Challenging Yourself Quotes

A comfort zone is a beautiful place, but nothing grows there.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

What my father especially taught me was to not always take the safe road, the easy road. If you are going to do good work, you have to risk failing badly.

If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try - you don't take the risk.

When you broaden the little box that you've been living in for so long, it can be very uncomfortable at first.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret is to make your mind work for you not against you. This means constantly being positive. Constantly setting up challenges you can meet either today, next week, or next month. "I can't..." should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

If you're the smartest person you know, it's time to know some new people.

So how do you make it as a mainstream entertainer? Who knows? But I think you have to be uncomfortable, right? You have to make yourself uncomfortable. All success stories depend on that. That's why I might start sleeping on hardwood floors and taking cold showers.

That's what university life is all about. Challenging, questioning, enjoying good people and good friends, and pushing yourself to the limit.

Isn't it about getting out of your comfort zone and getting off the couch and challenging yourself and forcing yourself to do things you wouldn't other do? Otherwise, what are you living for?

I'm continually trying to make choices that put me against my own comfort zone. As long as you're uncomfortable, it means you're growing.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

But sometimes it's good to dare yourself to do the unthinkable. And rather than stand in front of an audience with no clothes on, I decided to have a go at stand-up comedy.

Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before.

It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don't want to suffer. We don't want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we're living our lives in a very comfortable area. There's no growth in that.

I think there is something to be said for not coddling people and not accepting good as good enough.

I'm not naive enough to believe it's in our nature to step outside our comfort zones.

Sometimes it's bad to do something you've never done before.

Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.

Charlie would be so proud of what these young people are accomplishing today and, in true Charlie fashion, would encourage them to walk to the very edge of their comfort zone and then take another step.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there's nothing more satisfying.