Teachers can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges.
Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.
When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite.
Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment.
In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.
Maternal health remains a staggering challenge, particularly in the developing world. Globally, a woman dies from complications in childbirth every minute.
If you're missing three or four limbs, you have special challenges going forward. And the last thing you want is to not be independent in your home.
Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
One major challenge within happiness is loneliness. The more I've learned about happiness, the more I've come to believe that loneliness is a terrible, common, and important obstacle to consider.
History has shown that incumbents tend to fight trends that challenge established ways and, in the process, lose focus on what matters most: customers.
The history of storytelling isn't one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.
The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
Your body begins to change when it burns and shakes... so when an exercise is challenging, I always think 'feel your body changing.'
It was a huge challenge to learn digital painting well enough so that computers don't pop into mind when one sees one.
Contemplation of life after retirement and life after death can help you deal with contemporary challenges.
Trying to find my way around the Rayburn building is always a challenge. Combining my poor sense of direction with a confusing design is not good.
Education technology is very important because we have a massive challenge in public schools.
Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.
Great music is its own movie, already. And the challenge, as a music fan, is to keep the song as powerful as it wants to be, to not tamper with it and to somehow give it a home.
I enjoy playing other people. It's a great job and it's challenging. I couldn't do a desk job.
