Confronting Quotes

154 quotes by 147 authors

Designers are optimistic people who are trained to be courageous about the futureâ€”and making the future happen. They arenâ€™t always aware of the intricacies of… — Nathan Shedroff
By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds. — Lurlene McDaniel
One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive doe-eyed lovelorn boy,… — Ben Mendelsohn
We've got to find ways of confronting the issues that divide - and at the heart of cultural issues, you often find religions. — George Carey
I have deep respect for people's individual faith, but when faith gets connected to the machinery of state, or the machinery of hate, I find… — Andrew Denton
What we're trying to do is address something I saw in Congress that was a major problem, which is to say that energy is arguably… — Brad Carson
Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia have been profound ethical issues confronting doctors since the birth of Western medicine, more than 2,000 years ago. — Ezekiel Emanuel
'Taking charge of one's life' involves risk, because it means confronting a diversity of open possibilities. — Anthony Giddens
The beauty of the world of Unbreakable is that you're playing it for reality. It should never feel like a comic book movie. It feels… — M. Night Shyamalan
We need to be reminded that there is nothing morbid about honestly confronting the fact of life's end, and preparing for it so that we… — Billy Graham
One need not be a Chamber â€” to be Hauntedâ€” One need not be a Houseâ€” The Brain â€” has Corridors â€” surpassing Material Placeâ€”… — Emily Dickinson
Confronting an irresponsible person is not painful to him; only consequences are. — Henry Cloud
True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it. — Bell Hooks
Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very conditions confronting us… — Emma Goldman
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician: he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were… — Marie Curie
Art has a way of confronting us, of reminding us, of engaging us, in what it means to be human, and what it means to… — Junot Diaz
There is in my opinion a great similarity between the problems provided by the mysterious behavior of the atom and those provided by the present… — Paul Dirac
Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about. — Johann Lamont
The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ… — Pope John Paul II
If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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