Challenging Perspectives Quotes

“I am grateful for all the trials for that made be a better person.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Take the challenge of your life.
Reach out to your goals.
There is no limit to what you can achieve.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Most of my opinions are not as informed and well rounded as I would like. I have to be humble enough to accept that I don’t know enough. If my goal is to understand something true, then being challenged is a good thing. We need to be challenged occasionally and to get out of the echo chamber that is your own philosophical group or your own confirmation biased mind. The alternative is to only be able to hear one narrative and for those who oppose that narrative to be silenced, or to have uncivil debate by two polar opposite opinions. Truth is usually found to be hidden in a field of nuance and, as Albert Maysles said, “Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance.”
― Eric Overby, Legacy

“All great men face challenges in the pursuit of their goals. However, the challenges did not deter them for pushing forward and realizing their goals.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“You can have anything you want in life, you must be willing to conquer the challenge.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“Certainty and safety are both illusions, but certainty does the greater harm.”
― Robin Vale