When Confronted Quotes

51 quotes by 48 authors

We stand for organized terror - this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution. Our aim is to fight… — Felix Dzerzhinsky
Most people I meet are secretly convinced that theyâ€™re a little crazier than the average person. People understand the energy necessary to maintain their own… — Keith Johnstone
Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should I not? Go forward? Go back? Success requires the emotional… — Andy Andrews
When confronted with a situation that appears fragmented or impossible, step back, close your eyes, and envision perfection where you saw brokenness. Go to the… — Alan Cohen
If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace. If peace mattered to you more than anything else and if you truly… — Eckhart Tolle
When confronted with information streaming from the eyes, the brain will interpret this information in the quickest and most efficient way possible. Time is energy.… — Gregory Berns
In contrast, the 'Old Europe' channels were showing film from reporters who had embedded themselves at the wrong end of the Baghdad blitz and the… — David Walker
The idea of a method that contains firm, unchanging, and absolutely binding principles for conducting the business of science meets considerable difficulty when confronted with… — Paul Feyerabend
Ironic people always dissolve when confronted with earnestness, it's their kryptonite — Gillian Flynn
When confronted by a hungry wolf, it is unwise to goad the beast, as Cato would have us do. But it is equally unwise to… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest, not consensus or compromising. An intelligent group, especially… — James Surowiecki
Someone who is perennially surprised that depravity exists, who continues to feel disillusioned (even incredulous) when confronted with evidence of what humans are capable of… — Susan Sontag
The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Haters are cowards. When confronted they often back down. We must resist haters. — Janet Reno
I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions. And the fact that a lot of people break down and cry when confronted with my pictures… — Mark Rothko
Bad critics judge a work of art by comparing it to pre-existing theories. They always go wrong when confronted with a masterpiece because masterpieces make… — Robert Anton Wilson
When confronted with iron-will determination, I can see Time, Fate and Circumstance calling a hasty conference and deciding, We might as well let him have… — Jim Rohn
'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly… — Madeleine M. Kunin
I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted with the strangeness… — Moby
Mari remembered what she had read in the young girl's eyes the moment she had come into the refectory: fear. Fear. Veronika might feel insecurity,… — Paulo Coelho

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