Challenge & Empowerment Quotes
- Being on a tightrope is living. Everything else is waiting. ~ Karl Wallenda
- Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden
- If there is a better solution… find it. ~ Thomas Edison
- If you fell down yesterday, stand up today. ~ H.G. Wells
- It is easier to go down the mountain than up, but the view is best from the top.
- It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. ~ Sir Edmund Hillary
- Opposition by others is often proof that you’re on the right track.
- Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising each time we fall.
- Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven’t half the strength you think they have. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
- The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. ~ Moliere
- There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter the way you meet them. ~ Phyllis Bottome
- There are two ways we can meet a difficulty… Either we can alter the difficulty or we can alter ourselves to meet it.
- There is no shortcut. Victory lies in overcoming obstacles everyday.
- Those on top of the mountain did not fall there.
- To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory. ~ El Cid
- Treat setbacks as personal challenges that are a part of the journey to success.
- You know the rule: if you are falling, dive! ~ Joseph Campbell

- The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. ~ Arthur C. Clarke
- Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ~ Joshua J. Marine
- When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change. ~ Paulo Coelho
- The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
- Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. ~ Bernice Johnson Reagon
- The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. ~ Chinese Proverb
- In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~ Albert Einstein
- The brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. ~ Randy Pausch
- When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. ~ Henry Ford
- Believe you can and you’re halfway there. ~ Theodore Roosevelt
- The difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot. ~ Benny Lewis
- Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~ Jim Rohn
- The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. ~ Winston Churchill
- You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. ~ A.A. Milne
- The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. ~ Molière
- Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. ~ Napoleon Hill


