Though our challenges are fearsome, so are our strengths. Americans have ever been a relentless, questioning, hopeful people.-- Bill Clinton (Inauguration speech, 20 Jan 1993)

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

Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.--St. Basil

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy.--Martin Luther King, Jr.

The way we see the world shapes the way we treat it. If a mountain is a deity, not a pile of ore; if a river is one of the veins of the land, not potential irrigation water; if a forest is a sacred grove, not timber; if other species are biological kin, not resources; or if the planet is our mother, not an opportunity -- then we will treat each other with greater respect. Thus is the challenge, to look at the world from a different perspective.--David Suzuki 

What is genius, anyway, if it isn't the ability to give an adequate response to a great challenge?--Bette Greene