Sloane Crosley Quotes

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

I am a guy who likes a challenge. I don't like to go somewhere where I am used to winning.

We all love challenges.

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.

The most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.

The more dangerous the situation I put myself into, the more I rise, the better I become.

I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

When you remove the risk, you remove the challenge. When you remove the challenge, you wither on the vine.

I'm inspired by challenges. My life was always like this.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge yourself, I don't think you quite know.

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.

Give yourself an even greater challenge than the one you are trying to master and you will develop the powers necessary to overcome the original difficulty.

I like being challenged. That's the only way you grow.

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

We must accept life for what it actually is - a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

We all have obstacles. The feeling of satisfaction comes by overcoming something.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty.

It takes facing obstacles to grow strong enough to overcome them.

I personally think if something's not a challenge, there's no point doing it, because you're not gonna learn much.

I feel alive inside only when obstacles are arising that must be overcome and eliminated.

I think I've always enjoyed a challenge and I like being pushed and I like being stretched to the absolute limit. I think a lot of actors are like this.