“Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle.”

“The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being”

“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.”

“When you doubt your ability to subdue the challenge, remember the challenge already believes in its ability to upset you.”

“First develop a strategy that utilizes everything around you. The best way to prepare for a challenge is to cultivate the ability to call on an infinite variety of responses.”

“Then you must be willing to fight," Mircea responded. "Life is not a gift, Raphael; it's a challenge. Rise to it!”

“You want to be honest with a character and play it truthfully, and you want to be genuine with your character.”

“You have been allowing challenges to destroy you instead of you to destroy challenges. When challenges come – my God has the final say, not my ability or knowledge.”

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.”

“Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there”