#challenges

While Social Security faces some long-term challenges, the system is not in crisis. ↗

— Chaka Fattah

#crisis #faces #long-term #security #social

It was to remind me how lucky we are that the beggar was placed in my path. You see, some people live all their lives without knowing which path is right. They're buffeted by this wind or that and never really know where they're going. That's largely the fate of commoners-those who have no choice over their destiny. For those of us born as samurai, life is something else. We know the path of duty and we follow it without question. But even that may not be easy because there may be insurmountable obstacles. Such as what that blind beggar faces. He might have a secret dream of revenge against an oppressor too. He might have justice on his side as we do now, but there is nothing he can do about it. I say we're lucky-we know what has to be done and it's within out capability to make it happen! …Remember, there's sacrifice involved in any kind of life. Even the man who chooses the safe way has to give up the thrill of combat. The point is that once you know what you want, you must be prepared to sacrifice everything to get it. Those who realize this are the fortunate ones. Those who know and can try. What more can a man ask for than that? ↗

— John Allyn

#inspirational #life-lessons #dreams

Any work that's worth doing has its challenges as well as its opportunities. That's true if you're running a business, it's true if you're trying to help on a campaign. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#business #campaign #challenges #doing #help

It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique. And that's what I know for sure... I think. ↗

— Ellen DeGeneres

#depth #fun #give #happen #i

I think if you exercise, your state of mind - my state of mind - is usually more at ease, ready for more mental challenges. Once I get the physical stuff out of the way it always seems like I have more calmness and better self-esteem. ↗

— Stone Gossard

#always #better #calmness #challenges #ease

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time. ↗

— Ruud Gullit

#challenges #go #i #like #rather

But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#breathtaking #capacity #challenges #democracy #despite

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#challenges #daily #education #genuine #human

One of the challenges we set up for 'Puscifer' was to come up with a core identity and see how far we can push it. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#come #core #far #how #how far

The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#challenges #convulsion #effort #end #long