, challenges, have been given to women, not because they are men or women or so on, but they were just given to people who have – who the organization believes has the capability to perform.”
― Chanda Kochhar
“We all know that there are different scripted programs out there, and we’re all facing the same challenges in terms of ratings and everything else, but I think that there is a lot of opportunity to be had as well, and what I’m excited to do is to get to explore that.”
― Channing Dungey
“The challenges African-Americans are facing today are rooted in the system of slavery.”
― Charles B. Rangel
“A greater tax deduction for students is not a handout. On the contrary, it helps those who are willing to meet the challenges of higher education to invest in our collective future.”
― Charles B. Rangel
“Our very strength as lesbians lies in the fact that we are outside of patriarchy; our existence challenges its life.”
― Charlotte Bunch
“What inspires me most are people who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and around the world.”
― Chelsea Clinton
“People who imagine and implement solutions to challenges in their own lives, in their communities, in our country and in our world have always inspired me.”
― Chelsea Clinton
“I’m an incurable optimist, and I’m a great believer in never looking back. Life is too short, and new challenges are exciting.”
― Cherie Blair
“Our experience shows – and survey after survey reveals – institutions are run better, communities are healthier when women are involved in solving the challenges of our society. Equal representation does not just lead to good democracy: it is democracy.”
― Cherie Blair
“I love challenges.”
― Chinmayi
“Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.”
― Chris Bell
“We are a nation that seeks out solutions and refuses to ignore challenges.”
― Chris Chocola
“For a celebrity with image challenges, kids can be game-changers. It’s no accident that Clay Aiken came out of the closet cuddling his newborn.”
― Chris Connelly
“From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people, there’s going to be a few bad apples, which presents challenges.”
― Chris DeWolfe
“The information age has ushered in a networked and interdependent world, one in which challenges and opportunities appear and disappear faster than traditional organizational models can manage.”
― Chris Fussell
“Over the years, there have been challenges about who can use our name. It’s quite simple: A majority of people left in the band at a certain time own the name. It’s not like I’m the guy who has the name under my own contract.”
― Chris Squire
“When I first came to Playboy, I thought I would go on and do something else in a few years. But when the company got into trouble with political and regulatory challenges, I felt that I could really lead the turn around.”
― Christie Hefner
“Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other.”
― Christine Gregoire
“Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities.”
― Christine Lahti
“New Yorkers have real issues, and they deserve to have a mayor that is prepared to work with them to solve the challenges they have, reduce the problems that they have, and they deserve to have a mayor’s race that is focused on them.”
― Christine Quinn
“When you grow up in poverty, suffer from abuse, live in a violent neighborhood, come from a broken home, lack positive role models, are told you’ll never amount to anything, etc, the challenges are enormous.”
― Christine Tsai
“America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do us harm. We have faced – and met – tremendous challenges ramping up a public health and safety system to protect Americans from future threats.”
― Christopher Bond
“Writing ‘Deathstroke’ presents a number of challenges to me. As a Christian, as a minister, it’s difficult for me to write a comic book that all but glorifies violence. So my take on ‘Deathstroke’ has been to not so much celebrate violence but to deal with the consequences of violence.”
― Christopher Priest
“My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.”
― Chuck Hagel
“Totally different challenges, but being a dad and fighting both wear you out.”
― Chuck Liddell
“The fact that doctors tend to treat people as individuals, guided by the need to ensure patient confidentiality, can reinforce this pattern of seeing the changes and challenges aging brings on through our heads and our bodies, rather than as a shared experience.”
― Chuck Norris
“Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.”
― Cicely Tyson
“I suppose I am interested in the variety of human life – how people live. I am most interested in individuals and how they respond to challenges or to difficulties or just to each other. I am curious about people.”
― Claire Denis
“Like many of my fellow entrepreneurs, I didn’t create Hearsay Social with my co-founder Steve Garrity because it would be fun and easy, but because we’re at our best when faced with enormous challenges.”
― Clara Shih
“I like to take on challenges.”
― Clarence Seedorf
“Doing the same old thing every day, week in and week out, it gets boring. I’m all about new challenges, new opponents.”
― CM Punk
“I like challenges that test your ingenuity.”
― Colin Baker
“One of the challenges with period costumes is, on a technical level, making the scale of different periods work on contemporary bodies. We’re much bigger than what people were in older times.”
― Colleen Atwood
“I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.”
― Conor McGregor
“There is too much disagreement for disagreement’s sake. In a time of persistent challenges that still call into question our most sacred aspirations as a country, we cannot afford shallow callous divisiveness in our public debate.”
― Cory Booker
“I’m very knowledgeable of the challenges before me.”
― Cory Booker
“What most Americans don’t realize is a lot of the challenges we’re struggling with today are the result of conscious housing policies.”
― Cory Booker
“Newark faces real challenges.”
― Cory Booker
“We have a number of challenges ahead of us.”
― Cory Gardner
“Our country needs a new generation of leadership, and I believe that Marco Rubio presents this nation with the greatest possibilities and opportunities to meet the challenges of the next generation.”
― Cory Gardner
“Synthetic biology can help address key challenges facing the planet and its population. Research in synthetic biology may lead to new things such as programmed cells that self-assemble at the sites of disease to repair damage.”
― Craig Venter
“One of the challenges with a government health system, like in the UK, with all of this data, is that you have a government making decisions on which treatments they’ll pay for and which ones they won’t. That’s a dangerous, dangerous, place to get into society.”
― Craig Venter
“The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.”
― D. A. Carson
“It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.”
― Daisaku Ikeda
“I know a lot of Cup Series champions, and they each have a very different personality. They all go about handling adversity, their challenges, and even confrontation a little differently.”
― Dale Earnhardt Jr.
“I still take way more jobs than I turn down, and the reason that I turn down a job is that I just can’t find anything in it that charges me or excites me or challenges me about moving to the next phase of where I’m headed.”
― Dallas Roberts
“Pressure is the single mom who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don’t get me wrong: there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people.”
― Damian Lillard
“I accept sceptics, you’ve got to have challenges.”
― Dan Aykroyd
“Regional gaming across the United States has had serious challenges, not just in Cleveland or Cincinnati, but also across the United States.”
― Dan Gilbert
“Increasing cyber-physical system complexity brings security challenges as well as privacy challenges.”
― Dan Lipinski
“I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.”
― Dan Quinn
“As CEO, I believe my most important job is to both define reality and inspire hope for the PayPal team. Defining reality includes being realistic about all the things that could go wrong so that we are prepared to navigate those challenges.”
― Dan Schulman
“The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you’ll get good people.”
― Dan Shechtman
“I’m very ambitious, despite all the challenges I face in the streets.”
― Dana Hussein
“Millennials are a very interesting generation for a lot of reasons. They’re absolutely adorable, but they have some significant challenges. Their lives and their careers are delayed by about 10 years, partly because of the recession, also because of technology and also because of the way that they approach things.”
― Dana Perino
“I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.”
― Dane Cook
“When you know that you can overcome challenges, you do gain that self-respect, and then you won’t end up in a situation that you regret later on.”
― Danica McKellar
“I grew up in a steel town, and at the time, when I was a kid, there weren’t any Asian families in the area. So it had its challenges.”
― Daniel Dae Kim
“Optimistic people play a disproportionate role in shaping our lives. Their decisions make a difference; they are inventors, entrepreneurs, political and military leaders – not average people. They got to where they are by seeking challenges and taking risks.”
― Daniel Kahneman
“For me, empathy is an existential question – it’s about the survival of the human race. That is, it’s imperative for us to overcome the challenges we face.”
― Daniel Lubetzky
“The more I heard, the more I’ve learned, and the more I saw, the more resolved I became about helping to address the challenges that plague the Native American community.”
― Daniel Snyder
“I always want to be a person who challenges herself to be a better person and spends her time giving rather than receiving.”
― Danielle Fishel
“It’s been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.”
― Danielle Steel
“On ‘American Idol,’ I felt like one of my challenges was picking songs because I’ve definitely been exposed to a lot of music. So when I went to pick songs, it was difficult for me to choose, but I’d always go to country because country music is so memorable.”
― Danny Gokey
“You can’t let challenges argue you out of doing what you know is the right thing.”
― Danny Meyer
“The books are like children in that having written one doesn’t make writing the next one any easier, because it’s a new set of problems and a new set of challenges with each one, and having dealt with one before means that you now know how to do it.”
― Dara Horn
“We all have a natural instinct to protect children from harm. It’s never fun to see a child hurt, even if it’s just a scraped knee. But on the other hand, children need to take on physical challenges to learn and grow, and scraped knees and other bumps and bruises teach them valuable lessons about their own limits.”
― Darell Hammond
“When given age-appropriate challenges, children tend to take them very seriously; in fact, the more obvious the risk is, the more cautiously a child will proceed.”
― Darell Hammond
“The lack of free, child-directed play time for our kids today will have dire consequences for these future leaders, making them less prepared to solve complex challenges and problems.”
― Darell Hammond
“Based on my pool of coached clients, 90% of the challenges for business owners exist in a lack of personal development.”
― Darren L Johnson
“The history of blacks is complicated, fragmented, disturbing to contemplate – not a neat trail of challenges met or of felled trees blocking the path to the mountain top.”
― Darryl Pinckney
“Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.”
― Daryn Kagan
“I really believe I’m no different from anyone else. I just had a few challenges I had to learn from at a very early age.”
― Dave Pelzer
“It’s funny because as a rapper, there is – and this is something that Clipping challenges all the time – there is this idea about authenticity as a rapper, in the fact that you rap things that are yours. That’s not what doing a play is. You’re interpreting somebody else’s words.”
― Daveed Diggs
“There’s always new work to do. Adjusting to the rapid pace of technological change creates real challenges, seen most clearly in our polarized labor market and the threat that it poses to economic mobility. Rising to this challenge is not automatic. It’s not costless. It’s not easy. But it is feasible.”
― David Autor
“I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.”
― David Baldacci
“Being home secretary involves having to face some of the worst of human behaviour and challenges of modern society.”
― David Blunkett
“How to strike the right balance between our privacy and our expectation that the state will protect us and facilitate our freedom is one of the most difficult challenges facing us all.”
― David Blunkett
“I’m really trying hard not to do anything that has been done before. So knowing everything I can about the legacy of magic challenges my team and I to invent new illusions.”
― David Copperfield
“There’s a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don’t expect of you.”
― David Denman
“Microsoft could help Facebook with one of the biggest challenges, namely monetizing its traffic without reducing the user’s experience. It’s obvious that Microsoft needs traffic and Facebook needs search.”
― David Einhorn
“I actually have great respect for the professionals on both sides, journalism designers in the fashion industry, and I wanted to make a movie that celebrated what they did as much as poke fun at the challenges of their lives.”
― David Frankel
“One of the great challenges of being a modern historian is interviewing multiple people who were all there for something, some event. No one’s version matches up 100% with other people’s, even if it’s three or four people on a conference call.”
― David Garrow
“Time and time again, our species has escaped existential threats by reinventing ourselves, finding new skills not coded in our genes to survive new challenges not previously encountered.”
― David Grinspoon
“Thinking about the new epoch – often called the Anthropocene, or the age of humanity – challenges us to look at ourselves in the mirror of deep time, measured not in centuries or even in millennia, but over millions and billions of years.”
― David Grinspoon
“I look forward to having the time and the opportunity to take on new challenges, but I’m also aware that I’ve loved every minute of the ‘Potter ‘experience: to make films for an enthusiastic audience and work with great material.”
― David Heyman
“I want to have new challenges and write new crazy books because I think it makes me a better writer to be insecure and try new things.”
― David Lagercrantz
“Every movie you attack has its challenges, and I was excited about the challenges presented by ‘Deadpool.’ I was a huge fan of the original, and I think, as a director, you have to put the script first.”
― David Leitch
“While Washington pays lip service to the challenges facing small businesses, it repeatedly chooses its own expansion over results. In effect, government has become a huge silent partner in all businesses, often taking a majority of the profits and forcing many unprofitable business decisions without the risk that it will be fired.”
― David Malpass
“Faulkner speaks to us on the questions of race, the challenges of modernity, and modern man’s dilemma in all of its aspects. That he is able to specify among those and bring those themes alive is one of his great gifts. There are so many different kinds of pleasures one gets from encountering those materials.”
― David Milch
“I often lose myself in the Sudoku-like challenges of making a book work.”
― David Mitchell
“I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There’s nothing resting about acting.”
― David Morrissey
“I actually thrive on all the challenges, and I don’t feel like ADD has impaired my ability.”
― David Neeleman
“There are a lot of challenges I undeniably have faced as a black person both in the U.K. and in the U.S. that contrived to make me feel lesser than what I am.”
― David Oyelowo
“As a practicing neurologist, I can tell you first hand that working with Parkinson’s patients offers clinical challenges. But from an emotional perspective, this disease can border on overwhelming.”
― David Perlmutter
“The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council.”
― David Petraeus
“Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens.”
― David Petraeus
“Congress needs strong parties, but it also needs the capacity to deal with budget and entitlement challenges that are likely beyond the reach of pure partisan exertion.”
― David Price
“Most parliamentarians don’t have a clue as regards the challenges or the opportunities the games industry faces.”
― David Puttnam
“Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.”
― David Rockwell
“I look for challenges. I really do.”
― David Slade
“Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit.”
― David Vitter
“Contemporary audiences are interested in watching characters navigate ethical challenges and moral dilemmas.”
― David Zabel
“I don’t know if I’m so much fueled by trying to one-up myself so much as passionate about coming up with new and greater challenges. I don’t see it as a contest, but as a natural progression.”
― Dean Karnazes
“To an extreme athlete, there’s a certain appeal to doing extreme things – seeking the most extreme physical challenges in some of the most extreme climates in the world. Testing and expanding the limits of human endurance is kind of my thing.”
― Dean Karnazes
“Let’s all be more humble about the evidence behind medical advice but also respect the challenges to providing accessible lifestyle guidance.”
― Dean Ornish
“Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I’m glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully.”
― Debbie Allen
“Within ourselves, there are voices that provide us with all the answers that we need to heal our deepest wounds, to transcend our limitations, to overcome our obstacles or challenges, and to see where our soul is longing to go.”
― Debbie Ford
“I think that we have a number of different health care challenges in our country, and certainly addressing the uninsured is one, and the second is making sure that those with health insurance actually get the care that they assume they’ll have available to them if they get sick.”
― Debbie Stabenow
“With the recent news that the State of Florida has agreed to purchase 181,000 acres of U.S. Sugar land, we have an historic opportunity for our larger restoration efforts and for the people of Florida. This too will not come without difficult challenges, but it reminds us that anything is possible.”
― Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems in various places.”
― DeForest Soaries
“I’d like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you know, because I think that my private-sector life has contributed to how I think about public-sector challenges and what I do in the public sector.”
― Deval Patrick
“One of the biggest challenges is for women to find an organization that’s willing to accept them back after they leave the work force to raise children without taking a cut in compensation and responsibility.”
― Diane Garnick
“Competition keeps you young. It motivates you. It challenges your ego. Messi and Ronaldo have this with each other.”
― Diego Forlan
“I am baffled by many Western politicians who continually blame low-cost imported goods for their own economic challenges.”
― Dinesh Paliwal
“As long as every generation rises to its challenges and stands up in defense of liberty – as Americans have done in the past and as our men and women continue to do today – our nation will remain free and strong.”
― Doc Hastings
“Our best hope in meeting the many challenges that Brexit brings for us is being willing to be open-minded about the options we may choose to pursue.”
― Dominic Grieve
“This is bad for policy-making – if you cover up the problems, how can you solve them? It also corrodes public trust. Government must be much more honest about the challenges facing the country, if we are to begin to tackle them. Short-term spin must give way to proper long-term strategic thinking.”
― Dominic Grieve
“In seeking to counter challenges such as terrorist threats, hostile state activity, or nuclear proliferation, we cannot work in isolation.”
― Dominic Grieve
“It has long been noted that two of the Conservative Party’s great strengths have been the loyalty of its members and its pragmatic approach to policy challenges.”
― Dominic Grieve
“If parliament and government work together in their respective constitutional roles, and respect due processes, we will maximise our chances of making the right decisions as we encounter the many challenges, risks and opportunities Brexit poses for our country.”
― Dominic Grieve
“The inexorable rise of the Internet and the citizen journalist presents us all with challenges for the future.”
― Dominic Grieve
“As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.”
― Dominique Moceanu
“I’m not like Henry Fonda. He lives to act. I’ve just had a dedication to do the best I could. When I don’t have challenges, the days get long. But I do enjoy being on stage. If I do good work, I get a kick out of that.”
― Don Ameche
“As someone who has researched and written about the Mexican cartels and the futile ‘war on drugs’ for coming on twenty years, I know how tough a subject it is. Mind-bending, soul-warping, heartbreaking, it challenges your intellect, your beliefs, your faith in humanity and God.”
― Don Winslow
“Laura Bush is the same way. I mean, they both, um, understand, they understand the challenges of the moment and understand the responsibilities, he understands the responsibilities he has to protect the national security of America as well as the economic security of America.”
― Donald Evans
“I will stay very focused on my responsibilities as Secretary of Commerce and the economy’s doing well. I mean, you asked about some of the challenges that we have or what is going on in the world and you know I, I’m pleased to report that the economy is doing extremely well.”
― Donald Evans
“I have never lived through any time in my career when there haven’t been grave challenges facing newspapers.”
― Donald Newhouse
“When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.”
― Donald Trump
“Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come. We will face challenges. We will confront hardships. But we will get the job done.”
― Donald Trump
“Our God who created all of us is the God who calls all of us to care for one another. I think that’s going to be one of the big, big challenges of the future, helping refocus on the needs of others.”
― Donald Wuerl
“One of the challenges of secularism is that it’s not something outside us. In too many instances, secularism has so permeated the church that sometimes it’s the frame of reference even for very good people, people who have a strong allegiance to the church.”
― Donald Wuerl
“It’s important to set challenges that you’re not sure you’re equal to.”
― Dorothy Allison
“I feel like I am a better person because of my struggles, because of my challenges and persevering through them and realizing the mistakes that I’ve made, correcting them.”
― Doug Baldwin
“All of my fellow directors, I think, would agree that in whatever medium you are working, the challenges and obstacles push them to be more creative. That’s the case with VR.”
― Doug Liman
“Every movie presents unusual challenges, and I like solving the problems with a combination of artwork and engineering.”
― Douglas Trumbull
“I love the new technology. New things give you a reason to want to go to the studio. New challenges mean you have to keep up, you know?”
― Dr. Dre
“I’m not confrontational, but if someone challenges, I’m not going to back down.”
― Drake
“Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president’s plans to transform the military.”
― Duncan Hunter
“I don’t want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef.”
― Dylan Moran
“The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.”
― E. O. Wilson
“People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.”
― Ed Begley, Jr.
“However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.”
― Ed Markey
“And secondly, I would impose a significant state landfill tipping fee and use that tipping fee to fund the billion dollar bond issue that I want to create to produce the funds for all of the environmental challenges that we just went over.”
― Ed Rendell
“I don’t want to say PSG is a step backwards, but It would be returning to something I already know. I’m always in for new challenges. When I will leave Chelsea one day, it would be to discover something new.”
― Eden Hazard
“’Vikings’ has been so many different challenges, and some of that is, at times, you have to be big and imposing and violent and vicious, and then you have be pulled back and withdrawn and just more layers and more time to portray those layers, too.”
― Edge
“For 11 years, I was mayor of Tirana, our capital. We faced many challenges. Art was part of the answer, and my name, in the very beginning, was linked with two things: demolition of illegal constructions in order to get public space back, and use of colors in order to revive the hope that had been lost in my city.”
― Edi Rama
“While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn’t the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.”
― Edmund Hillary
“The truth is, I’m just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.”
― Edmund Hillary
“Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.”
― Edmund Phelps
“The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world’s richest source of rewarding challenges.”
― Edsger Dijkstra
“By 2050, seven out of ten people will live in cities, which will account for six billion people living in urban areas. That phenomenon is central to all the challenges humanity faces. If there is an issue to be addressed, then it is certainly happening in cities and therefore must be considered on an urban scale.”
― Eduardo Paes
“None of us has control over the economy, the job market, or anything else in the global sense. But we are 100% in charge of how we respond to challenges that come our way, be it the loss of a job, a career derailment, or some other disappointment.”
― Edward Whitacre, Jr.
“We know our responsibilities to our investors, and one of our challenges has always been preventing foreign investors from thinking that Indonesia is not a good place to invest.”
― Edwin Soeryadjaya
“Promoting tolerance and human dignity is one of mankind’s unfinished challenges.”
― Ehud Olmert
“At the end of the day I’ll go to a yoga class. I used to say that my work was my yoga, because it stretches everything, expands and challenges everything you know and understand and are.”
― Elaine Pagels
“Being a minority athlete in this sport, it’s been wrought with challenges, but I wouldn’t consider myself a trail blazer.”
― Elana Meyers
“I was actually quite surprised how many more mythologies there are about mermaids than the ones our society knows. I was so pleasantly surprised for ‘Siren’ to add quite an original idea to that: One that is a predator. One that is very intelligent but still has to survive in the ocean with all of its challenges.”
― Eline Powell
“The challenges military families face from frequent relocations and deployments are themselves patches of service, and that’s why supporting our military families is one of my top priorities in Congress.”
― Elise Stefanik
“As a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, I’m committed to finding consensus on legislation to address our environmental and energy challenges.”
― Elise Stefanik
“Women have different challenges. You have to be willing to put in the hours and work harder.”
― Elise Stefanik
“Challenges in medicine are moving from ‘Treat the symptoms after the house is on fire’ to ‘Can we preserve the house intact?’”
― Elizabeth Blackburn
“I could be wrong, but I think heterosexual marriage is threatened more by heterosexuals. I don’t know why gay marriage challenges my marriage in any way.”
― Elizabeth Edwards
“The Food Stamp Challenge, which challenges higher-income families to live as if they are on food stamps, estimates that a person on food stamps has a budget of about $1.25 per meal. In other words, a family on food stamps must buy an entire meal per person for less than the cost of an average cup of coffee.”
― Elizabeth Flock
“Fundamentally, the answers to our challenges in healthcare relies in engaging and empowering the individual.”
― Elizabeth Holmes
“To be an objective leader means aligning your models with the needs of the organization. There is no question anymore that collaboration, seeking out diverse perspectives and developing new ways to look at challenges and opportunities, is a key leadership competency.”
― Elizabeth Thornton
“It’s our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique. And that’s what I know for sure… I think.”
― Ellen DeGeneres
“EMILY’s List has worked a lot with swing women voters over the years, and one thing we’ve learned is that they are very cynical about politics and politicians. They very much want help with the challenges facing them and their families, and they feel like most politicians don’t understand or want to lift a finger to help them out.”
― Ellen Malcolm
“The cool thing is that now that people have made this evolution where cooking is cool, people are doing it on weekends, they’re doing their own challenges. It’s back to cooking. And it’s real cooking.”
― Emeril Lagasse
“The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.”
― Emily Greene Balch
“My responsibility will be to unite all the women and men ready to take on the tremendous challenges which are waiting for us, and to act.”
― Emmanuel Macron
“We must ensure that more binding, durable, and enforceable fiscal rules go hand-in-hand with funding certainty for countries pursuing sound and sustainable economic policies. We need to keep pushing forward towards a comprehensive solution to the challenges of the eurozone.”
― Enda Kenny
“As a forward it is always a bit easier to avoid the kind of challenges that can cause impact injuries.”
― Eniola Aluko
“We can be tackled but referees are there to police dangerous challenges. Forwards are protected by the laws of the game and the way it’s played, while defenders and midfielders have to throw themselves about a bit more.”
― Eniola Aluko
“Whether it is an attempt to bomb the New York City subway system, an attempt to bring down an airplane over Detroit, an attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square… I think that gives us a sense of the breadth of the challenges that we face, and the kinds of things that our enemy is trying to do.”
― Eric Holder
“One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But it is equally conceivable that the exchange would be useful for the beholders of art, for people who enjoy art, for historians, and for the artists themselves.”
― Eric Kandel
“One of the ultimate challenges for biology is to understand the brain’s processing of unconscious and conscious perception, emotion, and empathy.”
― Eric Kandel
“Americans have bravely risen to overcome great challenges, but we still have a long way to go to ensure that everyone shares in the freedom to dream of and achieve a better life for themselves and their kids.”
― Eric Swalwell
“Challenges, when you’re in a tumultuous situation, are an opportunity to grow, an opportunity to get closer to God, an opportunity to find and kind of reform yourself, and to figure out what really matters and what your priorities are.”
― Essence Atkins
“The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior.”
― Ethan Zuckerman
“Challenges of historic import threaten America’s future. Action on the deficit, economy, energy, health care and much more is imperative, yet our legislative institutions fail to act. Congress must be reformed.”
― Evan Bayh
“Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces, and we’ll defend them passionately when projects are announced. We live in a democracy, and we like to debate these things, often for many years.”
― Evan Davis
“I have battled clinical depression and have come out of the other side. I’ve been free of it for many years now. Finding the place in my own mind and heart to win that battle without using medication, finding the place within myself where I could be alive again, that was one of the biggest challenges I’ve faced.”
― Evangeline Lilly
“When we can commit a crime, we can also trigger debate. Cases go to courts. Media start covering the cases. But once you build smart environments where, if you meet a certain probabilistic profile, you won’t even be allowed to board a bus, let alone commit a crime, we’re perpetuating existing laws so they face no challenges or revision.”
― Evgeny Morozov
“Difficulty does not deter me. In fact, I find challenges exciting.”
― Farhan Akhtar
“Humanity’s future, to say nothing of its prosperity, will depend on how the world tackles two central energy challenges: securing reliable supplies of affordable energy and switching to efficient low-carbon energy.”
― Fatih Birol
“There are still many challenges and questions that need to be addressed before optogenetics can be applied in humans for therapeutic uses.”
― Feng Zhang
“Whatever be the challenges, whatever be the obstacles before us, I say to you as I say to everybody else that we will overcome.”
― Ferdinand Marcos
“Thundercat, specifically, is insane. I’m always surprised at the things he comes up with when we’re jamming out together. I gotta try to keep up with him and his ideas, be able to respond without speaking, and come through with some more music. He challenges me to keep it musical and not so computer.”
― Flying Lotus
“I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I’ve also produced documentaries like ‘Brick City’ and ‘Serving Life.’”
― Forest Whitaker
“I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing.”
― Francisco Costa
“I can’t separate the fight with terrorism and the fight against global warming. These are two big global challenges we have to face up to because we have to leave our children more than a world free of terror; we also owe them a planet protected from catastrophes.”
― Francois Hollande
“I’m not silly. I understand that, with age and at different parts of your career, you have different challenges.”
― Frank Lampard
“We need to be able to answer not yesterday’s challenges but to tomorrow’s challenges.”
― Frans Timmermans
“Responsible politicians should never indulge in nostalgia – it is too much of a distraction at a time when a rapidly changing world throws up so many challenges, when we need to keep our wits about us.”
― Frans Timmermans
“City farming is not only possible, it is the very definition of the kind of meaningful, sustainable innovation we will need to meet the grand challenges of the 21st century: climate change; population growth; ageing population; urbanization; rising demand for energy, food and water; poverty; and access to healthcare.”
― Frans van Houten
“I came back to Philips and quickly realised that the TV business had a major performance issue and some structural challenges. Rather than try to tweak it and sit things out, we said we had to go for a structural solution.”
― Frans van Houten
“I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.”
― Fred Upton
“For every different role you play it’s nice to have different challenges for each one.”
― Freddie Highmore
“I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.”
― Freeman A. Hrabowski III
“One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.”
― Freida Pinto
“I had to face a lot coming through this journey, a lot of sacrifices, difficulties, challenges, and injuries.”
― Gabby Douglas
“My life has always been full of challenges.”
― Gabriel Jesus
“To rightly recognize that men and women are equal under the law is perfectly removed from the fact that men and women are distinguishable beings that have been shaped by sex-specific evolutionary challenges. Accordingly, there is no reason to assume or expect that there should be equal representation of the two sexes across all contexts.”
― Gad Saad
“We’re concerned how gambling and betting affects the NHL game and changes the perception of and challenges the integrity of the NHL game.”
― Gary Bettman
“Our World War II generation met the challenges of their time.”
― Gary Herbert
“If you’re missing three or four limbs, you have special challenges going forward. And the last thing you want is to not be independent in your home.”
― Gary Sinise
“Along with opportunities, there also exist many other tricky and complex issues to be managed in India. These include tackling both policy-level challenges and infrastructure challenges.”
― Gautam Adani
“San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.”
― Gavin Newsom
“I prefer that we sit down and craft a bill that addresses the many challenges we face, not only domestically, but as a world leader.”
― Gene Green
“Allowing for endless legal challenges or partisan political discussions is not the proper way to handle an issue that affects the entire scope of the environment and the economy.”
― Gene Green
“Each fight has its own preparations and challenges.”
― Gennady Golovkin
“I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.”
― Geoff Davis
“I’m perpetually interested by living in places as an artist confronting challenges I’ve never confronted before and approaching them with as much craft and humanity as I can.”
― George C. Wolfe
“We are a country with great potential. We have the political will to make deep changes in a just and equitable way, to put our country back on a development path, to meet the challenges of a new world.”
― George Papandreou
“I believe that a writer learns from every story he writes, and when you try different things, you learn different lessons. Working with other writers, as in Hollywood or in a shared world series, will also strengthen your skills, by exposing you to new ways of seeing the work, and different approaches to certain creative challenges.”
― George R. R. Martin
“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.”
― George S. Patton
“I believe that a work of art, like metaphors in language, can ask the most serious, difficult questions in a way which really makes the readers answer for themselves; that the work of art far more than an essay or a tract involves the reader, challenges him directly and brings him into the argument.”
― George Steiner
“The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge to the economist that is perhaps as complex as the challenges of the physicist and the chemist.”
― George Stigler
“I would not call it a difficult life, really. I just had a lot of challenges at a very young age.”
― Ger Duany
“My dad suggested I change and try to play in goal. I always liked being at the heart of the action, trying to experience different situations and different challenges. One year, I decided to try playing in goal – after that, I was going to go back to playing outfield.”
― Gianluigi Buffon
“Recognizing that female participation in technology is lower than it should be, we are committed to bolstering female tech talent, eliminating obstacles and challenges they face, and fostering diversity.”
― Gillian Tans
“There have been struggles and challenges that I have faced that few know about but I hope will help others going through the same thing.”
― Ginger Zee
“I’ve always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty.”
― Ginni Rometty
“I know those challenges that come up from time to time in life are our little learning tools, our little steppingstones. If we didn’t have those things in our life, how would we learn anything? We would just be walking around like nothing. We need those obstacles in our life because I know one thing – I’m a much better person for them.”
― Gladys Knight
“I shall work with Congress, civil society groups and local government executives who are convinced that charter changes are needed to enable the country to surmount the unprecedented challenges of the 21st century.”
― Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
“Obviously, there is much similarity among the challenges of transgender people and all women – from health care to harassment to discrimination in the workplace.”
― Gloria Steinem
“My biggest challenges when I first started out were not having a computer or camera or Wi-Fi! The computer and the camera had to be borrowed, and there were times that I used the computer at the library, and I literally sat outside people’s houses to steal their Internet connections.”
― GloZell
“Meet the challenges of the time.”
― Gordon Brown
“I knew before I arrived that the pressure at a club that challenges for the title grows quickly. The season is long; we’ll become stronger with every game.”
― Granit Xhaka
“What I love to do is take on business challenges in a way that really can have an impact on peoples’ lives.”
― Greg Brenneman
“I don’t think art is a goal orientated business. I don’t do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I’m not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person.”
― Greg Lake
“We have serious challenges regarding climate change, unsustainable use of natural resources, water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, forests and farmland. Not to mention the huge inequality still prevailing in several parts of the planet.”
― Guilherme Leal
“Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support the coalition government through the current challenges, every day, and in every part of Britain.”
― Gus O’Donnell
“My restaurant, Tex Wasabi’s, we have a whole ‘Minute to Win It’ challenge going on on Sundays already. The show hasn’t even aired and they’re already doing challenges where people are coming and participating. I think it’s going to take over.”
― Guy Fieri
“Crises are challenges, not calamities.”
― Guy Verhofstadt
“I’m just grasping everything, getting as much knowledge as I can, and continuing to learn and not being afraid to take challenges and actually take action.”
― Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
“As one of the leading troop-contributing countries, Ethiopia attaches great importance to strengthening the role of United Nations peacekeeping to address challenges to international peace and security.”
― Hailemariam Desalegn
“Something like your parents divorcing never quite leaves you. What you thought was real isn’t real anymore, and that changes your perspective. It makes you more wary but also means you are better equipped to deal with challenges.”
― Hannah Ware
“There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages.”
― Harri Holkeri
“I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn’t want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.”
― Harrison Ford
“You come up against challenges in life, and it’s how you deal with them that defines you.”
― Harry Kane
“Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.”
― Harsha Bhogle
“Global challenges require collective responses.”
― Hassan Rouhani
“No country by itself and in an isolated manner would ever be able to effectively address the challenges it faces.”
― Hassan Rouhani
“Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges.”
― Hassanal Bolkiah
“In order to counteract income inequality, it’s essential to tackle poverty in an integrated way that has long-term impact. We need to give people the capacity to be resilient, to take on challenges and to learn the skills they need to work toward more prosperous futures.”
― Helene D. Gayle
“There are no disappointments, just challenges.”
― Henrikh Mkhitaryan
“As we work to promote greater economic opportunity for the American people, we must always remember that the American economy is deeply integrated with the global economy. That brings challenges but even greater opportunities.”
― Henry Paulson
“In pursuing economic growth, India and the United States share similar values and similar challenges. We understand that the global economy is here to stay. To keep growing and leading the world in innovation and opportunity, the United States and India must trade freely, openly, and according to the principles of the global marketplace.”
― Henry Paulson
“When you’re boiling in oil, in the middle of a crisis, the challenges are so consuming there is no time for anything else.”
― Henry Paulson
“The intention behind the high difficulty of the games I direct is to evoke a feeling of joy and accomplishment in the player when they overcome these challenges.”
― Hidetaka Miyazaki
“Overcoming challenges by learning something in a game is a very rewarding feeling, and that’s what I wanted to prioritise in ‘Dark Souls’ and ‘Demon’s Souls.’”
― Hidetaka Miyazaki
“Effectively, what we are saying to the governments of Europe is, ‘OK, after 300 years, you have left these islands in a pretty bad state. You’ve left them with terrible developmental challenges, and we believe you have a responsibility to return to the Caribbean and participate in the rebuilding of the Caribbean.’”
― Hilary Beckles
“The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.”
― Hillary Clinton
“No nation can meet the world’s challenges alone.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I love challenges, as it breaks the monotony and takes me out of my comfort zone.”
― Himesh Reshammiya
“I feel life becomes very boring when you don’t have challenges in life.”
― Hina Khan
“I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges.”
― Holly Madison
“My main motivation for staying in the spotlight at all is, I don’t want to just be known for being involved in ‘Playboy,’ or having been Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend – I hate that. I like to show I can do other things and take on other challenges. That’s my main motivation.”
― Holly Madison
“The world is full of challenges, but with those come opportunity, and I’m an opportunist.”
― Homaro Cantu
“If you work hard and you work for somebody who empowers you and challenges you, you’ll be successful.”
― Hope Hicks
“’Deal or No Deal’ works nicely with my ADD/ADHD symptoms. I show up, meet the contestants, and move around the set. I’m not stuck behind a pedestal reading trivia questions. I’ve always had problems sitting still and listening for long periods of time. The show spares me these challenges. I can live in the moment. It’s like a standup act.”
― Howie Mandel
“China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform. In this context, China still faces many challenges in economic and social development. And a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights.”
― Hu Jintao
“When I retired from the circus at the grand old age of 11, my parents thought it would be best to focus more on the challenges ahead, and so I started at Methodist College Belfast.”
― Ian Beattie
“I don’t spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I’ve ever been is Argentina.”
― Ian McKeever
“I’ve managed to catch lightning in a bottle a couple times. I’m very lucky. But I want to do this forever. I enjoy it so much. One of the challenges as an actor is to stay relevant.”
― Ian Ziering
“The challenges of writing a book are very different from writing a blog or tweets. I’ve been writing a blog since I was in the 6th grade, so I had this style of writing that was definitely not proper for writing a book.”
― iJustine
“I always love challenges, and when I bowl, I always look to get wickets.”
― Imran Tahir
“If you don’t learn constantly, you don’t grow, and you will wither. Too many people wither on the vine. Sure, it gets a little harder as you get older, but new experiences and new challenges keep it fresh.”
― Iris Apfel
“Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.”
― Isaac Hanson
“A lot of potential scenarios create challenges. It’s all about how you grew up, values instilled in you.”
― Isaac Hanson
“Pessimists are toxic. I love optimists – and by that, I don’t mean people who are unable to see challenges. Optimists are solution-oriented.”
― Ivanka Trump
“The average person can look at someone in public life and say they have it all, but they might be struggling. Or you may think another person has more apparent challenges, but she’s deeply grateful for her life. I don’t think anyone can judge what having it all means for someone else.”
― Ivanka Trump
“I think George H.W. Bush was confronted with some huge challenges – the invasion of Kuwait, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the fall of the Soviet Union – that he managed with great aplomb.”
― Ivo Daalder
“You know, if you’re a human and living on the planet, it doesn’t matter what you do; you are not immune to the challenges, the trials, the difficulty. And that fact that I happen to be a coach and a minister and a spiritual teacher doesn’t mean anything. I’m still human.”
― Iyanla Vanzant
“We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.”
― J. B. Pritzker
“When you write a book, and you argue a problem is complicated and multidimensional, it’s very easy to read a slice of that book and say, ‘Well, this is the part that either confirms or really challenges my biases, so that’s what I’m going to say the entire book is about.’”
― J. D. Vance
“It’s really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories.”
― J. Michael Straczynski
“If we want to make workplaces more open, we need to acknowledge logistical challenges… by being more open, it might create a path for other women.”
― Jacinda Ardern
“There are great challenges before you, from the overwhelming nature of climate change to the unfairness of an economy that excludes so many from our collective wealth, and the changes necessary to build a more inclusive and generous Canada. I believe in you.”
― Jack Layton
“We cannot win the future, expand the economy and spur job creation if we are saddled with increasingly growing deficits. That is why the president’s budget is a comprehensive and responsible plan that will put us on a path toward fiscal sustainability in the next few years – a down payment toward tackling our challenges in the long term.”
― Jack Lew
“I think it’s very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They’re different issues.”
― Jack Lew
“I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.”
― Jack Prelutsky
“The President has no real plan to address the fiscal challenges arising from the retirement of the baby boom generation, let alone a plan to fix Social Security.”
― Jack Reed
“We must not become perpetually distracted from the great challenges facing our country and the world.”
― Jack Schlossberg
“The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.”
― Jack Welch
“Our people are frustrated when we spend more time fighting among ourselves than focusing on solving the day-to-day challenges they experience.”
― Jacob Zuma
“I really chose a path after ‘Grown Ups’ of doing different things that I hadn’t tried before, and just trying to take on those challenges.”
― Jaleel White
“Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.”
― Jamais Cascio
“One of the perks of growing up, but also one of the biggest challenges, is making decisions about the future. Deciding what kind of job you want, whether you want to finish school, or whether you want to go to university are huge choices to make.”
― Jameela Jamil
“Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.”
― James Broughton
“Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.”
― James Buchan
“We face two overlapping challenges. The first concerns real-time court-ordered interception of what we call ‘data in motion,’ such as phone calls, e-mail, and live chat sessions. The second challenge concerns court-ordered access to data stored on our devices, such as e-mail, text messages, photos, and videos – or what we call ‘data at rest.’”
― James Comey
“The FBI continues to work with tribes through the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 to help tribal governments better address the unique public safety challenges and disproportionately high rates of violence and victimization in many tribal communities.”
― James Comey
“In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges.”
― James E. Faust
“If we look upon fulfilling of assignments as building the kingdom of God and as being an opportunity as well as a privilege and an honor, then assignments and challenges should certainly be given to every member of the quorum.”
― James E. Faust
“One of the most difficult parental challenges is to appropriately discipline children. Child rearing is so individualistic. Every child is different and unique. What works with one may not work with another.”
― James E. Faust
“Acting is an art form and you want to take roles that are challenged and it’s more of a challenge I think to play dark characters. Not that I want to always play those, but it is a challenge and challenges are rewarding and fun.”
― James Franco
“The point of what I do is that it doesn’t really matter what a book or a story is as long it moves you, informs you, challenges you, entertains you, or changes you.”
― James Frey
“So I come before you with a budget that is honest in its discussion of our challenges, creative in its possible solutions, compassionate in its commitment to our most vulnerable, and balanced on the bottom line.”
― James H. Douglas, Jr.
“I like the challenges of doing different things. It keeps things fresh for me.”
― James Iha
“I don’t want someone else to go through and live through the life that I have had to live through in terms of the challenges that I face.”
― James Langevin
“I like the stage challenges of having somebody literally falling apart before your very eyes.”
― James Lapine
“Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.”
― Jane D. Hull
“Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.”
― Jane McGonigal
“Game developers know that people have more fun when they’re in large groups. They feel more fired up when the challenges are more epic.”
― Jane McGonigal
“When you hear anyone policing the bodies of trans women, misgendering and othering us, and violently exiling us from spaces, you should not dismiss it as a trans issue that trans women should speak out against. You should be engaged in the dialogue, discourse, and activism that challenges the very fibers of your movement.”
― Janet Mock
“The Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession posed daunting new challenges for central banks around the world and spurred innovations in the design, implementation, and communication of monetary policy.”
― Janet Yellen
“The challenges are different to different kinds of magazines. News magazines, magazines that have high frequency and news, are going to be challenged, heavily challenged, not just by the Internet but by the whole 24-hour news cycle which has just been getting enhanced.”
― Jann Wenner
“I think, when I wrote ‘Children of Jihad,’ I wrote it with a very optimistic view of what technology can do. Today I maintain that optimistic view, but I’m also aware of the challenges we have. So I would say I’m not a techno-utopian, but I’m a techno-pragmatist.”
― Jared Cohen
“Part of the responsibility of the technology industry is to anticipate the challenges of the vast majority of its future users and proactively start thinking about them now and proactively build products that address those challenges.”
― Jared Cohen
“I like challenges.”
― Jared Harris
“There are a lot of children in our country that, because of their neighborhood or socio-economic status, do not have the opportunity to attend a good school that will prepare them for life’s challenges.”
― Jared Polis
“The answers to all a startup’s challenges are out there. By setting up the right mechanisms for gathering feedback, the road to success can be a less bumpy ride.”
― Jay Samit
“Just like everyone else, I’m not perfect; I go through challenges as well.”
― Jazz Jennings
“Any time an elected official in the world we’re in today that appears so dysfunctional challenges a core constituency not of their opponent but of their own political base, I think we should pause and give them credit.”
― Jeb Bush
“If we have friends over for dinner, I do the cooking. I like the pressure of a big meal and the technical challenges of a roast.”
― Jed Mercurio
“It’s a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.”
― Jeff Bridges
“There’s going to be different kinds of challenges on a yearly basis. You’re going to have to overcome injuries, or you overcome a playoff loss or what have you. So there’s always challenges in this business.”
― Jeff Fisher
“Why do I want to be challenged or have challenges? That’s why I don’t go climb mountains.”
― Jeff Garlin
“At Microsoft, the magic of software is used to take on very interesting challenges.”
― Jeff Raikes
“I’ve always thrived on challenges, both personally and professionally.”
― Jeff Zucker
“Dropbox sweats the user experience details as commendably as it masters the considerable engineering challenges required to reliably sync files everywhere a user may need them.”
― Jeffrey Zeldman
“With consumers buying two smartphones for every desktop computer they purchase, the demands, challenges and opportunities of the mobile space are reshaping our assumptions about design and user behaviour.”
― Jeffrey Zeldman
“Yes, there will be challenges, and things will blow up in your face, but learning experiences are different from wasting your life pushing a boulder up a hill.”
― Jen Sincero
“On my season of ‘Survivor,’ the tribes were split: a tribe of men versus a tribe of women. Even though the women kicked the men’s butts at the first two challenges, we were a hot mess at camp.”
― Jenna Morasca
“I’m sure there was some part of his soul was intrinsically happy, but he probably had to go through some permutations to really get that to blossom. I’m sure Dad had his challenges, but I think that joy was there from the beginning and he had to find a way to make his life support that and express that.”
― Jennifer Grant
“I have health challenges, I have life challenges, just like everyone else.”
― Jennifer Holliday
“Usually what is difficult for me are things that make me feel scared. That’s when difficulties rather than challenges arise.”
― Jenny Slate
“Airships could be part of the answer to Africa’s infrastructure woes – if the financial challenges are overcome.”
― Jens Martin Skibsted
“Design has become a universal medium for expressing ideas, raising fundamental questions, and addressing social challenges.”
― Jens Martin Skibsted
“I find the parallels between how some investors refuse to recognise the trends and our reaction to some of our environmental challenges very powerful. There is an unwillingness to process unpleasant data.”
― Jeremy Grantham
“I’ve been making the NHS’s case that we need significant and sustainable funding increases to meet the demographic challenges we face, and the prime minister completely appreciates that.”
― Jeremy Hunt
“One of the challenges of buying local advertising is, how do you know if it worked? How do you know if it’s got value? We’re moving toward an e-commerce experience for local, an Amazon-like experience for local.”
― Jeremy Stoppelman
“The financial crisis and the Great Recession posed the most significant macroeconomic challenges for the United States in a half-century, leaving behind high unemployment and below-target inflation and calling for highly accommodative monetary policies.”
― Jerome Powell
“Emerging market economies have long grappled with the challenges posed by large and volatile cross-border capital flows.”
― Jerome Powell
“The State of Israel has faced obstacles and challenges to its very survival, with conventional military attacks leading the way to suicide bombers who have killed innocent Israeli men, women, and children.”
― Jerry Costello
“Maintaining clean, safe water remains one of our greatest national and global challenges and responsibilities.”
― Jerry Costello
“You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.”
― Jerry Seinfeld
“Many people, men in particular, just can’t not be active. I guess our minds demand that we seek other challenges.”
― Jerry West
“We get what we deserve in life, and the challenges and evils that come are opportunities to overcome.”
― Jesse Lee Peterson
“When you are a tricky wide player, you are always used to tackles and challenges.”
― Jesus Navas
“I get bored very easily. I have a voracious appetite and I do not feel alive if I’m repeating something I’m good at. So I’m always looking for new challenges.”
― Jewel
“When a parent says about a book, ‘That’s not my child’s world,’ I remind them of the future. Social fluency will be the new currency of success. Not experiencing diversity challenges our kids’ future in the global work force. It handicaps them from making America and the world more livable and just.”
― Jewell Parker Rhodes
“Changing people’s preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that’s not done because it also challenges social stability, and stories, as a result, are often told much more simply.”
― Jiang Wen
“Life is full of challenges and surprises.”
― Jil Sander
“I don’t have a type. I’ve dated so many different types, different personalities, different looks – from athletic to very non-athletic. The only thing I have to have is someone who is really motivated in life and challenges me. If I don’t have that, I get bored.”
― Jill Wagner
“When work seems like a job, I don’t do it anymore. I always want it to be something I’m interested in and something that challenges me.”
― Jill Wagner
“My mom has always just been one of those people who handle adversity and challenges, and really everything, with so much grace and elegance. I saw it all the time.”
― Jillian Hervey
“In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order.”
― Jim Costa
“It’s hard for anyone in the 24-hour news cycles that we all live in now to follow something that the first round is played in March and the final finishes in December. I understand the challenges there.”
― Jim Courier
“Our employers today face numerous challenges and stiff competition from businesses all over the world.”
― Jim Gerlach
“When I was mayor of Tulsa, Tulsa County was in nonattainment of the 1979 ozone NAAQS, so I have seen firsthand the economic impacts associated with the challenges of attainment and the legacy of EPA intervention that continues long after meeting the standard.”
― Jim Inhofe
“I love the fact that I get something new to do almost every day and have new challenges.”
― Jim Lee
“That’s one of the challenges of investing in China, is the lack of clarity with respect to tax positions.”
― Jim Oberweis
“After the horrific attacks of September 11th, it was evident that our Government needed to be transformed to meet the new challenges of this dangerous world.”
― Jim Ryun
“I think one of the main challenges that the World Bank faces is creating an organizational structure that doesn’t get in the way of its staff. We have fantastic staff. People told me as I was coming into the organization that the greatest asset of the World Bank Group is its staff, and I think there’s no question that that’s the case.”
― Jim Yong Kim
“Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges.”
― Jo Bonner
“Having a child is difficult enough already, bringing with it a whole range of wonderful challenges, and we shouldn’t be trying to guilt parents into ‘there is just one way to do it’.”
― Jo Swinson
“I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.”
― Joanne Harris
“Finding specialty food items was a bit of a challenge in Asia in the early days of getting the Mozza’s up and running. Everything is built on relationships, and when you start somewhere new, it takes time to develop that. Staffing can also present challenges.”
― Joe Bastianich
“For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.”
― Joe Biden
“Entering 2015, the coal industry clearly continues to face significant challenges.”
― Joe Craft
“My decision to look seriously at elected office is grounded in a deep commitment to public service and my experience – both my own and that of my family – in finding just, practical, and bipartisan solutions to difficult challenges.”
― Joe Kennedy III
“I have been extraordinarily fortunate in my life, luckier than almost anybody on this planet. And whenever I ran into challenges, my parents did everything they could so that I could maximize my own potential.”
― Joe Kennedy III
“Our best and brightest must conceive of themselves as stewards of our society and confront the critical challenges of our time. It’s the best bet for our society, for entrepreneurs, and for the investors who believe in them.”
― Joe Lonsdale
“We created Addepar because we saw a place where a multi-billion dollar global platform clearly should exist – but did not yet – to fix many of the challenges that exist in the finance industry.”
― Joe Lonsdale
“Many of humanity’s most intractable challenges will only be solved through market-driven innovation.”
― Joe Lonsdale
“If you can keep a character fresh and alive for, let’s say, six months, working eight nights a week, then you can do anything. You have honed your technique and your skills to such a degree by that point that you are ready to take on all kinds of challenges.”
― Joe Morton
“Our task is a great one, not just because of how far we have fallen. Our task is a great one because of the challenges facing the people we seek to serve.”
― Johann Lamont
“We’ve got to ensure that the quality and the capability of these forces will be good enough to withstand the challenges that the insurgents and the terrorists will present to the new Iraqi government.”
― John Abizaid
“The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.”
― John Ashcroft
“My work at NASA has always been about team efforts, and so it’s intrinsically about mentoring. I have been blessed with some brilliant colleagues who were able to take on huge challenges without a lot of guidance.”
― John C. Mather
“There is strength in numbers, but organizing those numbers is one of the great challenges.”
― John C. Mather
“Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life. Failure comes when we shrink from them.”
― John C. Maxwell
“I had challenges to overcome as a child, and that was good.”
― John Caudwell
“America itself has been through so many challenges since that fateful day back in 1776. Our culture has been a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-go-to-work culture.”
― John Cena
“I always conceive a piece as a different set of challenges.”
― John Corigliano
“Life is full of challenges and surprises, and I’ve had my share.”
― John Daly
“Oil is largely our energy past, and Keystone does little to respond to the actual challenges and opportunities before us.”
― John Delaney
“This great game of football is about challenges every day.”
― John Dorsey
“Washington faces many challenges these days, and today’s United States Senate needs more trusted conservatives going there to make decisions and choices that put the people first and not the business-as-usual crowd.”
― John Fleming
“Passion and true passion is actually very unpredictable. It heads in unexpected directions because it’s constantly seeking out new challenges. But what’s really interesting is that passion ultimately is necessary for sustained extreme performance improvement.”
― John Hagel III
“There are challenges in terms of the measurement of VAR for what are known as nonlinear derivatives, where things like gamma and vega are important dimensions of the risk.”
― John Hull
“But we can turn challenges into opportunities if we look outwards to the realities of the global economy and modernise our internal institutions in ways that will equip Europe to meet that challenge and create confidence amongst the public.”
― John Hutton
“At the heart of these challenges lies the question of how the institutions of the European Union make laws, the types of laws they pass and the effectiveness with which those laws are implemented on civil society and the economy.”
― John Hutton
“Our objective must therefore be to ensure EU better regulation contributes towards delivering a modern European Union which relentlessly focuses on building a dynamic and innovative economy equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century.”
― John Hutton
“As much as I very much want audiences to watch FX’s carefully curated and highly contextualized television shows, I’m now glad when anyone takes the time to watch even our competition’s television series, as long as it demands their sustained attention and challenges their knee-jerk perceptions.”
― John Landgraf
“Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art.”
― John Lasseter
“The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art.”
― John Lasseter
“The team at the Space Telescope Science Institute has a demonstrated record of meeting the high-performance challenges of operating the Hubble Space Telescope and preparing for the James Webb Space Telescope.”
― John M. Grunsfeld
“I thrive with high-performance challenges in front of me.”
― John M. Grunsfeld
“But the fact is, Mr. Chairman, for all the challenges the Postal Service of the 21st century faces, it still retains its traditional place as a key cog in how American businesses conduct their affairs and how Americans all across this land communicate.”
― John M. McHugh
“We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view.”
― John M. McHugh
“Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.”
― John McCain
“I’m as frustrated with the French, I think, as anyone, but look, there’s going to be other challenges and there are going to be other issues. As long as there’s a war on terrorism going on, we’re all going to have to work together.”
― John McCain
“It is unfortunately true that our generation and that of your parents have left you with a big mess that will now be yours to clean up: wars, budget challenges, pollution, global warming, battles of health care, natural disasters. They’re all there for you. We’re willing those to you. Are you ready?”
― John Morgridge
“Through my years of working on war and peace in Africa, I have learned that there are solutions to some of the greatest human rights challenges, and we all can be a part of those solutions.”
― John Prendergast
“I’m inspired by the example of Prime Minister Abe, who overcame many challenges after his first term as prime minister to successfully return to the highest office in Japan six years later, and is now hopefully leading Japan in an extremely promising direction.”
― John Roos
“When I’m about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I’ve tried to anticipate some of the challenges I’m going to encounter in the darkroom.”
― John Sexton
“Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios.”
― John Sununu
“As a leader, you don’t get too high on the highs or let the bumps balance down. Every leader over time has probably equal amount of good luck or bad luck – or, you could argue, has good opportunities or challenges.”
― John T. Chambers
“I think that if Republicans are given the reins of leadership in the House or Senate or both, we will have to govern in a way – at least put forward solutions whether or not the president goes along with them or not, that deal with these long-term challenges.”
― John Thune
“Palin, Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others have made an art form of convincing far too many Americans to suspend their disbelief, and they have severely damaged the ability of our country to have serious discussions about serious challenges.”
― John Yarmuth
“That was my challenge as a composer. Like with anything, to keep yourself interested in doing what you do, you set yourself challenges. So I said, Okay, I’ll try to write a hundred tunes in a year.”
― John Zorn
“Music is about people for me. It’s not about sounds. It’s about people; it’s about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges are opportunities.”
― John Zorn
“I think the two are kind of synonymous for me; songwriting is like my form of diary making. It’s how I process the world. Without doing that, I feel kind of lost. The characters that I play often come out in the songs and the challenges that they face, albeit in an abstract way.”
― Johnny Flynn
“I’m a champion, and I believe that if you’re a champion, you can’t be afraid to go out there and test yourself against the greatest challenges.”
― Jon Jones
“The American Dream may be slipping away. We have overcome such challenges before. To recover the Dream requires knowing where it came from, how it lasted so long and why it matters so much.”
― Jon Meacham
“I’ve realised that when fashion is really good and really challenges and takes a risk, it is incredibly artistically powerful. It makes people dream.”
― Jonathan Anderson
“Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes – these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant.”
― Jonathan Demme
“The contrasts between what is spent today to educate a child in the poorest New York City neighborhoods, where teacher salaries are often even lower than the city averages, and spending levels in the wealthiest suburban areas are daunting challenges to any hope New Yorkers might retain that even semblances of fairness still prevail.”
― Jonathan Kozol
“As an actor, you want new challenges. U.S. TV can be very formulaic. So when something gets a reaction, as ‘The Slap’ has, that’s great. The sense I get is that it’s not about me or my performance. More than anything it’s the subject matter that people are focused on.’”
― Jonathan LaPaglia
“We stay on top of design styles and aren’t afraid to take on new challenges.”
― Jonathan Scott
“Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.”
― Joni Eareckson Tada
“The benefits of growth have not trickled down. Income inequalities have become one of the biggest global challenges, attracting growing attention not only in academic literature but also among policymakers globally.”
― Jose Angel Gurria
“We are dealing with the greater challenges of globalisation. It is generating, in many cases, an increase in the levels of inequality in societies… that is undesirable.”
― Jose Angel Gurria
“One of the greatest challenges of democracies today is the question of financing campaigns. It’s a tremendous challenge. Obviously I think the solution is to have the governments pay for all the campaigns and not to have any private contributions.”
― Jose Angel Gurria
“Some challenges remain, but the bottom line is that low-carbon options can and should play a much greater role in energy supply.”
― Jose Angel Gurria
“Israel has been doing very well, but there are challenges the country faces, like poverty and social integration of the Orthodox, Arab, Beduin, and Ethiopian population, which will be essential for sustaining strong growth over time.”
― Jose Angel Gurria
“The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.”
― Joseph B. Wirthlin
“I know that each of us has much to do. Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by the tasks we face. But if we keep our priorities in order, we can accomplish all that we should. We can endure to the end regardless of temptations, problems, and challenges.”
― Joseph B. Wirthlin
“I’ve been in love before, every love-relationship is tough and it has its challenges.”
― Josh Hutcherson
“Life is a series of punches. It presents a lot of challenges. It presents a lot of hardship, but the people that are able to take those punches and able to move forward are the ones that really do have a lot of success and have a lot of joy in their life and have a lot of stories to tell, too.”
― Josh Turner
“I’m having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.”
― Joshua Bell
“One of the great challenges of our age, in which the tools of our productivity are also the tools of our leisure, is to figure out how to make more useful those moments of procrastination when we’re idling in front of our computer screens.”
― Joshua Foer
“Your destination might not end up being exactly what you envisioned to start with, but if you stick it out and work through the challenges, what you end up with will be far better than you could have ever imagined.”
― Joy Mangano
“I have spent all my life advocating on behalf of the poor, oppressed and marginalized. As a social justice and human rights activist, and now as President of the Republic of Malawi, I have a deep appreciation for the challenges of those on the margins of society.”
― Joyce Banda
“Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.”
― Joyce Meyer
“When I started to write, it was the ’70s, and throughout that decade, we didn’t have any problems with book challenges or censorship.”
― Judy Blume
“In every novel, I write about something – a place, an experience, an emotion – with which I’m intimately familiar, but it’s also crucial to me that I take on challenges. If write only inside my comfort zone, I’ll suffocate.”
― Julia Glass
“When we set out to build Eventbrite, we had to face many challenges and come up with creative solutions to get past them. Each time we learned new ways to cope, we became a stronger and more cohesive team.”
― Julia Hartz
“The number one way that we can address these long-term challenges of poverty, of education, is to invest in early childhood education.”
― Julian Castro
“Greater public recognition will also be critical in encouraging prevention and early intervention, and more generally in building public support to meet the challenges of dementia.”
― Julie Bishop
“When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.”
― Julie Bishop
“The emotion to handle the pressure is one of the biggest challenges in football – it’s the top challenge.”
― Jurgen Klopp
“There are obstacles and challenges that my dark-skinned sisters face that I will never know. How they are perceived when they walk in a room of strangers is something I will never truly know.”
― Jurnee Smollett-Bell
“It’s such a transition and it’s so empowering to become a mom, but there are also many challenges. Just remind yourself, every minute, every day, to be kind to yourself.”
― Jurnee Smollett-Bell
“A good novel is something that challenges perception, that allows you to see the world anew through a different point of view – something that genre fiction doesn’t do, although it sells more because it doesn’t disturb people’s innate sense of what a novel should be about. Often, people want characters to be nice, for example.”
― Justin Cartwright
“Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can’t figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write and have to write 50 times.”
― Justin Cronin
“You get more diversity and creativity in your problem solving, and you end up having a much better and more representative approach to solving the challenges faced by the population you serve.”
― Justin Trudeau
“One of the challenges that Vancouver and cities across the country are facing is that we don’t have a federal partner in terms of building for transit, not in the way we need.”
― Justin Trudeau
“I think I’m a story-based artiste. So I would opt for the performance-oriented role. I usually go by intuition while choosing a script. Also, I do not analyse my performance, nor do I bother about how my film has been performing at the box office. I personally love challenges and am game for taking up things which I haven’t attempted before.”
― Kajal Aggarwal
“Size Zero’ tells the story of a woman and the challenges and body shaming that she faces on a daily basis. I wrote the dialogues of that film, and I was approached for a remake. But I had already said what I wanted to say.”
― Kanika Dhillon
“The challenges of me being a father are just the same as any other father.”
― Karamo Brown
“It’s a goalkeeper’s job. There’s so many times you’re doing nothing for 89, 90 minutes, and then there’s a split-second moment. It’s a different challenge to outfield players, who have a lot of physical challenges and battle. We have a lot of mental battles; it’s about maintaining your focus, refining processes of what you do in a game.”
― Karen Bardsley
“I know there are going to be big challenges financially, but I’m excited artistically. I think that if the experience is better artistically, then we have more hope in the future.”
― Karen Kain
“While looking ahead, we know challenges remain, but we are encouraged by the strategies we have in place to improve our operational efficiencies and performance.”
― Karen Katz
“I believe we are our own inner hand – the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire – no matter what the challenges!”
― Karen Salmansohn
“I started as a short filmmaker and found that one of the toughest challenges was getting your film to be watched. I would enter it in competitions and release it online, but getting a mainstream theatre-going audience to view the film is difficult.”
― Karthik Subbaraj
“The record shows that I’ve kept a very steady hand on the helm throughout some enormous challenges.”
― Kate Brown
“I like challenges, I like that fear you feel for something new, and with a new director, I think it’s very important to always support new projects.”
― Kate del Castillo
“We have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal the hidden challenges we can’t deal with alone.”
― Kate Middleton
“Sadly, for some mothers, this experience can be made so much harder due to challenges with our very mental health.”
― Kate Middleton
“A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.”
― Kate Middleton
“As you get older, challenges arise that you aren’t prepared for, but what got me through it was music.”
― Kate Voegele
“I did not find that writing a diary with a lead male character differed in any essential way from writing one with a female character. They all had the same challenges in terms of attempting to establish an identity, coping with loneliness, friendships, relationships.”
― Kathryn Lasky
“There were so many lessons I learned the hard way: missing out on a raise because I didn’t know to ask, having colleagues consistently get credit for my ideas because of how I spoke up in meetings. When I looked for a resource that addressed the challenges I was facing, I couldn’t find it. There was nothing.”
― Kathryn Minshew
“A lot of celebrities, especially when you’re talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them.”
― Kathy Griffin
“I think everyone has different challenges as a young actress in Hollywood.”
― Katie Cassidy
“Border security is a comprehensive issue and doesn’t boil down to a ‘wall’ or even barriers. Trump knows and recognizes this, which is why he repeatedly talks about all of the aspects and challenges federal immigration officers face.”
― Katie Pavlich
“There have been a lot of challenges over the years that I have overcome.”
― Katie Taylor
“Tennis is a very interesting world. It’s a sport of opportunities, but it’s a sport of challenges as well. And for anybody to continue to progress, they have to understand what those challenges are.”
― Katrina Adams
“I work all summer and throughout the whole season to be prepared for the challenges that I have to face.”
― Kawhi Leonard
“I’m difficult for management. That’s why I have the reputation because nobody challenges management.”
― Keith Olbermann
“The way I choose parts is I look at the scripts… I choose a part by whether or not it challenges me.”
― Kellie Martin
“I wanted to create a world that presented the Smurfs with obstacles and challenges and really put them in a fish-out-of-water situation but also make them very active in getting out of their situation. Make them really the central characters.”
― Kelly Asbury
“I came to L.A. for pilot season, and it was so brutal. So brutal. But still, I just want to be making forward progress. There’s lots of ideas about being a superstar. But my idea of being a superstar is just going forward and having new challenges and trying out new things.”
― Kelly McCreary
“I’m someone who likes to try new things and take on new challenges. I love making movies, but TV is also great. I really enjoy doing both.”
― Kelsey Grammer
“One of the challenges for lawyers can be explaining, first of all, what the legal issue is and, second, its significance. And both of those are important.”
― Ken Cuccinelli
“Most students are presented only with the evolutionary belief system in their schools, and they are censored from hearing challenges to it. Let our young people understand science correctly and hear both sides of the origins issue and then evaluate them.”
― Ken Ham
“Higher educating has so many challenges, and private higher education has a special challenge of ever rising tuition costs.”
― Ken Starr
“Broadway, in my opinion, is a microcosm of America. Those challenges that we have in our country, I think we still have those challenges on the Broadway stage. I think there are far too few African-American directors working on Broadway.”
― Kenny Leon
“Coming from a country that loves tennis, actually, there are a lot of people who play. We definitely face a lot of challenges when it comes to producing tennis players.”
― Kevin Anderson
“There are always new challenges in football. You just need to adapt; otherwise, you won’t fit in. And if you don’t fit in, then you will have to go somewhere else.”
― Kevin De Bruyne
“I like the challenges we face in the future. That motivates me.”
― Kevin Harvick
“There’s a staircase on the first floor of the Capitol that I walk every day. It’s made of marble, and as you walk those steps, you think of those who’ve walked before you. You think of the challenges that the country’s faced.”
― Kevin McCarthy
“I am whelmed, and not overly whelmed, just whelmed about a lot of facets in life – just how fragile life is and the different challenges you have in life, phobias about things.”
― Kevin Nealon
“I am deeply committed to the cause of Indigenous Australians, and not just because of the Apology, but the big challenges which lie ahead in closing the gap.”
― Kevin Rudd
“So in terms of the global economic footprint, let’s just say China within the next decade and a bit is likely to emerge as the world’s largest economy. Obviously its foreign policy and security policy footprint increases and that creates both challenges and opportunities for us all.”
― Kevin Rudd
“The Government’s mission is to build a strong and fair Australia capable of meeting the new challenges of the 21st century.”
― Kevin Rudd
“But Australia faces additional regional and global challenges also crucial to our nation’s future – climate change, questions of energy and food security, the rise of China and the rise of India. And we need a strong system of global and regional relationships and institutions to underpin stability.”
― Kevin Rudd
“I appreciate my brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the U.A.E. and Ruler of Dubai, and the Council of Ministers, who face every morning challenges, but plan and remove all obstacles to score achievements.”
― Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
“I love challenges.”
― Khris Middleton
“I didn’t grow up vegan or vegetarian. I grew up with junk food! And because of the way I ate before changing my diet, I can truly understand the challenges of making changes and stepping away from foods that provided a form of comfort and happiness growing up, but finding out that most of what I loved was really bad for me!”
― Kim Barnouin
“Forest restoration is a challenging and complex undertaking of raising young trees, transplanting them, and then cultivating them year in, year out in the face of harsh challenges of nature; it is a gigantic nature transformation project to turn all the mountains of the country into ‘treasure mountains,’ into ‘gold mountains.’”
― Kim Jong-un
“Tesla Motor’s original business plan had a copy of a letter from Nikola Tesla from the late 19th century talking about the challenges inherent in gasoline engines and the promise of the electric engine.”
― Kimbal Musk
“All too often, girls are ignored because their challenges aren’t thought to be as serious as those faced by boys.”
― Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
“Families, community leaders, and others must create the public will to address the challenges facing black girls and other girls of color as well by listening to them, valuing their experiences, and becoming actively involved in creating policies and innovative programs that promote their well-being.”
― Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
“When you’ve already experienced great challenges in your career, it gives minor setbacks a different perspective.”
― Kimberly Bryant
“As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success.”
― Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
“I have a great team who has helped me build Biocon, I was very fortunate to be able to share my vision with a group of people who really were as excited about challenges as I was.”
― Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
“I do stay busy. I like new challenges.”
― Kirk Kerkorian
“One new reality is global interconnectivity and the fact that all challenges must be addressed on the basis of ‘togetherness.’ Thus the most crucial factor in accepting the new reality and confronting its opportunities and risks is our willingness to develop shared norms on all levels.”
― Klaus Schwab
“Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.”
― Kobe Bryant
“I’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that… it sounds, well, I don’t care how it sounds – to me, scoring comes easy. It’s not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.”
― Kobe Bryant
“No single solution or actor can deal with the complex and interrelated challenges to electoral integrity arising from manipulated data, hate speech, and fake news. These phenomena are not new; they have been part of electoral cycles since the advent of democracy.”
― Kofi Annan
“Being an actor, I feel I need to take up challenges and do different roles without thinking about whether the audience will accept me in those roles or not.”
― Kratika Sengar
“I’m always up for challenges.”
― Kris Wu
“Running fills the cup that has to pour out for others. Running feeds the soul that has a responsibility to nourish. Running sets the anchor that limits the drift of the day. Running clears the mind that has a myriad of challenges to solve. Running tends to the self so that selfishness can subside.”
― Kristin Armstrong
“’Bunk’ is a comedy game show where, each week, three of my favorite comedians compete in a series of bizarre and meaningless challenges all for my entertainment. Ethan T. Berlin and Eric Bryant created ‘Bunk.’”
― Kurt Braunohler
“You know, it’s just a matter of working through the pitfalls sometimes and working through the challenges that lie ahead.”
― Kurt Busch
“I want to find material that piques my interest, keeps me outside the box and challenges me.”
― Kyle Chandler
“The intersection of being female and a showrunner carries difficult challenges.”
― Laeta Kalogridis
“’Altered Carbon’ is one of the most seminal pieces of post-cyberpunk hard science fiction out there – a dark, complex noir story that challenges our ideas of what it means to be human when all information becomes encodable, including the human mind.”
― Laeta Kalogridis
“A lot challenges me! Not psyching myself out, not doubting myself, not comparing myself to others… all of that challenges me. But inevitably, challenges are put into our lives so that we may grow and become the best version of who we are meant to be.”
― Lana Condor
“I really enjoy challenges.”
― Lane Kiffin
“I love challenges, and I believe that the challenge of quality cinema should not be underestimated as an important part of the Italian cultural offer.”
― Lapo Elkann
“I’m not a person who embraces challenges. I run from challenges. I break world records running from challenges.”
― Larry David
“The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.”
― Larry J. Sabato
“Well, we’ve faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we – since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm’s way.”
― Laura Bush
“Like anything else, acting can become boring – a chore, really – if there isn’t any challenge. And I like taking challenges. Just when people think they have me figured out, I like to surprise them.”
― Laura Dern
“Any journey of a creative person has, you know, really unusual challenges and years where you don’t work and years where you work.”
― Laura Dern
“But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor.”
― Laura Miller
“I love overcoming challenges and fear.”
― Laura Wilkinson
“There are new challenges every day when starting a business and growing a brand, but I’m fortunate to have an amazing team that is always willing to work hard and navigate through whatever obstacle comes our way.”
― Lauren Bush
“I am pleased to be part of Promontory’s steady efforts to assist banks and other financial firms in meeting legal and regulatory obligations and challenges.”
― Laurence D. Fink
“I love taking challenges, as my name Leander means ‘lion’s heart.’”
― Leander Paes
“We need to understand where our issues and challenges are and confront them head on. Because you can fix anything if you know there’s a problem.”
― Leanne Caret
“With Liquid Robotics’ innovative technology and Boeing’s leading intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions, we are helping our customers address maritime challenges in ways that make existing platforms smarter, missions safer, and operations more efficient.”
― Leanne Caret
“But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges.”
― Lee H. Hamilton
“The challenges that the homeless face aren’t dissimilar to those in developing countries.”
― Leila Janah
“Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.”
― Leon Panetta
“At a certain point, if you still have your marbles and are not faced with serious financial challenges, you have a chance to put your house in order. It’s a cliche, but it’s underestimated as an analgesic on all levels. Putting your house in order, if you can do it, is one of the most comforting activities, and the benefits of it are incalculable.”
― Leonard Cohen
“One of my challenges was to try to photograph the Great Wall of China. And I did actually take some photos, but it was hard to discern the wall with the naked eye.”
― Leroy Chiao
“There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant.”
― Leroy Chiao
“I love challenges, especially with Pep Guardiola.”
― Leroy Sane
“Our ability to handle life’s challenges is a measure of our strength of character.”
― Les Brown
“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.”
― Les Brown
“I learned two basic lessons on Everest. First, just because something has worked in the past does not mean it will work today. Second, different challenges require different mindsets.”
― Lewis Gordon Pugh
“Being half-Palestinian comes with its own challenges, especially after 9/11 and also, working in Hollywood. But denying my own father, the three siblings I have on my father’s side, I would essentially be destroying my own essence. So I decided I’m going to be me.”
― Lexi Alexander
“China is still a developing country with a myriad of tasks and challenges.”
― Li Keqiang
“Any company faces big challenges during transformation. People are accustomed to going ahead on the existing track. Even when they know there are problems, the first reaction is to protect the old way.”
― Li Ning
“Physically, women have some challenges in the kitchen, like lifting heavy pots on and off the stove. You learn to adapt; you learn to find a way. But the biggest challenge for women in this industry is how to balance a family with such a demanding career.”
― Lidia Bastianich
“I like taking up challenges. I prefer working with scripts that are different and veer from the tried and tested. So far, it’s always worked.”
― Lillete Dubey
“The sentimentalist ages far more quickly than the person who loves his work and enjoys new challenges.”
― Lillie Langtry
“In my life I’ve gone through a lot of really hard times. I went through depression and had so many challenges that I overcame. And I overcame because I just decided to be happy.”
― Lilly Singh
“Responding to Britain’s future challenges will require unceasing agility in seeking out new alliances and refurbishing old ones inside Europe, not just outside it.”
― Linda Colley
“The stories of accomplishments, achievements, challenges, problems, issues, concerns pass down through history, and those are things you take with you in your personal life wherever you go.”
― Linda Johnson Rice
“In light of the overall economic challenges that are affecting many, including our potential corporate sponsors, we have arrived at a most difficult decision to cancel Ebony Fashion Fair’s fall 2009 season.”
― Linda Johnson Rice
“Optimism is the ultimate definition of a leader. A leader has to look optimistically at what is ahead while not ignoring the challenges that must be overcome. Those challenges are in government, politics, world leadership, and even in community life.”
― Linda McMahon
“In my rational mind, I know… that is a very simplistic way of looking at it, but when there is violence of that kind, it challenges my faith. I still can’t say that I totally understand why – why that is allowed to happen.”
― Linda Vester
“We’ve done amazing things for the state. Some of them have had a national impact, but I’m going to be ready for some new challenges, and so I’m not going to seek a fifth term as attorney general.”
― Lisa Madigan
“I enjoy a good fight, and always have, and really just said to myself, ‘Look, at the end of my term, it’ll be 16 years as attorney general, and I’m ready for new challenges. I’m ready to use my skills in a different way to continue to help people.’”
― Lisa Madigan
“I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up with the credible, twisty plot, and memoir is hard because you have to say something true and profound, albeit in a funny way.”
― Lisa Scottoline
“We see incredible opportunity to solve some of the biggest social challenges we have by combining high-performance computing and AI – such as climate change and more.”
― Lisa Su
“I am grateful for the continued opportunity to take risks and learn from my mistakes as we at AMD strive to use technology to help solve some of the world’s toughest challenges.”
― Lisa Su
“Challenges are meant to be met and overcome.”
― Liu Xiang
“Lack of understanding of interrelatedness has caused numerous divisions and conflicts that are the cause of many major challenges in the world such as war, violence, terrorism, economic disparity, and exploitation.”
― Lobsang Tenzin
“We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we’ve faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly.”
― Lois Frankel
“Every actor has a different language. Every actor has their strengths and their challenges, and I try to help them and support them and help them through their challenges as best I can.”
― Lonny Price
“In sum, as we enter the 21st century, the Euro-Atlantic community – North America and Europe together – has to face some tough challenges when it comes to improving our capability.”
― Lord Robertson
“I believe that the organisers of this conference have chosen a very timely subject for our discussion – because the 21st century will confront us with an entirely new set of challenges.”
― Lord Robertson
“I had a nice life. It had its challenges like anybody’s life, I guess.”
― Lorelei Linklater
“Particularly over the last few decades, technological innovation has offered opportunities to bring people and nations together – but it has also created significant new challenges to law enforcement.”
― Loretta Lynch
“One of the challenges I think we have is people feel like the act of governance is a zero sum game. ‘Whatever I get, you’re not getting.’ Changing that dynamic is going to be critically important for me as a leader, so that people don’t feel they’re pitted against each other.”
― Lori Lightfoot
“I think of being the mayor of a big city with so many incredible things happening – but also so many challenges and opportunities – as really being kind of the chief advocate for the people.”
― Lori Lightfoot
“For all its ups and downs and challenges, I love writing. We only grow through adversity, so I welcome the difficulties, knowing bumps in the road are my greatest teachers.”
― Lori Wilde
“I’ve put out a lot of stuff that just confused and alienated people: a huge chunk of songs that were verbal and musical challenges to myself, thoughts I was keeping myself busy with, nothing I had any intention of anybody grasping onto.”
― Lou Barlow
“One of our big challenges with the newsletter is that everyone thinks big stocks are safe. That’s not true at all. They’re only safe if the money is flowing there.”
― Louis Navellier
“The Internet is a worldwide platform for sharing information. It is a community of common interests. No country is immune to such global challenges as cybercrime, hacking, and invasion of privacy.”
― Lu Wei
“True leadership knows not to go to extremes but knows how to confront and appreciate challenges.”
― Lubna Olayan
“Our theme for this year’s festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard to overcome economic hardship, racism and other barriers in their pursuit of the American dream.”
― Lucille Roybal-Allard
“So much music in Africa was created for specific moments, written for rituals or for a funeral or for challenges, thousands of years ago, and these rhythms are still used.”
― Ludwig Goransson
“After four seasons with Tottenham, where I had grown as much as possible, I needed new challenges for the sake of improving.”
― Luka Modric
“People often ask why I remain so optimistic, even in the face of the complex challenges we are facing in the Jewish world, in Israel and beyond. It’s because I am so impressed and inspired by the young people I meet.”
― Lynn Schusterman
“I’m a fan of Fedor, have been a fan since he was in PRIDE, a great champion, and since I like to challenge myself, new challenges, that was one of the offers that came with my move to Bellator. Of course fighting Fedor would be an honor, a dream.”
― Lyoto Machida
“As a parent, I can empathize with how difficult raising children can be. There are challenges, especially within the framework of divorce, when parental guilt can sometimes blur what should be the best decision.”
― LZ Granderson
“What’s my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that… if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are.”
― Maajid Nawaz
“I have always known that New Hampshire is a special place, with a community of people who come together to solve our common challenges.”
― Maggie Hassan
“The challenges our state faces must be met with the best solutions and ideas we can muster – and good ideas and good people reside on both sides of the aisle.”
― Maggie Hassan
“I got my Equity card right out of NYU grad school in 2000, doing ‘The Great White Hope’ at Arena Stage. I played Jack Jefferson. It was an amazing part to walk into, to carry that responsibility for that amount of time. The challenges and the breadth of that role were pretty amazing.”
― Mahershala Ali
“I like challenges. I think that’s important.”
― Maika Monroe
“I’m one of the few adults lucky enough to love their job. And when you’ve got bills to pay, you get on with it! I like challenges.”
― Malorie Blackman
“Healthcare is a very complicated business and you need a very different business model to be successful in India; yet at a global level, there are a lot of challenges and opportunities.”
― Malvinder Mohan Singh
“There is absolutely no path you can choose in life that will not include challenges or blocks. These are important because they are what make you appreciate your successes.”
― Maneet Chauhan
“All Indian women have one thing in common… we don’t feel prosecuted for who we are and actually face our challenges head-on. And I think that’s what we need to do, we need to be confident about who we are.”
― Manushi Chhillar
“Navigating the studio system has its own challenges, and, as a producer, you want to be astute and clever.”
― Marc Platt
“A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.”
― Marcel Proust
“We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation.”
― Marco Rubio
“I am troubled that sometimes in our political discourse we spend all of our time focused on the challenges of the next century rather than on the opportunities of the new century.”
― Marco Rubio
“One of the reasons people feel so alienated from the American political process is in the fights we get in here in Washington, no one’s ever talking about them and the challenges they’re going through.”
― Marco Rubio
“For a pandemic of moderate severity, this is one of our greatest challenges: helping people to understand when they do not need to worry, and when they do need to seek urgent care.”
― Margaret Chan
“One of the great challenges of modern cosmology is to discover what the geometry of the universe really is.”
― Margaret Geller
“In these troubled, uncertain times, we don’t need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone’s intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.”
― Margaret J. Wheatley
“Higher education is confronting challenges, like the economy is, about the need for a higher number of more adequately trained, more highly educated citizenry.”
― Margaret Spellings
“The privilege, and the challenges, of taking on Black Widow have never been lost on me. I worked on the first ‘Spiderman’ game as well as ‘Fantastic Four,’ and I had always wanted to be able to tell more of a character-driven comic book story than was possible to fit into a game narrative.”
― Margaret Stohl
“I look forward to the challenges.”
― Maria Sharapova
“All of the designs on Minted are crowd-sourced from a global community of independent designers. We hold monthly design and art challenges that anyone in the world is welcome to enter.”
― Mariam Naficy
“Elected leaders in government and our men and women in uniform face a range of unprecedented challenges and pressures that demand innovative solutions.”
― Marillyn Hewson
“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.”
― Marilu Henner
“All of us have read the stories about young people in Hollywood and all the challenges they have to confront there, and I think that artistically, I really didn’t understand the commercial side of the film business, so I went back to a purely artistic setting.”
― Marisa Tomei
“You’ve never heard me talk about politics all that much, and it’s just – I can’t think of anybody more dangerous as president than Donald Trump. I can’t think of anything worse than with him not having a clue. I mean, could you imagine somebody who doesn’t read and doesn’t learn trying to deal with the day-to-day changes and challenges of that job?”
― Mark Cuban
“One of the key challenges the military has faced – and the Army, in particular – is defining our requirements and keeping them stable.”
― Mark Esper
“The bottom line is this: in an era of mounting fiscal challenges and competing demands, we must actively seek ways to free up time, money, and manpower to invest back into our top priorities.”
― Mark Esper
“It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also suggests that this celebration of the end of slavery is an important and enriching part of the history and heritage of the United States.”
― Mark Foley
“Coming up with a way to fix mistakes challenges your creativity and your critical thinking skills and your resourcefulness. Often you end up with something better than what you planned on in the first place.”
― Mark Frauenfelder
“In school, we learn that mistakes translate into bad grades. This unfortunate lesson gets burned into our brains, and we go through life shunning challenges that might end in failure.”
― Mark Frauenfelder
“Without the ambition to raise oneself to life’s challenges, growth and innovation would never happen.”
― Mark Goulston
“They say that pace is the first thing to go, but my game was never based on pace. It was about strength and power and withstanding challenges and getting in the right position.”
― Mark Hughes
“Our communities face many challenges, from keeping our kids safe in public, to the war on terrorism. But few have such immediate consequences as we face from methamphetamine.”
― Mark Kennedy
“Every new conversation, every new relationship, brings new challenges and opportunities for honest expression.”
― Mark Manson
“Great presidents, and even those not so great, never complained about the hands they were dealt. Just the opposite. They assumed they were in the big chair to meet big challenges, no matter how difficult.”
― Mark McKinnon
“One of the challenges of innovation is challenging a set model. A traditional way to manufacture footwear existed for hundreds of years. Now we have a whole new way.”
― Mark Parker
“I find it ironic how New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is so focused on such small issues as drink sizes, while ignoring the massive infrastructure challenges in New York – lousy roads, third-world airports, traffic jams, etc.”
― Mark Skousen
“My job is to advise politicians, elected officials, and government ministries of the best way to deal with important issues, both localized, national, and the grand challenges facing humanity.”
― Mark Walport
“Connectivity just can’t be a privilege for people in the richest countries. We believe that connecting everyone in the world is one of the great challenges of our generation, and that’s why we are happy to play whatever small part in that that we can.”
― Mark Zuckerberg
“My whole life I took challenges, I took pressure.”
― Marko Arnautovic
“Going on with life, it only gets more and more intense as time goes by – and the challenges only multiply.”
― Martha Reeves
“There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.”
― Martin Filler
“There are always challenges to green screen.”
― Martin Freeman
“I think with challenges, you either overcome them or you fall behind and become a statistic.”
― Martin Klebba
“Indeed, our everyday world presents intellectual challenges just as daunting as those of the cosmos and the quantum, and that is where 99 per cent of scientists focus their efforts. Even the smallest insect, with its intricate structure, is far more complex than either an atom or a star.”
― Martin Rees
“VW grows with the challenges. We continue to do, even when times are tough.”
― Martin Winterkorn
“I don’t ever want to get too comfortable in my career or life. My nature is such that I’m always looking for new challenges.”
― Mary Frann
“Game development is very difficult. Nobody sets out to create a game that’s not fun. It’s all of the challenges and difficulties that happen throughout development that determine whether a game is a failure or a success. I think playing those thousands of games is the single best and easiest way to learn from my predecessors.”
― Masahiro Sakurai
“The more challenges that are thrown at you, the more reward there is on the other side because you surprise yourself and say, ‘Wow, these are things I didn’t realize I was capable of.’”
― Matt Czuchry
“Australia exports millions of tons of coal each year to Asian markets. These same countries are interested in Wyoming coal. I look forward to visiting and seeing a vibrant coal port to better understand the benefits and challenges associated with this method of export.”
― Matt Mead
“I try desperately to try and figure out how they’d react to different scenarios. That’s part of what the DM’s job is: to try and know their players well enough to where they can build encounters, challenges, and be like, ‘I think they would do this in this scenario, so I will go ahead and prepare a few options based on this.’”
― Matthew Mercer
“I’d like someone who challenges me, someone who is more beautiful in the inside than they are on the outside.”
― Matthew Morrison
“I’m someone who likes new things, likes change. But I also like challenges. I was a little bit of a prisoner to my challenge each time.”
― Mauricio Pochettino
“I don’t like whining about the challenges I face while I work. I know they are for the better so I can rise stronger and better.”
― Mawra Hocane
“I love challenges.”
― Max Baucus
“Personally, I had a close friend with cystic fibrosis. I won’t ever forget how he handled himself. In the face of extreme challenges and very harrowing circumstances, he maintained a positive outlook and was just very dignified, even in his suffering.”
― Max Carver
“If the game designer produces more content than he can consume per month, some fraction of the people will say more quests, more tests, more challenges, more whatever, and they will be compelled by it.”
― Max Levchin
“Mr. Bergman had a great imagination and saw the possibilities within every one of his actors, and he gave us great challenges. It was very inspiring.”
― Max von Sydow
“One of the challenges we set up for ‘Puscifer’ was to come up with a core identity and see how far we can push it.”
― Maynard James Keenan
“Handwriting challenges aside, I love paper cards. I love the endless stewing involved in picking them out at the store. I love buying holiday stamps at the post office, and I love that ‘whoosh’ sound the cards make when I drop them into the mail slot.”
― Meghan Daum
“Everybody goes through challenges. There’s stuff that happens personally that’s challenging, stuff in work that’s difficult, disappointments that happen.”
― Melanie Lynskey
“Compared to the challenges or raising an autistic child, weightlifting is a relief.”
― Melanie Roach
“Investments in women are positively correlated to growth, prosperity, stability, democracy, health – and vital to our national security. We cannot write off the talent of half the world and expect to confront our challenges.”
― Melanne Verveer
“I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face.”
― Melissa Bean
“Our great Constitution challenges us to grow constantly.”
― Melissa Etheridge
“After two years working with bitcoin and blockchain companies and corporate leaders, we identified that a significant issue hindering the widespread, global adoption of blockchain is the inability to quickly connect with the right combination of partners for testing and deployment of the technology to address real-world business challenges.”
― Meltem Demirors
“If President Obama were to enroll in an American government class, the professor would mark him absent on most days. In the first 100 days of his second term, the president has failed to show up to class, take notes and complete the daunting task of rising to the challenges facing him.”
― Mercedes Schlapp
“As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we’re imaginative. We’re resourceful. We like challenges.”
― Meredith Monk
“Every day things get better because politicians are addressing the fiscal challenges more aggressively.”
― Meredith Whitney
“There are always new, grander challenges to confront, and a true winner will embrace each one.”
― Mia Hamm
“There is simply no way we are going to make progress on the enormous challenges we face without making hard choices. It’s impossible.”
― Michael Bennet
“These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it’s so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run.”
― Michael Bloomberg
“But I think the bottom line right now is to take the constructive criticism and use that to build toward, as I say, the hurricane season that is 100 days away. And we don’t have a lot of time to waste before we start to address that next set of challenges.”
― Michael Chertoff
“Most people don’t like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.”
― Michael Cudlitz
“One of the biggest challenges we face today is finding managers who can sense and respond to rapid shifts, people who can process new information very quickly and make decisions in real time. It’s a problem for the computer industry as a whole – and not just for Dell – that the industry’s growth has outpaced its ability to create managers.”
― Michael Dell
“If there is one thing that offers challenges to small companies as they start to grow and expand, it is the hiring process… every single area. The issues that can arise run the full spectrum, from ‘finding good help’ to that ubiquitous catch-all ‘training’ and everything in between.”
― Michael Gerber
“One of the biggest challenges we have, as business owners and people, is that we think in linear terms.”
― Michael Gerber
“Whether we vote to leave or remain, there are risks to our future; there are challenges in the global economy.”
― Michael Gove
“My view is that those challenges will be easier to meet, those risks will be less if we vote to leave because we will have control of the economic levers; we will have control over money we send to the European Union. We will have control over our own laws, and as a result, we will be able to deal with whatever the world throws at us.”
― Michael Gove
“I think it’s a little simplistic to explain a work through the psychology of its author. In other words, that Haneke has emotional problems, so I don’t have to take his films seriously. By using this argument, the viewer retreats from the challenges of the film.”
― Michael Haneke
“I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.”
― Michael Jordan
“The challenges I face in the studio pale in comparison to when I’m out in nature.”
― Michael Muller
“Through the years you, the Delaware State family and your predecessors, have faced many challenges. You worked through them with fierce determination and good will, and you have made great progress.”
― Michael N. Castle
“If you want something that’s going to provide you with a lot of challenges and a variety of different things to do, then you really can’t beat a place like the Air Force. I don’t mean this to sound like a recruiting pitch. But it’s been a lot of fun.”
― Michael P. Anderson
“Millennials are more aware of society’s many challenges than previous generations and less willing to accept maximizing shareholder value as a sufficient goal for their work. They are looking for a broader social purpose and want to work somewhere that has such a purpose.”
― Michael Porter
“Nascar will certainly not be one of my challenges in the future.”
― Michael Schumacher
“I think there are two challenges – and one challenge is how to diversify the workforce in the technology industry, and the other challenge is how to diversify the people who are starting companies.”
― Michael Seibel
“I chose Anna as my wife because she is so kind yet so strong and challenges me to become a better person. She has a heart of gold and is unafraid about speaking to and living her values.”
― Michael Tubbs
“In today’s interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.”
― Michelle Bachelet
“The biggest lessons I learned were probably the times where I had the biggest setbacks and the biggest challenges – when I had the biggest jumps forward and lessons learned.”
― Michelle Kwan
“You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.”
― Michelle Obama
“I wish every American had an opportunity to sit down, to go to a base, to meet with families, to meet with service members, to sit down with our veterans – because we would think differently about our challenges as individuals.”
― Michelle Obama
“If we know what that set point is, we can predict fairly accurately when you will be in flow, and it will be when your challenges are higher than average and skills are higher than average.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
“Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man?”
― Mika Brzezinski
“Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female’s success. Add to that, the fact that the very thing many women I know find most rewarding (having kids) is now frowned upon.”
― Mika Brzezinski
“While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.”
― Mike Crapo
“As the father of six children, I know very well the challenges technology poses to our families.”
― Mike Fitzpatrick
“Innovation happens best when people of different backgrounds come together to solve the world’s toughest challenges and, in the process, can create new jobs and opportunities. I’m hopeful that updated immigration policies will encourage entrepreneurs from around the world to help tackle these opportunities in the U.S.”
― Mike Krieger
“Because of the inherent challenges of life on the earth, all of humanity is vulnerable. This is all the more reason to seek the kingdom of heaven within and find the peace that leads to understanding.”
― Mike Love
“I think, as an artist, you want to keep going – you want to keep taking challenges; you want to be pushed, in a way – and I think Sonic Evolution does that, it makes me feel a little uncomfortable and get out of my comfort zone.”
― Mike McCready
“As an entrepreneur, in many ways it’s like looking into the crystal ball for what my company will hopefully go through as it starts to think about bigger challenges – scaling internationally, getting ready to go public, and all those different things.”
― Mike McCue
“Those who have gone through a divorce know the pain and special challenges of raising a child under such circumstances.”
― Mike McGavick
“Feeding the world will be one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. It will be impossible without using scientific advancements and biotechnology.”
― Mike Pompeo
“Despite its challenges, globalization has led to one of the most peaceful and productive times in world history.”
― Mike Quigley
“For decades, allies have counted on the U.S. to step up to the plate to work with them to protect the shared values we hold dear. As we face numerous international challenges, both old and new, we need to put more faith and investment in our international and diplomatic institutions, not weaken them.”
― Mike Quigley
“Every role that you play comes with its own set of challenges.”
― Mireille Enos
“On some level, some of the challenges end up being similar, which is when you have a very emotional scene to shoot. As an actor, you have to prepare a certain way, but you also have to prepare a certain way when you’re a director because you have to be sure you’re telling the whole story.”
― Miriam Shor
“As our world gets more interconnected, no one country or region can meet development challenges on its own.”
― Miroslav Lajcak
“South Sudan has faced numerous challenges, which include professionalising the security sector, establishing ministries and parliamentary structures with the appropriate capacity for policy making and oversight, as well as improving community safety and access to justice.”
― Miroslav Lajcak
“The United Nations should serve as a forum to address our common challenges. And it must also be a space to generate solutions for mutual benefit. This is the very essence of what the United Nations is about. We must position the multilateral system to better serve our people and deliver on their aspirations.”
― Miroslav Lajcak
“Out of 3,500 students in my high school, I was the only openly professing Christian kid. Obviously there were challenges. ‘Only old and stupid people believe.’”
― Miroslav Volf
“We are taking challenges and turning them into opportunities by developing homegrown, local energy production to become independent from foreign sources.”
― Mitch Daniels
“We still believe in the America that is a land of opportunity and a beacon of freedom. We believe in the America that challenges each of us to be better and bigger than ourselves.”
― Mitt Romney
“The journey towards restoring balance to markets, led by the kingdom, is proving successful despite the challenges.”
― Mohammad bin Salman
“We in the U.A.E. have no such word as ‘impossible’; it does not exist in our lexicon. Such a word is used by the lazy and the weak, who fear challenges and progress.”
― Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
“I suppose ‘My Hollywood’ is only as politically meaningful as it is deeply inside the least powerful of its characters. I wanted it to reveal scenes of subtle exploitation, odd instances of accidental power and challenges to decency specific to its time, but also impulses of generosity that transcend our particular era’s messes.”
― Mona Simpson
“The truth doesn’t lie. It’s up in your face. It’s in your conscience. It challenges your very being with the intention of cleaning you of sin and its influence.”
― Monica Johnson
“I have faced challenges during the initial stages of my career, and I see Run Adam as filling a vacuum.”
― MS Dhoni
“It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.”
― Muhammad Ali
“Exploring many different avenues, especially setting new challenges, has always fueled my passion for learning something new.”
― Mya
“Despite serious constraints, challenges, and non-cooperation from the Centre, we have managed to develop Andhra on all fronts and ensured that the state tops in national ranks on various parameters, apart from successfully attracting large-scale investments from global giants.”
― N. Chandrababu Naidu
“Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.”
― Nancy Gibbs
“I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.”
― Nancy Kerrigan
“One of the hardest challenges posed by the modern world is how to deal with abundance. It’s even harder to confront because admitting that it’s a problem seems spoiled.”
― Naomi Alderman
“Like my father, I don’t want to see anyone mistreated, anything like that. I’m very racial-conscious because my father had a lot of, you know, challenges in the area of race. I’m very sensitive to that kind of issue.”
― Natalie Cole
“There are constant challenges in the drawing process, especially in a period piece, and therein lay the fun.”
― Nate Powell
“Airbnb is creating a new marketplace for space and is facing many of the challenges that eBay faced back in 1998 when they created a new marketplace for goods.”
― Nathan Blecharczyk
“Being a father gave me a new purpose for existing. That newfound purpose has somehow given me the stamina and patience to take on the endless stream of challenges that come along with parenthood.”
― Nathan Blecharczyk
“Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges – and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.”
― Naveen Jain
“I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one’s humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.”
― Naveen Jain
“I’ve been an entrepreneur all my life, and my recent focus is on finding entrepreneurial solutions to address global challenges in healthcare and education.”
― Naveen Jain
“I believe that entrepreneurs play an unmatched role and the accelerating pace of innovation is transforming the face of global challenges. You must think about the solution differently when you’re trying to impact 1 billion people rather than affecting 1 million people.”
― Naveen Jain
“What separates sports from entrepreneurism, however, is that in business we constantly have to overcome undefined and unpredictable challenges. Athletes train for specific events and conditions, whereas entrepreneurs generally have little idea what they will encounter along the way.”
― Naveen Jain
“I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy.”
― Naveen Jain
“The goal must be to expand ourselves beyond one field of focus and use our improved access to information to solve the very real and extreme economic, environmental, and resource challenges we face as an interconnected, global society.”
― Naveen Jain
“Philanthropists can learn important lessons from business entrepreneurs. They both spend their time solving problems. And to be successful, they both must overcome physical challenges and create self-sustaining operations. And ultimately, they must allow people to take action for their own benefit.”
― Naveen Jain
“One of the challenges of having exceptionally high quality talent is that they’re constantly restless, and they’re constantly on the lookout for opportunities.”
― Naveen Tewari
“My parents realized the dangers of raising a daughter in a social, political, and legal climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls. Although they fled to London when I was just three weeks old, the challenges facing women’s rights in Iran became ingrained in my social consciousness.”
― Nazanin Boniadi
“I’m calling my book series the ‘with God series.’ And this next ‘with God’ book is Friendship with God, which comes out in November. This books challenges us to bring about the end of ‘better’ on this planet.”
― Neale Donald Walsch
“I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul… we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.”
― Neil Armstrong
“The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That’s just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don’t wait until they’re dead.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When we see animals doing remarkable things, how do we know if we’re simply seeing tricks or signs of real intelligence? Are talented animals just obeying commands, or do they have some kind of deeper understanding? One of the biggest challenges for animal researchers is to come up with tests that can distinguish between the two.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“People who are in politics to be right all the time would be better off taking up fly-fishing. It’s less dangerous. Politics that is not applied in the real world and doesn’t address the real challenges and paradoxes and agonies is a hobby.”
― Neil Kinnock
“Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it’s very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.”
― Nelson Mandela
“I wasn’t very good a communicating as a kid. I wasn’t very good at speaking my mind, and I went through some challenges as a kid with my family, as we all do.”
― Neve Campbell
“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.”
― Nicholas A. Christakis
“The band is a living, breathing thing. It grows in the same way we do as human beings and if it doesn’t, it dies. It’s important to feed the organism, and one way of doing that is to set musical challenges that keep it alive.”
― Nick Cave
“Cheese is good. And Britain, despite the grumblings of the French and the outrage of the Swiss, not to mention some plucky challenges from Italy, Austria, and Spain, has some of the best cheese in the world. We’re world leaders in cheese.”
― Nick Harkaway
“I enjoyed the NFL. I respected the players. It was a great opportunity to learn a lot of things, but the challenges were a little different, and it didn’t seem that you could control your own destiny, especially in terms of how you could bring players to the team.”
― Nick Saban
“I’m officially disabled, but I’m truly enabled because of my lack of limbs. My unique challenges have opened up unique opportunities to reach so many in need.”
― Nick Vujicic
“An independent Scotland – like all countries – will face challenges, and we will have our ups and downs. But the decisions about how we use our wealth will be ours.”
― Nicola Sturgeon
“In a presidential campaign, you can’t lie. You can’t hide what you are and what you want. You can’t hide what kind of President you’ll be. You can’t keep on talking about nothing indefinitely and committing to nothing, you can’t keep running away from debate, masking the challenges.”
― Nicolas Sarkozy
“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.”
― Nicole Richie
“I think life is full of challenges and problems. I don’t believe that anyone is perfect. We all make mistakes. It’s not a bed of roses, and you have to work real hard at it.”
― Nigel Mansell
“It’s in my blood to welcome all possible challenges. So something that makes me step out of my comfort zone is what I love doing.”
― Nikita Dutta
“I grew up in an area of inner-city Liverpool. There were plenty of opportunities but also plenty of challenges – you could go down the right or wrong path, depending on one moment.”
― Nikita Parris
“I want challenges. I want to compete. I don’t want it to always be easy. I don’t want it to always just be a few of us girls. I want there to be competition.”
― Nikki Bella
“A full accounting of adoption as an option would not underestimate its emotional challenges – the grief and loss for birth mothers, the uncertainties for adoptive parents operating under a patchwork of state laws.”
― Nina Easton
“I came to understand and observe that we’re all going to face obstacles. We’re going to have challenges. We’re going to fail. We’re going to have success. But all of it is going to ultimately be character-building. And it’s not going to deter us from wanting to achieve, to strive, and be successful.”
― Nina Tassler
“You face challenges in your personal life and in your professional life. I continue to be relentlessly optimistic and not focus on the negative.”
― Norah O’Donnell
“This is one of the challenges we have: knowing that playing without the ball is just as important as when you have the ball.”
― Nuno Espirito Santo
“What would ultimately de-escalate the challenges of society would be for people to get educated, especially for more women to be educated because when more women are educated, they invest much more of their time and income in ensuring that the next generation would perform even more than they have done.”
― Obiageli Ezekwesili
“I picked Tony Bellew because he is the man that takes the biggest challenges. He is not the usual type of fighter that will come, see how hard it is, and quit. He will come to fight until the end. These are the kind of fights that the world wants to see.”
― Oleksandr Usyk
“I understand why so many Americans are fed up with government. The 112th Congress was almost universally derided as the worst ever. It was the most polarized body since the end of Reconstruction, according to one study, and I grew embarrassed by its partisan bickering, inactivity, and refusal to address the vital challenges facing America.”
― Olympia Snowe
“Joining the Bipartisan Policy Center is a natural extension of my efforts to achieve results throughout my tenure in Congress, and it provides an ideal means for developing strategies that can garner the broad support necessary to achieve real solutions to the challenges confronting our nation.”
― Olympia Snowe
“For me, I’m always looking for the opportunity for a character that challenges me and lets me play two for the price of one.”
― Omari Hardwick
“Cloud computing, smartphones, social media platforms, and Internet of Things devices have already transformed how we communicate, work, shop, and socialize. These technologies gather unprecedented data streams leading to formidable challenges around privacy, profiling, manipulation, and personal safety.”
― Oren Etzioni
“Even when life challenges us, it’s a gift beyond all measure.”
― Parker Palmer
“Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.”
― Pat Conroy
“Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my faith, it sustains me now in my fight with Alzheimer’s disease.”
― Pat Summitt
“Among the laundry list of threats to our world, climate change more often than not makes these challenges worse.”
― Patricia Espinosa
“I’ll be at the table, as I’ve been, willing to talk to any Republican who says, ‘Look, my country is more important, this pile of bills is not going to go away, the challenges that we have is not going to disappear, we need to cross that divide.’ I’m ready. I’m waiting.”
― Patty Murray
“To make real progress in A.I., we have to overcome the big challenges in the area of common sense.”
― Paul Allen
“As always, space remains an unforgiving frontier, and the skies overhead will surely present obstacles and setbacks that must be overcome. But hard challenges demand fresh approaches, and I’m optimistic that Stratolaunch will yield transformative benefits – not only for scientists and space entrepreneurs, but for all of us.”
― Paul Allen
“Without the materials needed to manufacture new technologies, our future innovators will not have the resources necessary to tackle the biggest challenges we face in today’s society. I strongly believe in being a positive and creative force in the protection and enhancement of the local and global environment.”
― Paul E. Jacobs
“At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different, and, in fact, greater, challenges when attempting to treat complications of HIV disease.”
― Paul Farmer
“I think there’s something about a character facing the huge problems and challenges of the contemporary world and meeting them with – head on with courage, allowing for darkness and mistake, but ultimately always moral. That’s incredibly, incredibly inspiring, and that’s honestly what I think.”
― Paul Greengrass
“Our world faces difficult challenges, but no more so than in the past. Working together in a constructive spirit, we can assure our children the future they deserve.”
― Paul Kagame
“That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.”
― Paul Pierce
“We can no longer pretend that business is immune from the rising tide of environmental or social challenges or that companies can create value in isolation from the communities of which they are a part.”
― Paul Polman
“The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.”
― Paul Polman
“Every region in the world faces challenges – and Africa is hugely diverse, so its own challenges are varied.”
― Paul Polman
“P&G started in 1837, Nestle in 1857. These companies have been around for so long because they are in tune with society. They are very responsible companies, despite the challenges that they sometimes deal with, all the criticism they get.”
― Paul Polman
“There are so many challenges and different parts to the job of singing. When you’re in the studio, you have to be really, really, precise. You’ve got to keep everything clean and nice because that’s going to be something that’s down forever. And then you go onstage, and it’s much more in the moment.”
― Paul Rodgers
“Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country’s biggest challenges. The country’s biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis, and I’m really hoping that he is going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis.”
― Paul Ryan
“While President Obama shirks his responsibility to advance solutions to our fiscal challenges, he can no longer hide from the merciless math of the balance sheet. Conservatives have made certain of that.”
― Paul Ryan
“I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America’s greatness.”
― Paul Tsongas
“Sometimes the hurdles aren’t really hurdles at all. They’re welcome challenges, tests.”
― Paul Walker
“As a general rule, I do not think judges should consider current societal preferences when ruling on constitutional challenges.”
― Paul Watford
“What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.”
― Paulo Coelho
“Having challenges in your life open doors for you.”
― Payal Kadakia
“In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that’s almost the most exciting part.”
― Payal Kadakia
“Building a wall won’t solve our border security challenges.”
― Pete Buttigieg
“The Internet was appealing partly because it was something I could do in bed and feel like I was achieving something. I had an operation when I was 13 and ended up with complications, so I was in and out of the hospital. The bottom line is you can get through health challenges. It’s part of why I was so driven.”
― Pete Cashmore
“Succeeding against an army of strawmen might feel good as a speech, but in reality, the world is filled with extraordinarily difficult challenges and very real consequences as a result of how we face them.”
― Pete Hoekstra
“America, at its core, is a country of strong and resilient people who are prepared to confront the challenges posed by those who seek to do us harm.”
― Pete Hoekstra
“America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.”
― Pete Hoekstra
“President-elect Donald Trump has a host of national security challenges to deal with as he assumes office, from the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan to the grinding Syrian civil war to the flexing of Russian muscles under President Vladimir Putin to how to deal with ISIS as the terrorist army retreats in Iraq.”
― Peter Bergen
“Imagine what we could do for the world’s grand challenges with a trillion hours of focused attention.”
― Peter Diamandis
“I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.”
― Peter Diamandis
“As a young woman, I was disturbed by the fact that there was no imagery that truly expressed the experience of a young woman and the challenges and turbulence we go through. All we had were teenage magazines like ‘Cosmopolitan,’ which are very one-sided and show an objectified view of women.”
― Petra Collins
“Art is all about giving yourself these terrifying challenges, these peaks to climb. You’re at the bottom of the mountain at the start of every new project thinking, ‘Am I going to make it?’”
― Phyllida Lloyd
“Congress should pass legislation to remove from the federal courts their jurisdiction to hear these outrageous challenges to the Ten Commandments and the Pledge of Allegiance.”
― Phyllis Schlafly
“Alas, those six unfortunate souls who have made their way through my books know that every one of them is about Emerson and Thoreau and their dark counters, Melville and Emily Dickinson. Try as I might, I can’t get their inspirations, their challenges and sentences and wisdom and questions out of my head.”
― Pico Iyer
“Robert Lewandowski is a fantastic forward. He challenges me in every match with his performances and goals.”
― Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“Statistics are just a compilation of people’s stories put on paper, and legislation is our attempt to address those real challenges for people.”
― Pramila Jayapal
“I have to accept challenges wherever I play. Be it, India, U-19, state of T20 Leagues, I have to accept the challenges the same way I do when I play for India.”
― Prithvi Shaw
“The challenges of delivering more housing so people can enjoy the benefits of home ownership and improving standards and choice in public services can also be met with a strong Conservative policy agenda.”
― Priti Patel
“On the Left, there is an emerging nostalgia on for renationalisation as a panacea for all our economic challenges. Every train fare increase, water price rise or electricity rate change triggers a well-orchestrated hue and cry for our essential infrastructure to be taken back into public hands.”
― Priti Patel
“When the world faces its biggest challenges, it looks to Britain to show the strong leadership needed to overcome them.”
― Priti Patel
“As a nation, we face a choice. With parts of the world on fire, can we ignore the despair beyond our borders? Or do we use our global influence and leadership to confront these challenges head-on?”
― Priti Patel
“Being a boss has been one of the greatest privileges and challenges of my life.”
― Rachel Hollis
“For me, I just like new challenges.”
― Rachel Morrison
“Parents are teachers as much as caregivers, and our children learn to navigate life’s challenges by watching us. Kids can get a road map for how to handle painful emotions.”
― Rachel Simmons
“1971-79 was when I shared the stage with my father. We did more than 500 plays together. He was a hard worker, and learning from him was more than a delight. The way he faced challenges and political pressure was a treat to watch.”
― Radha Ravi
“As an actor, I love challenges.”
― Radhika Pandit
“I fight because I like challenges.”
― Rafael dos Anjos
“I was in the hockey team in school, played football. One of the challenges for me was to make the team feel better. It helped me evolve, so batting at different positions was never a problem.”
― Rahul Dravid
“Even small challenges are big challenges for me. I take all challenges seriously. I do not differentiate between big and small challenges.”
― Rajnath Singh
“If you so choose, the challenges can make you stronger. If you so choose, the disappointments can make you more determined.”
― Ralph Marston
“I like new challenges and new experiences.”
― Ramon Rodriguez
“Because being CEO can feel lonely, I journal religiously as a way to express my thoughts, feelings and aspirations. Looking back at earlier entries helps me reflect on challenges and celebrate progress and successes.”
― Rana el Kaliouby
“I like conflict – someone who challenges me, someone who I can look up to, someone who can keep me in check. Love has to be extraordinary; otherwise, there’s no point in it. I just haven’t met anyone who’s made me feel that way.”
― Ranbir Kapoor
“If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way.”
― Ratan Tata
“Challenges need to be given to an organization.”
― Ratan Tata
“It sounds corny, but I never have avoided the challenges – I relish them – I think it’s what make me tick, to a certain extent.”
― Raymond Kelly
“If multi-stakeholder Internet governance is to survive an endless series of challenges, its champions must commit to serving the interests and protecting the rights of all Internet users around the world, particularly those in developing countries where Internet use is growing fastest.”
― Rebecca MacKinnon
“Writing a short story is like painting a picture on the head of a pin. And just getting everything to fit is – sometimes seems impossible. Writing a novel, though, is – has its own challenges of scope. And I think of that as painting a mural, where the challenge is that if you are close enough to work on it, you’re too close to see the whole thing.”
― Rebecca Makkai
“Despite its challenges, the novel offers an opportunity to live in one story for years of your imaginative life. There’s a tremendous richness to that.”
― Rebecca Makkai
“’The End of Men’ was an incendiary title, but the actual book was very sympathetic to men. It was very invested in a lot of the challenges men are facing with unemployment and the economy changing because of technology.”
― Rebecca Traister
“A startup, to a some degree, is a set of those challenges of, ‘If you don’t solve this, you’re dead.’”
― Reid Hoffman
“Dance has helped me overcome a lot of personal challenges. If I feel sad or depressed, I just go to the set and dance. It makes me feel alive.”
― Remo D’Souza
“I was always really smart in school. My whole family is smart. We have ‘Jeopardy’ challenges and have Scrabble tournaments.”
― Remy Ma
“You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don’t just follow the herd like somebody else might do.”
― Renny Harlin
“All over the Middle East, we face difficult challenges: the ongoing tragedy in Syria, the instability in Iraq, and the jihadist terrorism which dares to speak in the name of Islam, brings so many to seek refuge. The Hashemite Kingdom is facing all these challenges with honor, with dignity, and with great national and human solidarity.”
― Reuven Rivlin
“My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.”
― Richard Branson
“In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together – and I look forward to the challenges ahead.”
― Richard Burr
“As governor, I’ll reverse cuts to the Local Government Fund and will work cooperatively with communities across the state to combat the challenges they face.”
― Richard Cordray
“Going forward, we are mindful of the challenges we face in the competitive retail landscape, but we have demonstrated that our concept of building compelling brands that focus on the customers’ lifestyles can produce superior results. We will not waver from that concept.”
― Richard Hayne
“I think that retiring the baby boomers is going to be one of the great challenges in America, that you cannot make fiscal sense out of the future of our children without taking on entitlements.”
― Richard Lamm
“It is in the interest of Americans to find out what those wanting to be president think about a wide range of challenges and what they might do about them. We should want to get their take on the wisdom of past decisions, what they agree and disagree with, and why.”
― Richard N. Haass
“There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity.”
― Richard Rogers
“I have to say. I kind of love all that stuff – those physical challenges. I guess there will come a time when I’ll get sick of it but at this stage, I just like it all.”
― Richard Roxburgh
“A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress.”
― Richard V. Allen
“My grandmother was a single mother. My mother’s a single mother, and I have four daughters. I’ve experienced firsthand the challenges of what it is to be a single mother. And many of those challenges are challenges that, if we all just got together and worked together and thought about it together, we could help solve.”
― Richelieu Dennis
“Arizona faces unique healthcare challenges including uncompensated care for illegal immigrants, and the large number of Native Americans who live in remote and isolated areas of the state.”
― Rick Renzi
“The ability to collect, analyze, triangulate and visualize vast amounts of data in real time is something the human race has never had before. This new set of tools, often referred by the lofty term ‘Big Data,’ has begun to emerge as a new approach to addressing some of the biggest challenges facing our planet.”
― Rick Smolan
“If you identify yourself as a great football player, anytime anyone challenges that, you’re going to have some kind of problem.”
― Ricky Williams
“I like challenges. That’s why if I read a script, and I feel, ‘Oh, I can’t do this,’ I’ll take that role, because if I feel like, ‘Oh, I can do this,’ I don’t want to take that because I can’t learn from that film.”
― Rinko Kikuchi
“I start my day by trying to be healthy and exercising and thinking about and reading about the challenges. I live the mission that way.”
― Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
“Ranbir doesn’t like to portray characters which are larger than life. I am very proud that he took such challenges.”
― Rishi Kapoor
“I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That’s always a challenge.”
― Rita Coolidge
“I love challenges. And that’s just in life.”
― RJ Cyler
“Sometimes, you need different things in life, you need different challenges that will give you that little boost.”
― Robbie Keane
“To be sure, Kennedy did not discount the importance of words in rallying the nation to meet its foreign and domestic challenges. Winston Churchill’s powerful exhortations during World War II set a standard he had long admired. Kennedy was hardly unmindful of how important a great inaugural address could be.”
― Robert Dallek
“Athletes love challenges, and golf is something you can never master.”
― Robert Horry
“We will face the challenges head on. We will work with both parties, across the aisle, to make our state better.”
― Robert J. Bentley
“When it comes to setting national priorities, determining threats, defining challenges, and fashioning and implementing foreign and defense policies, the United States and Europe have parted ways.”
― Robert Kagan
“It was easy being healthy when I was young. I was full of energy, so sports and physical challenges were fun. But as I got older and the spring left my step, exercise became harder, and eating, drinking and watching TV became easier. By the time I was 50, I’d put on 50 pounds.”
― Robert Kiyosaki
“But we had – I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States.”
― Robert Mueller
“What I have learned about Metallica is that it’s all about taking chances and challenges.”
― Robert Trujillo
“It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.”
― Robert Zoellick
“One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.”
― Robert Zoellick
“I like to take up difficult challenges and work hard towards achieving my goals.”
― Roberto Mancini
“It became clear over time that white people have extremely low thresholds for enduring any discomfort associated with challenges to our racial worldviews.”
― Robin DiAngelo
“One of the greatest challenges in collecting child support is that deadbeat dads move from job to job and state to state. it’s hard to keep track of them.”
― Rod Blagojevich
“Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it’s the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you pull it off.”
― Roger Deakins
“Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.”
― Roger Ebert
“Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.”
― Roger Ebert
“Every track has its challenges, but Suzuka is a continuous test of a driver’s skills, and I think that’s what makes it so beautiful to drive.”
― Romain Grosjean
“I’m inspired by challenges. My life was always like this.”
― Romario
“Really, a wedding is the first and biggest party people throw in their lifetime, so there’s a lot of challenges and a lot of pressure.”
― Ron Ben-Israel
“Being a mayor was an awesome, difficult job. Being the chair of the Armed Services Committee was perhaps the most incredible time in my life, because I got up one morning, and the peacenik from Berkeley was chair of the Armed Services Committee, and it was the greatest – one of the great challenges of my life.”
― Ron Dellums
“Detroit’s financial challenges – the decline of the American auto industry, the impact of the global economic recession, declining population, and an erosion of the municipal tax base – are key to understanding what led this great city to an inability to provide basic city services or to carry out the normal functions of a municipality.”
― Ron Dellums
“America needs a new generation of leaders to address the big issues facing the country: alleviating the middle class squeeze and promoting economic opportunity, confronting the significant national security challenges threatening the safety of our people, and reforming the culture of Washington, D.C.”
― Ron DeSantis
“For a man who has compared himself to Theodore Roosevelt and the nation’s challenges to those of the Gilded Age, Obama put forward a tepid agenda.”
― Ron Fournier
“The toughest challenges I’ve faced are the deaths of my mother and Stephen Gately.”
― Ronan Keating
“You just keep a positive attitude no matter what comes in your way – challenges, roadblocks – don’t let it faze you, and you can overcome anything.”
― Rose Namajunas
“And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities.”
― Rowan Atkinson
“The need for a college education is even more important now than it was before, but I think that the increased costs are a very severe obstacle to access. It is an American dream, and I think that one of our challenges is to find a way to make that available.”
― Roy Romer
“The women I see are very brave women, very strong women, women that are facing a lot of challenges and yet are up to the challenges and are making a very big effort. So I don’t see why one of them cannot become a president – one day.”
― Rula Ghani
“I prefer to call the most obnoxious feminists what they really are: feminazis. Tom Hazlett, a good friend who is an esteemed and highly regarded professor of economics at the University of California at Davis, coined the term to describe any female who is intolerant of any point of view that challenges militant feminism.”
― Rush Limbaugh
“One of the biggest challenges we have, folks, is making liberty and freedom cool.”
― Rush Limbaugh
“Ladies and gentlemen, even my own staff challenges me. When I issue edicts, commands, orders, ideas, you would think that there would be overwhelming blanket acquiescence, approval, and support.”
― Rush Limbaugh
“Life is filled with detours and dead ends, trials and challenges of every kind. Each of us has likely had times when distress, anguish, and despair almost consumed us.”
― Russell M. Nelson
“Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges.”
― Russell M. Nelson
“Many shoulder heavy burdens of righteous responsibility which, on occasion, seem so difficult to bear. I have heard those challenges termed impossible.”
― Russell M. Nelson
“I feel impressed to counsel those engaged in personal challenges to do right. In particular, my heart reaches out to those who feel discouraged by the magnitude of their struggle.”
― Russell M. Nelson
“In this world filled with challenges, we do need help from time to time. Religion, eternal truth, and our missionaries are vital parts of that help.”
― Russell M. Nelson
“I’m only ambitious in the sense that I want to work in as many different media as I can and to play characters which are different to me and to each other. I want to do work that frightens me or challenges me, be it in Dublin or Zimbabwe. I just want to be working.”
― Ruth Bradley
“I’ve taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that’s what I like and I’d rather do that than be safe all the time.”
― Ruud Gullit
“As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest challenges you will face will be building your brand. The ultimate goal is to set your company and your brand apart from the crowd. If you form a strategy without doing the research, your brand will barely float – and at the speed industries move at today, brands sink fast.”
― Ryan Holmes
“There’s always difficulties and challenges in every life, I don’t care how much money you make, where you live… and that’s something this film speaks to.”
― Ryan Phillippe
“We might be too proud to admit it as guys, but we still need to learn how to manage responsibility, how to face our challenges.”
― Ryan Reynolds
“There’s a reason Montana produces more SEALs than any other state. As a collegiate athlete, I enjoyed the mental and physical challenges Division I football presented.”
― Ryan Zinke
“While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges.”
― Ryoko Tani
“I always believe there is no fun without challenges.”
― S. Sreesanth
“At Amazon, we were not working with the e-commerce division but with the Web services team. We started Flipkart completely from scrap. Moreover, the whole shopping behaviour and infrastructure challenges in the Indian market were different from that in the U.S. and European markets.”
― Sachin Bansal
“All Western cities face significant challenges on social integration. Our populations are booming, but social integration is not keeping pace. Rapid growth is a sign of our success, but it also puts stress on housing, infrastructure – and on communities.”
― Sadiq Khan
“I was fully aware of the challenges facing London before I was elected as mayor, but I didn’t anticipate the issue that is likely to define my time as mayor – Brexit.”
― Sadiq Khan
“Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender.”
― Safra A. Catz
“There are a lot of challenges we are facing, like how you are supposed to react to emotional stress.”
― Sam Fender
“Growing up on a family farm, I know firsthand the challenges of running a small business… challenges that only seem to be growing for today’s entrepreneurs.”
― Sam Graves
“My childhood had its challenges, like everyone’s. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.”
― Sam Taylor-Johnson
“Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has in the past.”
― Samuel P. Huntington
“One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.”
― Samuel Wilson
“I believe that every human being has mental challenges.”
― Sandra Bullock
“One of the things I’ve learned is people are smart, and they understand what should be done. They understand what the challenges are, but they’re not always able to have their voices heard.”
― Sandra E. Peterson
“I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.”
― Sanford I. Weill
“I have always chosen subjects which are little different, and not subjects that you see. That challenges me and the actors who work in the project.”
― Sanjay Leela Bhansali
“While UPA2’s handling of immediate foreign policy challenges can be criticised, it would be difficult to challenge the long-term relevance of the principles that define the Manmohan Singh Doctrine.”
― Sanjaya Baru
“Like all women, my path to womanhood is unique. No two paths are the same. Each of us travel with different privileges, challenges, and perspectives – some limiting, others illuminating.”
― Sarah McBride
“Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.”
― Sarah Zettel
“There are many challenges our country has – our economic security, our national security.”
― Scott Morrison
“The thing that really interests me is characters facing challenges that are emblematic of the things they are most frightened of about themselves.”
― Scott Snyder
“Each season was different and presented its own set of circumstances and challenges.”
― Scottie Pippen
“There are no guarantees in the league, and the challenges will always be there.”
― Scottie Pippen
“Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn – we wouldn’t be who we are without them.”
― Sean Combs
“You can’t start changing things in your past. Everyone has challenges and lessons to learn – we wouldn’t be who we are without them. I certainly wouldn’t be who I am.”
― Sean Combs
“I’ve dealt with many challenges in my life, with my family.”
― Sean Faris
“When I moved to Sheffield and went to a secondary modern in the Seventies, there were certain challenges: if you’ve got a name like Sebastian, you either learn to fight or to run.”
― Sebastian Coe
“Whether you’re dealing with your allies in Europe or you’re dealing with a resurgent Russia, whether you’re dealing with Iran or North Korea, you have to use the whole panoply of national tools of power to deal with the challenges the world faces.”
― Sebastian Gorka
“If centrist parties face the challenges and start working for their people more efficiently, the ground for left- or right-wing populism will become less fertile.”
― Sebastian Kurz
“I’ve discovered that anxiety, panic attacks, and depression can be side effects of lupus, which can present their own challenges.”
― Selena Gomez
“Russia and the U.S. bear a special responsibility in world affairs. We have much to offer the rest of the world. Our common history testifies to this, and modern challenges demand that we work together.”
― Sergei Lavrov
“I like challenges, and thus, I keep trying something different and new every time. And these challenges and interests turn into passion.”
― Shaheer Sheikh
“Playing the character of Arjun is a challenging task, and I like taking up challenges.”
― Shaheer Sheikh
“I am not one to run away from challenges, as I am a fighter, and I will come back.”
― Shahid Afridi
“I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it’s up to us to find solutions today so that we don’t keep passing our problems on.”
― Shakira
“Nobody challenges me. I challenge myself.”
― Shakuntala Devi
“When working men and women have secure jobs with living wages and social protection, they can invest in the economy at levels which will increase demand and help overcome the twin challenges of ageing populations and economic stagnation.”
― Sharan Burrow
“Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and dropout rates. We have islands of excellence floating in a sea of mediocrity.”
― Shashi Tharoor
“Global challenges also require global solutions, and few indeed are the situations in which the United States or any other country can act completely alone.”
― Shashi Tharoor
“I can perform easily; I don’t mind getting up in front of people at all. I’ve always sung and felt confident about that, and guitar playing isn’t a stretch, but songwriting is. We all have our challenges in what we do, and that’s mine.”
― Shawn Colvin
“Injury taught me I need to learn how to face challenges.”
― Shawn Johnson
“I need to learn how to face challenges.”
― Shawn Johnson
“Certainly in my appetite for more challenges, it’s very much alive. I love comedy and it comes to me in a natural way.”
― Shawn Levy
“There were challenges with production because of the special effects. There are just some things that, although written, special effects just isn’t able to do.”
― Shawn Wayans
“The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure out what they really are.”
― Sherry Turkle
“Technology challenges us to assert our human values, which means that first of all, we have to figure out what they are.”
― Sherry Turkle
“Technology challenges us to look at our human values. We can try to use technology to cure Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, which would be a blessing, but that blessing is not a reason to move from artificial brain enhancement to artificial intimacy.”
― Sherry Turkle
“Every company I know is looking for more women at the table. Every board is looking for more women at the table. There’s a reason why men want to understand the challenges women face, address them, because then they’re going to be better hirers, attracters and retainers of women.”
― Sheryl Sandberg
“’Option B’ draws not just on my story but on the research and stories of many people overcoming all kinds of adversity. No one should have to go through challenges and trauma alone.”
― Sheryl Sandberg
“There are so many kids in this country growing up in poverty, facing very, very hard challenges… We need resilience for all of them.”
― Sheryl Sandberg
“I never think about pride. I don’t think about stuff like that. I just enjoy the moment of my life. I think about just trying harder and continuing to find challenges to move toward.”
― Shinsuke Nakamura
“I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I’ll always pick a comedy over a drama.”
― Sigourney Weaver
“I need some challenges in love or I’m bored.”
― Simon Baker
“As we approach each of the great social challenges of our time we must acknowledge that old thinking will not provide the new solutions we need. These solutions will be uncomfortable, hard to sell and risky to execute. But the cost of not doing so is even greater.”
― Simon Mainwaring
“The United States is at a critical juncture in time. Our government is riddled with historic debt, and the limited resources of philanthropic and non-profit efforts cannot meet the scale of social challenges we face with necessary force.”
― Simon Mainwaring
“One of the greatest challenges companies face in adjusting to the impact of social media, is knowing where to start.”
― Simon Mainwaring
“Corporations, consumers, and citizens must begin acting in concert to create a powerful third pillar of social transformation if we hope to meet the social challenges we currently face with equal force. This begins with corporations that choose to alter how they practice capitalism in two ways to serve the greater good.”
― Simon Mainwaring
“No one doubts the enormity of the social challenges we face around the world but one critical element of our response must be the generation of new thinking and ideas. Yet creating the conditions that make this possible is not simple.”
― Simon Mainwaring
“I don’t think journalism changes. It’s about digging into stories and telling them well. The basic tenets of great reporting stay the same while things around it change. Technology has made reporting easier, but it has also caused job loss. Social media has increased discussion around topics, but it has its own challenges at times.”
― Soledad O’Brien
“To be very honest, I cannot drape a saree myself. I have never draped one on my own, ever. But it has been done on me so many times, that now I have memorised all the steps, and if someone challenges me, I will surely be able to do it.”
― Sonakshi Sinha
“Well-settled is just a state of mind. I don’t think I’m in that state. I look for challenges every day. Bringing up my child, looking after my house is also a challenge.”
― Sonali Bendre
“Through my writing, I have made new friends and continued to learn about this world of ours in all its wonder, with all its challenges.”
― Sonia Levitin
“The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They’ve changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.”
― Spencer Abraham
“Corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion are global problems, not just challenges for developing countries.”
― Sri Mulyani Indrawati
“I’m not a parent, but it seems to me the nature of parenting is contingent, full of unexpected challenges – which is one of the wonderful and amazing things about it.”
― Stacey D’Erasmo
“Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.”
― Stanislav Grof
“You’re going to find out who your friends are. Anything that happens in your life is one of those challenges. It may not be at the level of celebrity, but everybody’s going to travel that road.”
― Stanley A. McChrystal
“One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of an ecclesial culture to produce Christians.”
― Stanley Hauerwas
“My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand.”
― Stella McCartney
“The growing diversity of family life comes with new possibilities as well as new challenges.”
― Stephanie Coontz
“Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.”
― Stephen Covey
“Studies have identified a significant ‘skills gap’ between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today’s global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.”
― Stephen Covey
“During the Reagan Administration, so much attention was devoted to fighting Marxism in Nicaragua and El Salvador that Washington lost sight of longer-term challenges in other countries.”
― Stephen Kinzer
“I think one of the big challenges facing modern liberalism is that there’s not a great emotional appeal to an international identity, like a citizen-of-the-world identity.”
― Stephen Miller
“Every project has challenges, and every project has its rewards.”
― Stephen Schwartz
“That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you’re not getting any phone calls, I can shut everything down, and I’m just more creative at night.”
― Stephenie Meyer
“One of the biggest challenges we had in the first decade was not that many people had personal computers. There weren’t that many people to sell to, and it was hard to identify them.”
― Steve Case
“There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.”
― Steve Coogan
“We can see what works in one part of the world and one market, and we can share that knowledge and expertise with markets that are facing challenges.”
― Steve Easterbrook
“Princeton University’s campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.”
― Steven Holl
“It’s time for the sensible center to rise up and push for a rational approach to our fiscal challenges.”
― Steven Rattner
“Management, at every level, is about the effort to frame challenges, define end states, and allocate resources to navigate between them.”
― Steven Sinofsky
“I think if you exercise, your state of mind – my state of mind – is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem.”
― Stone Gossard
“’Matilda’ is my favorite movie of all time. It’s so funny. It’s about this girl who’s so independent and smart, and she has to learn how to get through all these challenges she faces, and she gets through them all so well.”
― Storm Reid
“As a former small business owner, I recognize both the important role small businesses play in our economy and the broad universe of challenges that small business owners face in trying to make ends meet.”
― Sue Kelly
“For me, being a starter doesn’t matter. Of course, I’d like to be in at the end of the game, to be a big part of the team, and to play as many minutes as I can play. But starting and coming off the bench are two different challenges.”
― Sue Wicks
“I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport.”
― Sugar Ray Leonard
“When I ask the young people from California why they want to go to New York, and the ones from the East why they’re determined to go West, I hear what you’d expect: new challenges, different weather, boyfriends, girlfriends, to make a name… They laugh when I say, ‘But your poor mother.’”
― Susan Estrich
“I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I saw so many 15, 16, even 20 year-olds who could not read, had little hope that they would ever find work, faced more challenges than opportunities in life, dropped out of school at some point, and turned to crime.”
― Susana Martinez
“One of the more interesting challenges I face when doing research for my novels is to trace the lives of women who are vital to the narrative and try my best to give them back their voices.”
― Susanna Kearsley
“We don’t have a lot of technology people in Congress, so one of the basic things is to help people be educated on how technology works: what’s there, where is it headed, what some of the challenges and opportunities are.”
― Suzan DelBene
“Many have gone on to do important scientific work but all remember those wonderful times when we and our science were young and our excitement in meeting new challenges knew no bounds.”
― Sydney Brenner
“Remember, life itself is a mission. While we are on the go, we need to stop between steps to re-focus on the Word and the Will of God. While we are on the go, I mean, while we are on the mission, we need to sometimes stop at intervals to assess our progress and prepare ourselves for the challenges ahead.”
― T. B. Joshua
“Providing individuals with multiple pathways and resources to find work or foster ideas that both create jobs and address social challenges can have significant impact. Ultimately, this helps address the unemployment challenge.”
― Tae Yoo
“When private sector, government, social, and philanthropic leaders apply innovative partnerships and technologies to address social challenges and build sustainable communities, the impact is multiplied.”
― Tae Yoo
“Every day, I witness innovative technologies being used to not only address social challenges but to build stronger communities – here in the U.S. and across the globe.”
― Tae Yoo
“With a more intimate understanding of our world, we can begin to eradicate some of our most pressing challenges – even hunger and the availability of drinkable water.”
― Tae Yoo
“People who have worked in some capacity for the good of society are often well-equipped to meet challenges, think creatively, and be innovative.”
― Tae Yoo
“National service can bridge the gap between the social challenges we face and the resources needed to overcome them.”
― Tae Yoo
“I’m looking for challenges, and as always, what matters is the script, the character and the director.”
― Tahar Rahim
“Here’s how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it’s health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.”
― Tamara Tunie
“Every day, members of the LGBTQ community deal with challenges that most Americans will never have to face. These challenges appear in the workplace, in your homes, in your community, and even in the halls of Congress.”
― Tammy Duckworth
“The lessons I learned as an officer, the challenges I’ve faced, and the camaraderie I’ve experienced are at the core of who I am.”
― Tammy Duckworth
“We all have roadblocks; we all have challenges.”
― Tamron Hall
“I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.”
― Tamron Hall
“We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can’t let that hold you down… If that’s the first thing you think about as a black woman – the challenge that lies ahead – you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.”
― Tamron Hall
“The 21st century – and the atheists – needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.”
― Tariq Ramadan
“It’s hard to see how the Copyright Office can rise to the many challenges of the 21st-century work that you do without dramatically more independence and dramatically more flexibility.”
― Ted Deutch
“HB2 discriminates against fellow citizens because of who they are. This law directly challenges the legitimacy of the identity of transgender persons and then compels them to deny it every time they use a public restroom.”
― Ted Olson
“As we enter 2015, we are faced with overwhelming challenges. However, the dawn of 2015 also promises unlimited potential and the opportunity to begin rebuilding America.”
― Ted Yoho
“I’m especially interested in projects from authors who were always wonderful writers but who got stuck in the midlist mire due to the challenges of traditional publishing.”
― Teresa Medeiros
“I feel honored to be an example for others. It makes it feel worthwhile to have overcome all the challenges I have encountered so I can help others to dream and also fulfill their dreams.”
― Terezinha Guilhermina
“When you get into this industry and the restrictions placed on women, first, and then on women on color, next? Yeah, this business comes with its challenges. But I do not shy away from those challenges.”
― Teyonah Parris
“The ‘Real World Challenges’ were amazing. However, Hollywood, back when I was on reality shows, did not like reality shows.”
― The Miz
“As prime minister, I was able often to meet people, to try to understand their needs and the country’s economic situation – but it wasn’t as if I was planning or ever expected to become president, so I wasn’t thinking back then of what I would do if I was in this position, I was just trying to understand the problems and challenges.”
― Thein Sein
“My family’s challenges meant we lived hand to mouth. There were weeks when we had neither electricity nor heating.”
― Theo Paphitis
“When I was on ‘Dragons’ Den,’ most of the letters I received were from people under 16. They wrote about their ideas, their views, their challenges. The audience is actually a very young audience.”
― Theo Paphitis
“Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.”
― Theresa Rebeck
“I think artists can influence only through making music that challenges people, excites them and flips them out. Music that repeats what you know in ever-decreasing derivation, that’s unchallenging and unstimulating, deadens our minds, our imagination and our ability to see beyond the hell we find ourselves in.”
― Thom Yorke
“People are at their best when they are challenged. If we don’t challenge ourselves, nature has a way of giving us challenges anyway. There is great value in our struggles, and human nature has shown us that we only value the things we struggle to achieve.”
― Thomas Frey
“When it comes to dealing with the world’s climate and energy challenges, I have a simple rule: change America, change the world.”
― Thomas Friedman
“One of the challenges of being a director is often you don’t get to work with your peers. You know, writers can write together, and as a director you get to work with so many wonderful actors and writers and designers. But it’s pretty rare that you get a chance to partner in that way with another director.”
― Thomas Kail
“I’m a great believer that the Lord provides us specific experiences to prepare us to deal with some of the challenges that we’re going to encounter in our own period of service.”
― Thomas S. Monson
“Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.”
― Thurgood Marshall
“I’m a person who likes to tackle challenges. Google was a challenge when I got there. I think AOL’s a challenge. The way we run the company is a very team-focused environment.”
― Tim Armstrong
“We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges.”
― Tim Berners-Lee
“Instead of more talk about salmon and high-speed rails, more criticism of the Supreme Court or more praise for the Soviet’s Sputnik mission – President Obama should use his State of the Union Address to tell the American people the truth about the fundamental financial challenges our country faces.”
― Tim Griffin
“It’s been one of those things where anybody that’s played a sport at the professional level, there’s always a lot of challenges. And the one thing that’s always been a constant for me is Jesus Christ and my faith – and just knowing that my walk with Christ is steadily going up.”
― Tim Hudson
“I love drafting like I love eating ice cream or having sex; I love revising like I love doing logic puzzles; I love line-editing like I love perfectly organizing a bookshelf; I hate reviewing copyedits and the second round of proofreading because, by then, I’m getting pretty tired of my own words. They all have their own challenges, though.”
― Tim Pratt
“The major economic policy challenges facing the nation today – pick your favorites among the usual suspects of low public and household savings, concerns about educational quality and achievement, high and rising income inequality, the large imbalances between our social insurance commitments and resources – are not about monetary policy.”
― Timothy Geithner
“From a writer’s standpoint, each character and story presents its own unique challenges and delights. I’m deeply curious about all of my characters, and I love peeling away their layers to see what’s underneath their skin, or secreted deep within their hearts.”
― Tina St. John
“I like to overcome great challenges.”
― Todd Young
“Sometimes these challenges naturally select more chefs that can think on their feet very quickly. There are chefs I know who won’t put things on the menu unless they’ve tried it four or five times. So you just naturally select a certain kind of chef, people who maybe don’t win a bunch of challenges but they hang around.”
― Tom Colicchio
“You never know what kind of challenges are going to be thrown in your way or opportunities will arise.”
― Tom Cotton
“I don’t care who you are, life has challenges.”
― Tom Cruise
“Let there be no doubt: the state of our union is strong – stronger than the terrorists who seek to harm us and stronger than the challenges that confront us. At the same time, we know that our union can be stronger still.”
― Tom Daschle
“When you coach as long as I did, you can’t help but miss those Saturdays – dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.”
― Tom Osborne
“’Ulysses’ is the greatest anti-racist text in the English language, and it challenges right from the beginning the vicious racism which lies near the foundations of the Irish Free State and of the Irish republic.”
― Tom Paulin
“Secretary Clinton is tough, smart, and understands better than any candidate the challenges that parents are talking about around dinner tables and keeping families up at night.”
― Tom Perez
“The best way to promote and protect opportunity is through collaboration, consensus-building, and pragmatic problem-solving. Throughout nearly 30 years in public service, I have approached tough challenges by making room for as many people as possible around the table in search of common ground.”
― Tom Perez
“One of the challenges of the church is to accept humanity for all it is.”
― Tom Shadyac
“America faces very real challenges. The climate crisis, inequality, stagnant wages, student debt – the list goes on. Rather than address these serious problems, Trump uses hate-filled rhetoric to divide America by race, religion, and ancestry.”
― Tom Steyer
“With many serious challenges facing our country – pressing issues like climate change, income inequality, and education – Trump has expressed neither the inclination nor the ability to take on these problems.”
― Tom Steyer
“In American politics, the deepest rivalry is between the rational world and the right wing of the GOP, who are increasingly marginalized in their view that America cannot take on the big challenges.”
― Tom Steyer
“Faced with global challenges, politicians like Donald Trump have played on the fears and concerns of the American people with divisive, hateful rhetoric and proposals.”
― Tom Steyer
“No other game combines the wonder of nature with the discipline of sport in such carefully planned ways. A great golf course both frees and challenges a golfer’s mind.”
― Tom Watson
“The hard left labels anyone who challenges it ‘divisive.’ The leftists live in a world where everyone is free to look different but must think the same. I don’t play their game. I threaten them and their narrative. That’s why they slap the ‘divisive’ label and attempt to dismiss me. It’s not going to work – not on me.”
― Tomi Lahren
“I’ve always liked big challenges in football and playing against the best.”
― Toni Kroos
“But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it’s beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.”
― Tony Blair
“I have recently taken on two major challenges: running the CHC BOLD PAC and serving Los Angeles as our voice on the Energy and Commerce Committee.”
― Tony Cardenas
“I don’t really get to attend church. That’s definitely one of the challenges. I’m always playing on Sunday, and that’s tough because I really never get to take the sacrament – maybe once every three or four months when I’m home and have a week off.”
― Tony Finau
“It is easy to predict that some of the discoveries of research directed towards Grand Challenges – but only the most unexpected ones, and at the most unexpected times – will be the basis of revolutionary improvements in the way that we exploit the power of our future computing devices.”
― Tony Hoare
“I have seen countless colleagues struggle to come to terms with retirement. I learned a lot from Richard Dunwoody when he was riding, and I completely understand why he took off and undertook what most people consider mad challenges.”
― Tony McCoy
“How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?”
― Tony Tan
“Everybody has their challenges; I couldn’t say that we have more challenges than other people, they’re just different.”
― Tracy Pollan
“People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mindset, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new.”
― Travis Bradberry
“So yeah, but from the show and as far as MTV I have a lot of friends, and from the challenges and the other shows, that I’ve met. I currently don’t have any enemies that I know of.”
― Trishelle Cannatella
“We’re a busy family. We like challenges, and we like to be fully engaged with life. I’ve done that as long as I’ve been with Sting.”
― Trudie Styler
“I’ve had hundreds of challenges at Traveller gatherings. They get a few beers in them, and they start thinking they are Tyson or Ali: throwing punches, swearing, and jumping around with their big fat bellies. I’d love to knock a few of them out.”
― Tyson Fury
“My first message is clear. Enjoy the challenges of each match.”
― Unai Emery
“As stars, we need to take risks, and I was up for those challenges.”
― Urmila Matondkar
“Given the daunting challenges that we face, it’s important that president elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one.”
― Valerie Jarrett
“My goal in the new administration is to engage all of the stakeholders, everyone who can help us meet the challenges of the 21st century, and ensure that we work together.”
― Valerie Jarrett
“I moderated a panel focusing just on women and the specific challenges that women entrepreneurs face. And we found that around the world, the challenges are the same, whether it is gaining access to capital, risk-taking, or the ability to expand beyond a small business and grow.”
― Valerie Jarrett
“I saw a complete lack of courage in Washington to tackle some of our biggest challenges.”
― Valerie Jarrett
“I am hopeful about our future and sure that, despite our challenges, engaging our government remains essential in the journey toward perfecting our union.”
― Valerie Jarrett
“Every fight has challenges.”
― Vasyl Lomachenko
“I have been playing tennis for a very long time. Tennis is my life. I see my life in other places, and there are other challenges for me.”
― Venus Williams
“Every character comes with its own challenges.”
― Vicky Kaushal
“I never run away from challenges.”
― Victor Moses
“Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.”
― Victor Pinchuk
“We all have challenges. We have to face them, embrace them, defy them, and conquer them.”
― Victoria Arlen
“A disability can be anything that you are insecure about, and I teach people that when challenges come your way, you need to face them, you need to embrace these new norms and these challenges, and you need to defy them and conquer them.”
― Victoria Arlen
“I learned early on that extraordinary challenges lead to extraordinary victories.”
― Victoria Arlen
“You just can’t think of safe options always. You have to accept challenges head on.”
― Vijay Shankar
“The challenges are going to be there, but how I prepare is what matters. It is very important to work on all the things required.”
― Vijay Shankar
“I attend to my fitness. I go the gym every day and try to maintain my physical fitness; without that, it is tough to take challenges on the chess board.”
― Viswanathan Anand
“I keep forcing, I keep learning new things in the game, and so far I have been taking challenges as they come.”
― Viswanathan Anand
“The biggest challenges are fixing the problems, to put all the puzzles together.”
― Vitali Klitschko
“Despite the never-ending debate on the question of the role of government in America, there’s been a strong tradition of protecting our undisputed, important natural treasures or taking on great common engineering challenges.”
― Walt Mossberg
“The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.”
― Walter Annenberg
“The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.”
― Warren Bennis
“Once boys’ and men’s challenges are clear, the question ‘why now’ quickly becomes ‘why didn’t we see this sooner?’ The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.”
― Warren Farrell
“In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.”
― Wayne Allard
“I consider myself a journeyman actor, and I pride myself and look forward to keeping my career choices as diverse as possible because it challenges me as an actor.”
― Wendell Pierce
“Research shows that whether you are low-income or not, mindset is a bigger predictor of success than academic skills, and how students gain great academic skills and persevere in the face of challenges.”
― Wendy Kopp
“Kids who live in low income areas face extra challenges and show up at schools that were not designed to meet their extra needs.”
― Wendy Kopp
“Kids in urban and rural areas face so many challenges, and they show up at schools that don’t have the extra capacity or extra resources to meet their needs.”
― Wendy Kopp
“Throughout history, when societies have been faced with big challenges, they’ve put their best people on them. During the Space Race, American and Russian scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts pushed the bounds of what was possible and landed men on the moon.”
― Wendy Kopp
“All over the world, children facing the challenges of poverty attend schools that aren’t designed to meet their extra needs; across country lines, the lives of marginalized kids look far more similar than they do different.”
― Wendy Kopp
“Countries have largely been left alone to handle or ignore their educational problems as they see fit. In part, this was because we assumed that the contexts and challenges were so different from nation to nation that education could not be tackled at the international level.”
― Wendy Kopp
“My husband and I had recently been in a car accident, and I came out of that experience with more clarity about my career and the energy to continue to pursue it hard, no matter what the challenges.”
― Wendy Liebman
“If we can be sure of anything, it’s that the immense challenges faced by our country and our nation cannot be solved by the same people in the same offices, casting the same votes for the same failed policies.”
― Wendy Long
“Everyone has their challenges.”
― Wentworth Miller
“I always found new challenges in my career.”
― Wesley Sneijder
“Each sector of the border faces unique geographical, cultural and technological challenges that would be best addressed with a flexible, sector-by-sector approach that empowers the Border Patrol agents on the ground with the resources they need. What you need in San Diego is very different from what you need in Eagle Pass, Tex.”
― Will Hurd
“While a physical barrier can be effective in urban areas, each sector of the border faces unique geographical, cultural and technological challenges that would be best addressed with a flexible, sector-by-sector approach that empowers the Border Patrol agents on the ground with the resources they need.”
― Will Hurd
“One of the challenges obviously with doing an accent from a time period early in history is that there aren’t recordings. You would never really get the opportunity to hear exactly what you were shooting for.”
― Will Poulter
“When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you’re capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.”
― Willem Dafoe
“To me, basic SEAL training was a lifetime of challenges crammed into six months.”
― William H. McRaven
“The point is that there are challenges within techniques. When you differentiate in technique, you challenge yourself; you ask yourself the same question in a new way.”
― William Hurt
“Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.”
― William James
“As an actor, you should be willing to take challenges.”
― Wilmer Valderrama
“Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on.”
― Winnie Byanyima
“I faced challenges as a kid, but who hasn’t? A lot of people have experienced far worse. I was bullied, sure, and it was painful at the time. I even quit high school to get away from it. But I’ve never been the kind of person to let my past predict my future.”
― Winnie Harlow
“Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It’s very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.”
― Yani Tseng
“You don’t have to cheat or steal to be successful in life, but you must be ready to convert your challenges to opportunity.”
― Yemi Osinbajo
“My resolve is to work for the development of the state and the welfare of the people, so I will tackle all challenges. That’s my vision.”
― Yogi Adityanath
“I have always faced challenges in my life.”
― Yogi Adityanath
“I will face the challenges of U.P. We will make U.P. an ideal state. People of the state and the Government of India are fully cooperating with me. U.P. will be an example for India.”
― Yogi Adityanath
“I wasn’t trained to be in front of a camera, so there were a lot of challenges at first. But I didn’t want to be fake.”
― Yuna
“Juicero is the first company to make cold-pressed juice something that people can make themselves at home. The challenges to design and engineer a press that can deliver 8,000 pounds of force are tremendous.”
― Yves Behar
“I really believe deep in my soul that we’re going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.”
― Zach Wamp
“I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.”
― Zainab Salbi
“Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism.”
― Zhou Yongkang
“The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.”
― Zig Ziglar
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