Confronting Quotes

154 quotes by 147 authors

Few economic problems, if any, are difficult of solution. The difficulty, all but invariably, is in confronting them. We know what needs to be done;… — John Kenneth Galbraith
As science is more and more subject to grave misuse as well as to use for human benefit it has also become the scientist's responsibility… — Hermann Joseph Muller
I fell asleep at my desk many times. This was when working on eventsâ€”virtually every one Iâ€™ve done in the last 5 years. I was… — Mike Rinder
I have a really hard time stepping out of a limousine and confronting a sh*tload of photographers who are all screaming at you, because it's… — Julia Ormond
I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting my fears. — Michael Trucco
As a Jew and a psychologist, I understand the stress that religious communities feel in connection with questioning of circumcision... I raise these questions out… — Ronald Goldman
What I love about the ministry of Jesus is that he identified the poor as blessed and the rich as needy...and then he went and… — Rachel Held Evans
I think the stage is set for the appearance of new faiths, centred on the UFO belief. To a greater degree than all phenomena modern… — Jacques Vallee
Our response to the world is essentially one of wonder, of confronting the mysterious with a sense, not of being small, or insignificant, but of… — John Burnside
Confronting climate change is, in the long run, one of the greatest challenges that we face, and you can see this duty or responsibility laid… — John F. Kerry
These are people that don't want to protect the American people... [T]hey will do anything, spend all the time and resources they can, to avoid… — Tom DeLay
Characters tend to be either for or against the quest. If they assist it, they are idealized as simply gallant or pure; if they obstruct… — Northrop Frye
Do not act incautiously when confronting a little bald wrinkly smiling man! — Terry Pratchett
Transmit your vision emotionally by gaining credibility, demonstrating passion, establishing relationships and communicating a felt need. Transmit it logically by confronting reality, formulating strategy, accepting… — John C. Maxwell
The trick is not escaping your fear, but confronting it and allowing it to drive and teach you. Only by getting to the bottom of… — Jillian Michaels
Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person. — David D. Burns
The greater the force of your compassion, the greeater your resilience in confronting hardships. — Dalai Lama
The reason to drive this point home with a vivid and frank comparison is many New Yorkers are still not confronting the reality of how… — Eliot Spitzer
The foes now are universal - poverty, famine, religious radicalization, desertification, drugs, proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecological devastation. They threaten all nations, just as science… — Shimon Peres
Reality is painful -- it's so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you're good at or else to pick something so hard there's… — Aaron Swartz

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