Erik Rutan Quotes

I've always risen to the challenge and faced adversity; it's just a part of who I am.

Erik Rutan

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• People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary.

  

  Ed Begley, Jr.
  • People
  • Up
  • Challenges

• Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

  

  Tacitus
  • Great
  • Happy
  • Adversity

• I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.

  

  Dane Cook
  • Day
  • Ideas
  • Challenges

• For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • People
  • Believe
  • America

• What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning.

  

  Barbara De Angelis
  • Life
  • Earth
  • Pain

• Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Men
  • Adversity
  • Prosperity

• How you deal with adversity says a lot about the kind of players you've got and the kind of team we've got.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Team
  • Kind
  • Adversity

• There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

  

  Malcolm X
  • Time
  • Loss
  • Adversity

• I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Wish
  • Adversity
  • I Wish

• I moderated a panel focusing just on women and the specific challenges that women entrepreneurs face. And we found that around the world, the challenges are the same, whether it is gaining access to capital, risk-taking, or the ability to expand beyond a small business and grow.

  

  Valerie Jarrett
  • World
  • Women
  • Business

• The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

  

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • World
  • Great
  • Adversity

• It's always amazing when a fan will say you've helped them through some kind of adversity.

  

  James Arthur
  • Amazing
  • Adversity

• I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.

  

  Kristi Yamaguchi
  • Past
  • Small
  • Goals

• The time has come after an incredible six years to move on to new challenges.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Time
  • Years
  • Challenges

• There is no one perfect way to be a good mother... Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children... What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else.

  

  M. Russell Ballard
  • Good
  • God
  • Different

• When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

  

  LL Cool J
  • Strong
  • Calm
  • Strength

• Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

  

  Lou Holtz
  • inspirational
  • Greatness
  • Motivational

• Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Moments
  • Challenges
  • Strength

• Never seen my friends do more push-ups, trying to challenge Cruises' manhood. It was like, I can be strong, too!

  

  Adam Sandler
  • Trying
  • Friends
  • Strong

• know the feelin, when you feelin like a villain, You be havin good thoughts but the evils be revealin'. And the stresses of life can take you off the right path, Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff... We gotta hold it down so we can move on past All adversities, so we can get through fast.

  

  Kamaal Ibn John Fareed A Tribe Called Quest
  • Past
  • Moving
  • Evil

• Even the most daring and accomplished people have undergone tremendous difficulty. In fact, the more successful they became, the more they attributed their success to the lessons learned during their most difficult times. Adversity is our teacher. When we view adversity as a guide towards greater inner growth, we will then learn to accept the wisdom our soul came into this life to learn.

  

  Barbara Rose
  • Success
  • Wisdom
  • Teacher

• Every time someone reads a story about the politics poisoning the global warming stuff it makes it feel like a political story, meaning it's Us and Them, instead of what it is: this profound challenge we face given our energy norms right now, the fuels of convenience toward something new. No matter what the politics are, it's still an enormous transformation that has to take place.

  

  Andrew Revkin
  • Political
  • Energy
  • Challenges

• An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Good
  • Music
  • Night

• I've always risen to the challenge and faced adversity; it's just a part of who I am.

  

  Erik Rutan
  • Challenges
  • Adversity