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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.

Based on my pool of coached clients, 90% of the challenges for business owners exist in a lack of personal development.

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Darryl Pinckney

Everyday I meet folks who show me how to look at challenges differently.

Quotes by Daryn Kagan

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...

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Darell Hammond

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...

Quotes by Dara Horn

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...

Quotes by Danny Gokey

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.

Quotes by Danielle Steel

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.

Quotes by Daniel Snyder

The power of the individual, market forces, and the private sector permeate our lives. With that power comes responsibility to address huge challenges. Climate change cannot be solved by governments alone. Xenophobia, hatred, and intolerance - more business leaders have...

Quotes by Daniel Lubetzky

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.

Quotes by Daniel Dae Kim

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.

Quotes by Danica McKellar

For all the interviews Pelosi does, she doesn't talk often about her struggles and challenges as a woman.

Quotes by Dana Bash

I'm very ambitious, despite all the challenges I face in the streets.

Quotes by 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...

Quotes by Dana Perino

I think different teams have different challenges as you go through.

Quotes by 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...

Quotes by Dan Schulman

The good people look for challenges. When teaching becomes a prestigious profession, then you'll get good people.

Quotes by Dan Shechtman

Increasing cyber-physical system complexity brings security challenges as well as privacy challenges.

Quotes by Dan Lipinski

Cycling is not only a personal passion for me, but it is something that simply makes sense to expand transportation options for Americans. It is good for the health of our nation, the environment, the development of our communities, and...

Quotes by Dan Lipinski

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.