Quotes about Challenges

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

God tends to do his best work when the odds appear stacked against him.

Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting.

Every true work of God has had its bitter enemies - not only outside, but also inside - just as in the days of Nehemiah.

Like most parents, Gloria and I had to deal with the problems of rebellion in our children. We realized that it had to be stopped quickly before it developed into a serious situation.

Growth makes management easier. In particular, it makes making labor concessions seem easy. It's when growth stops because you're being disrupted that managing becomes really, really hard, and as a result, most disrupted companies simply disappear.

circumstances—not necessarily in holiness and radiant light, but often in confusion among people with deep problems.

We shouldn't be surprised when suffering and difficulty come our way; in fact, we should probably be surprised when they don't.

We don't just struggle with want; we struggle with blessing as well.

The Macedonians gave in the context of their lack of resources.

have a tendency to do this with parenting: If I can just get through the diaper phase. . . . Once my children were out of diapers, it became: If I can just get through these early years of elementary school, then I can minister to others.

The health and maturity of a relationship are not measured by an absence of problems, but by the way the inevitable problems are handled.