Challenged to strive for excellence by his mother, Carson moved on from a childhood life of poverty in Detroit's inner city to graduate from Yale University, 1973, and the University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1977.
This vision should also be just hard enough to accomplish that it feels within reach but keeps everyone excited and challenged to strive for what lies ahead.
Give them just a bit more than what you know they're capable of, so that they have a challenge to strive for and will meet it because of your faith in their ability.
Sometimes change is a good thing because it challenges you to strive for more.
I invite us to challenge ourselves to strive to be worthy of this land and this holy city by not compromising on tzedek and mishpat.
He said he also challenged him to strive for a stronger spiritual life, and ended the email by asking for the journalist's prayers.
I have been determined and passionate as I have challenged myself to strive for my ambitions, and those are the qualities I can offer you.
Dr. Huber challenged me to strive to be better and supported me when I made the decision not to write a paper for my senior seminar, but to produce a film documentary instead.
Eliminating less demanding courses was expected to remove an excuse that schools might use to avoid challenging disadvantaged students to strive for college eligibility.
The folks over at Indaba Music have challenged their users to strive for that pinnacle of nerddom in an all out remix competition they're calling Phone Wars.
