Bob Greene Quotes

It's core to my beliefs now: Sometimes in being given a challenge, you're actually being given a real opportunity, and a lot of that is how you handle it. Do you feel sorry for yourself or do you think, All right! I'll see what I can make out of this? I've had that over and over. If I hang out in the disappointment, I'll just be disappointed all the time.

I don't look at obstacles as obstacles. I look at them as things that were put there for a reason. You can approach these things negatively or positively. I think those that approach it with a negative mindset only get a negative outcome.

The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'

When you perceive that problems serve a purpose in your life, you will recognize that problems are opportunities in disguise.

I don't live under the burden of worries. Problems and challenges are there, you can't deny that. But you must challenge the challenges and not let the challenges turn into worries.

View all problems as challenges. Look upon negativities that arise as opportunities to learn and to grow. Don't run from them, condemn yourself, or bury your burden in saintly silence. You have a problem? Great. More grist for the mill. Rejoice, dive in, and investigate.

Hope regards problems, small or large, as opportunities.

When something doesn't go exactly to plan, money is tight or a business is struggling - see it as a challenge rather than a failure. Look outside the box and try and find a solution - you'll be surprised how many great opportunities and possibilities arise when things look bad. You've just got to open your mind and not be afraid of sticking your neck out!

What we sometimes consider a stumbling block is rather a rock we can step on.

It is important to live each day with a positive perspective. It is not wise to pretend problems do not exist, but it is wise to look beyond the problem to the possibilities that are in it. When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He's so big, we can never kill him." But David looked at the same giant and thought, "He's so big, I can't miss him.

If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.

Every challenge is nothing more than a chance to make things better.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.

After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'

My entire life, I have viewed every problem as an opportunity - I've had no choice.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

My biggest problem will be lack of match toughness but I am a positive, optimistic person.

Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests.

Problems can be experienced as... a chance for renewal rather than stress.

To play with pressure is always a good thing. I like to play with pressure.

In my life, I don't have roadblocks and obstacles. I might have something you would call a 'challenge.' I throw that out the window, and I call that a wonderful opportunity.

When you see a roadblock or challenge as an opportunity, it is amazing how you are already halfway there.

Every challenge that comes up is just a problem that needs a solution.