Daunting Quotes

130 quotes by 125 authors

Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting. — Kristin Armstrong
The bigger the network, the harder it is to leave. Many users find it too daunting to start afresh on a new site, so they… — Evgeny Morozov
Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing… — Douglas Rushkoff
I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be… — Roald Dahl
Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life. — Brandon Sanderson
Real life seeks the gentle slopes at the back of Mount Improbable, while creationists are blind to all but the daunting precipice at the front. — Richard Dawkins
Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and its disadvantages at… — John Mortimer
Always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us. We want a… — Dean Koontz
I found the prospect daunting, but somehow comforting, too, because the counselors insisted it could be done, and, after all, many of them were recovering… — Craig Ferguson
The future rose up ahead of her, a succession of empty days, each more daunting and unknowable than the one before her. — David Nicholls
yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism — Khaled Hosseini
The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just… — Deepak Chopra
Librarians are serious people, seldomgiven to idle jocularity. The reason for this, I believe, is because we are overwhelmed by the enormous number of good… — Lynn Austin
The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over. — Jodi Picoult
She is all I could ever ask for, she is perfect, and right now, with those big, green eyes and pillowy lips and alabaster thighs,… — Pete Wentz
Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley. — Ben Stein
The Dorm Room Diet is nothing like the conventional diets you may have tried in the past. It offers guidelines for creating a healthy lifestyle… — Daphne Oz
The schizophrenic has no sense of humor. His world is a constantly daunting, unfriendly place. — Bob Newhart
At the Centers for Disease Control, I rose up fairly quickly into management positions. The first team I led there included many people who had… — Helene D. Gayle
Education in India has made monumental progress since Independence but continues to face daunting challenges at multiple levels, particularly in terms of quality, infrastructure and… — Shashi Tharoor

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