I saw a complete lack of courage in Washington to tackle some of our biggest challenges.
In American politics, the deepest rivalry is between the rational world and the right wing of the GOP, who are increasingly marginalized in their view that America cannot take on the big challenges.
I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. I know that sounds completely nuts. But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. There are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name. They all travel as if they are pack dogs and stick to each other like glue. The best people want to work the big challenges.
If you’re going to do anything great in life, there will be opposition, setbacks, delays and critics. When you have big dreams, you’re going to have big challenges.
To cement your name, you've got to go after the biggest fights.
The biggest challenges are fixing the problems, to put all the puzzles together.
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
We're going to start with small, easy things; then, little by little we shall try our hand at the big things. And after that, after we finish the big things, we shall undertake the impossible.
The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.
The era of big government may be over, but the era of big challenges shouldn't be—and you can't meet big challenges with small ideas.
We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges.
That's the reality of it. Everybody has a big two or three. The health of those big two or three ... there's a lot riding on it.
Donald Trump will lead a unified Republican government. And we will work hand-in- hand on a positive agenda to tackle America's big challenges.
We cannot meet big challenges with small ideas.
