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Challenges Quotes

On facing hard things, together and alone.

This set starts from a simple truth - everyone faces their own challenges - then moves into a personal account of a car accident that brought unexpected clarity and drive. Related reading: Face.

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.

Quotes by Paul Farmer

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...

Quotes by Paul E. Jacobs

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...

Quotes by Patty Murray

Among the laundry list of threats to our world, climate change more often than not makes these challenges worse.

Quotes by Patricia Espinosa

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.

Quotes by Pat Summitt

Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.

Quotes by Pat Conroy

Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.

Quotes by Parker Palmer

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.

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

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.

Quotes by Omari Hardwick

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....

Quotes by Oleksandr Usyk

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...

Quotes by Obiageli Ezekwesili

This is one of the challenges we have: knowing that playing without the ball is just as important as when you have the ball.

Quotes by Nuno Espirito Santo

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.

Quotes by Nigel Mansell

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.

Quotes by Nicole Richie

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...

Quotes by Nicolas Sarkozy

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...

Quotes by Nicholas A. Christakis

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...

Quotes by Neil Kinnock

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.

Quotes by 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...

Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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.

Quotes by Neale Donald Walsch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the common thread in these "challenges" quotes?
Each one acknowledges that challenges are part of life — whether personal, like recovering from an accident, or much larger, like poverty or the ambitions of an entire era.
Is there a simple quote about everyone facing challenges?
Yes — one line puts it plainly: "Everyone has their challenges."
Is there a quote about overcoming a personal setback?
There is. One speaker shares that after a car accident, they "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." Browse more on our Life quotes page.
Is there a quote about children facing the challenges of poverty?
Yes — one quote observes that "children facing the challenges of poverty attend schools that aren't designed to meet their extra needs." You can find more on our Face quotes page.
Is there a quote about societies rising to meet big challenges?
Yes. One quote reflects that "when societies have been faced with big challenges, they've put their best people on them," pointing to the Space Race as an example. For more, see our Great and Love quotes pages.

Broader challenges appear too: children navigating poverty in schools not built for their needs, and societies historically rallying their best people around the biggest problems. See also Great and Life.