Auguste Renoir Quotes

I felt, and it may sound a bit stupid, that I want to try things that are hard.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

I'm always looking for a new thing that really terrifies me that I think I can't do it and accomplish that.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

If you're not being rejected regularly - maybe you're not trying hard enough.

Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.

I try to aim high and put myself in positions where I'm the least experienced person.

I don't know what my limitations are until I reach them. I look for the challenge.

I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do.

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.

If you don't have a mountain, build one and then climb it. And after you climb it, build another one; otherwise you start to flatline in your life.

I've always been a guy who likes to stretch my limits - to find out if I have any, really.

It's important to set challenges that you're not sure you're equal to.

It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to climb mountains. That can also apply to a lot of other challenges in life, whether it's running for office, starting a family, going to grad school or taking all of your cash and assets and starting a business.

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.

I love to challenge myself.

If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

I want to try new things and put myself out there and take some risks.

I don't know if I'm a daredevil, exactly, but I do enjoy a good challenge. It's the only way you grow.

Challenges give me a kick. The day I stop getting challenges, I would quit.

I really respond to putting myself out of my own depth and finding my feet.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

I like to put myself in the most uncomfortable position.

One thing about pushing yourself outside your comfort zone is that you're going to make mistakes, and you're going to fall flat on your face sometimes.