Confronts Quotes

76 quotes by 68 authors

Thus the State never intentionally confronts a man's sense, intellectual or moral, but only his body, his senses. It is not armed with superior wit… — Henry David Thoreau
Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by. — C. K. Williams
Christ's boundless grace confronts our deep necessities. Christ's promised presence confronts our sad and gloomy loneliness. Jesus thus filled with grace so overflowing, with love… — Octavius Winslow
I refuse to accept the idea that the 'is-ness' of a man's present nature makes him morally incapable of reaching up for the 'ought-ness' that… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The cross is offensive because it directly confronts the evils which dominate so much of this world. — Billy Graham
He shall fare well who confronts circumstances aright. — Plutarch
The Latin American cause is about all a social cause: the rebirth of Latin America must start with the overthrow of its masters, country by… — Eduardo Galeano
The most affluent man is he that confronts all the shows he sees by equivalents out of the stronger wealth of himself. — Walt Whitman
It would not be going too far to assert that ... conflict confronts every woman who ventures upon a career of her own and who… — Karen Horney
If someone confronts you about draining them it could be a "double reverse." They are draining you and accuse you instead of draining them, just… — Frederick Lenz
The fourth paradigm forces us at every point to discern between the creationally valid and the sinfully perverse and thus confronts us with a never-ending… — Albert M. Wolters
He who confronts the paradoxical exposes himself to reality. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Every childhood has its talismans, the sacred objects that look innocuous enough to the outside world, but that trigger an onslaught of vivid memories when… — Steven Johnson
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I find titles the hardest thing. I was worried that 'Waste Land' was too much of a downer. For me, 'The Crash Reel' confronts what… — Lucy Walker
But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had… — Chris Kyle
Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a while back who wrote that my pictures didn't have any beginning or any… — Jackson Pollock
I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create… — Malcolm X
The passive American consumer, sitting down to a meal of pre-prepared food, confronts inert, anonymous substances that have been processed, dyed, breaded, sauced, gravied, ground,… — Wendell Berry
There are those who believe destiny rests at the feet of the gods, but the truth is that it confronts the conscious of man with… — Eduardo Galeano

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