Confronting Quotes

154 quotes by 147 authors

Every book is an image of solitude. It is a tangible object that one can pick up, put down, open, and close, and its words… — Paul Auster
That day, I really believed that I had grasped something and that henceforth my life would be changed. But insights cannot be held for ever.… — Nicolas Bouvier
Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it… — Stephen King
Going into our fear and confronting our greed, our weaknesses, our neediness is the way out. And the way out is through the mind, by… — Robert Kiyosaki
But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you. — Bret Easton Ellis
It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death-- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with… — James A. Baldwin
Avoiding problems doesn't make them go away - you think it does, but it really doesn't. They're just postponed. Those problems just stay inside your… — Sully Erna
Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet… — Fred Rogers
Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life.… — Goswami Kriyananda
I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men. — Jane Fonda
While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced by the Founding… — Robert Darnton
Just about every therapist or counselor or social worker is practiced in dealing with people going through failing relationships, ending them, and confronting issues of… — Laura Wasser
There was one thing more than any other that turned this New York, liberal, Jewish, Columbia University graduate student away from modern liberalism: its use… — Dennis Prager
Confronting and undermining the narratives and ideas of extremism must therefore be one of our key tasks. To do this, we must retain the courage… — Jonas Gahr Store
Incumbency adds a layer of advantage on top of this party dominance. But rather than foster an environment in which members of Congress feel free… — Thomas E. Mann
As soon as we step beyond the established boundaries of pure thermodynamic theory, we enter a trackless region confronting us with obstacles which even the… — Wilhelm Wien
The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections… — Barry Ritholtz
We are confronting a situation in which the Administration, in my view, is once again manufacturing a crisis. There is no crisis in the Social… — Paul Sarbanes
You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in… — J. Donald Walters
If you have something that you know is important to you and vital to you... then this will perhaps help people understand the importance of… — Tom Wilkinson

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