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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.

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.

Quotes by Ann Bancroft

While I don't necessarily believe the cliche that 'everything happens for a reason,' I do believe that every encounter, every situation, and every challenge I've experienced has shaped me into the woman I am today. And I am proud to...

Quotes by Angelica Ross

Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Quotes by Angelina Jolie

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.

Quotes by Angela Duckworth

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.

Quotes by Andy Garcia

I love challenges.

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Andrew Yang

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.

Quotes by Andrew Scott

In 2009, the American Library Association recorded 460 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom.

Quotes by Andrew Shaffer

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.

Quotes by Andrew Mason

It is vital that the entire international system is ready to meet the challenges of future disasters.

Quotes by Andrew Mitchell

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.

Quotes by Andrew J. Bernstein

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.

Quotes by Andrew Bird

One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.

Quotes by Andrea Hirata

I used to set myself little challenges to make the work more interesting.

Quotes by Andre Previn

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...

Quotes by Andre Agassi

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

Quotes by Anders Fogh Rasmussen

We can help companies committed to addressing global challenges such as climate change.

Quotes by 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.

Quotes by Anand Sharma

We all have challenges. You can let them be obstacles or roadblocks, or you can use them.

Quotes by Amy Purdy

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.