Situation Quotes
4573 quotes by 3032 authors
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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it…
— Marcel Proust
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The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the crisis is to be met…
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. You heart is beating outside your body when you have a…
— Kate Beckinsale
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Today we are in a situation in which the free movement of people can have enormous, monumental dimensions, and I don't think that any country…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
— Dalai Lama
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There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.' This is something…
— Seth Shostak
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The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public opinion, by playing…
— Norman Angell
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Perhaps the central problem we face in all of computer science is how we are to get to the situation where we build on top…
— Richard Hamming
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Jesus was never worried or perplexed. He was calmly and completely in control of every situation. He never doubted that His Father's goodness would provide…
— Derek Prince
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Just because you've had one or two of those games, you can't really go back to the next practice and change everything. That's the most…
— Unknown Author
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An adventure is a situation where the outcome is not entirely within your control. It is up to fate, in other words
— Sebastian Junger
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Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.
— Charles Francis Richter
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Nothing terrible has ever happened except in our thinking. Reality is always good, even in situations that seem like nightmares. The story we tell is…
— Byron Katie
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I never think about my best interests. I think about what's the right thing to do in a situation.
— Clive Palmer
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Great leadership does not mean running away from reality. Sometimes the hard truths might just demoralize the company, but at other times sharing difficulties can…
— John P. Kotter
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Don't take anything personally. Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you. Their…
— Miguel Angel Ruiz
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The new naval treaty permits the United States to spend a billion dollars on warships-a sum greater than has been accumulated by all our endowed…
— Abraham Flexner
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Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger,…
— Sun Tzu
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In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm.…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally.
— Miyamoto Musashi
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