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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.

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

Quotes by Freeman A. Hrabowski III

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

Quotes by Freida Pinto

For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.

Quotes by Freddie Highmore

I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.

Quotes by Fred Upton

We need to be able to answer not yesterday's challenges but to tomorrow's challenges.

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Frans Timmermans

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...

Quotes by Francois Hollande

I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing.

Quotes by Francisco Costa

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...

Quotes by Flying Lotus

There are still many challenges and questions that need to be addressed before optogenetics can be applied in humans for therapeutic uses.

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Ferdinand Marcos

Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense that if I did not get a grip on my identity, my ethics, and my...

Quotes by Feisal Abdul Rauf

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.

Quotes by Fatih Birol

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...

Quotes by Evgeny Morozov

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...

Quotes by Evan Davis

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.

Quotes by Evan Bayh

The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior.

Quotes by Ethan Zuckerman

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.

Quotes by Essence Atkins

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.

Quotes by Eric Swalwell

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...

Quotes by Eric Kandel

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.