Difficult Situations Quotes - Page 2

• I want to make it clear: it's not that I hate mainstream cinema. It's perfectly fine. There are a lot of people who need to escape, because they are in very difficult situations, so they have the right to escape from the world. But this has nothing to do with an art form.

  Michael Haneke

  Art, Hate, People

  "Decade: Michael Haneke Talks 'Code Inconnu' and 'The Piano Teacher'". IndieWire Interview, www.indiewire.com. December 08, 2009.

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• It's not all been rosy; I've had difficult situations where I've failed. But when you fail you learn a lot about yourself and come back stronger. The message is: life need not have limits. Having an opportunity in life is important but what defines you is what you do with that opportunity.

  Richard Whitehead

  Opportunity, Important, Stronger

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• The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.

  Arnold J. Toynbee

  Men, Purpose, Strange

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• When you travel you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly, and on most journeys you don't even understand the language the people speak....You begin to be more accessible to others, because they may be able to help you in difficult situations.

  Paulo Coelho

  Travel, Journey, People

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• It's easy to feel happy when things are going your way. The trick is to remain inspired in difficult situations. That's where life stops being a game of chance and becomes one of skill. That's when, if you can stay serene in the face of adversity, you get back on track in half the time it might otherwise take.

  Jonathan Cainer

  Wise, Adversity, Games

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• Rather than becoming obsessed with the evil around you, ask God to give you a fresh perspective to see how He can bring good out of it. Look for the hand of God in your difficult situations. He is willing to use even the most horrible sins and the most foolish choices, as long as we trust Him to do just that.

  Phil Waldrep

  Hands, Long, Evil

  Phil Waldrep (2016). “Reaching Your Prodigal: What Did I Do Wrong? What Do I Do Now?”, p.106, Worthy Publishing

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• Most of the verses written about praise in God’s Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations.

  Joni Eareckson Tada

  Crush, People, Heartache

  Joni Eareckson Tada (1993). “A Quiet Place in a Crazy World: Drawing Near to God Through Prayer and Praise”, Multnomah

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• If you want to know what you are here to do, how you can be more loving, or how to get through a difficult situation, my answer is always meditate. The difference between prayer and meditation is that when we pray, we are asking for something, and when we meditate, we are listening to the answer.

  James Van Praagh

  Prayer, Differences, Meditation

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• At certain times in the revolutionary struggle, the difficulties outweigh the favorable conditions and so constitute the principal aspect of the contradiction and the favorable conditions constitute the secondary aspect. But through their efforts the revolutionaries can overcome the difficulties step by step and open up a favorable new situation, thus a difficult situation yields place to a favorable one.

  Mao Zedong

  Struggle, Yield, Effort

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.104, Lulu.com

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• Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They do not try to spell out everything--a checklist cannot fly a plane. Instead, they provide reminders of only the most critical and important steps--the ones that even the highly skilled professional using them could miss. Good checklists are, above all, practical.

  Atul Gawande

  Hands, Missing, Important

  Atul Gawande (2010). “The Checklist Manifesto: How To Get Things Right”, p.120, Profile Books

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• I admire the strength and courage of all young people faced with difficult situations in life. You are an inspiration to me and so many people around you, as you overcome challenges and come out of it stronger.

  Fearne Cotton

  Inspiration, Situations In Life, People

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• In every difficult situation there is a door to opportunity for which optimism is the only key.

  Wes Fesler

  Opportunity, Keys, Doors

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• You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

  Carrie Fisher

  Order, Survivor, Mental Illness

  Carrie Fisher (2005). “The Best Awful: A Novel”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

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• Though you cannot see, when you take one step, what will be the next, yet follow truth, justice, and plain dealing, and never fear their leading you out of [any difficult situation] in the easiest manner possible.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Truth, Lying, Justice

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States”, p.286

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• Humor enables us to deal with and overcome many of the most painful and difficult situations in our lives.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Overcoming, Painful

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• A careful and sympathetic sense of humour can also be a great asset when there is need to get out of difficult situations gracefully.

  John Allen Fraser

  Needs, Assets, Humour

  John Allen Fraser (1993). “The House of Commons at Work”, Montréal : Éditions de la Chenelière

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• We will come to understand the part a difficult circumstance has played in our lives. Hindsight makes so much clear. The broken marriage, the lost job, the loneliness have all contributed to who we are becoming. The joy of the wisdom we are acquiring is that hindsight comes more quickly. We can, on occasion, begin to accept a difficult situation's contribution to our wholeness while caught in the turmoil.

  Karan Casey

  Jobs, Loneliness, Broken

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• Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important characteristics of leadership, being of good, positive mind is at the top of my list. If a leader can focus on the meritorious characteristics of other people and try to play to their strengths as well as find value in even the most difficult situation, she can inspire hope and faith in others and motivate them to move forward.

  Wilma Mankiller

  Leadership, Moving, Play

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• The way people respond to struggles or express their feelings in difficult situations are very different. I like imagining how characters would react in certain situations.

  Lee Yoon-ki

  Struggle, Character, People

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Weak leaders of churches blame people and circumstances. Breakout church leaders accept responsibility and see God's possibilities in even difficult situations.

  Thom S. Rainer

  Responsibility, People, Leader

  Thom S. Rainer (2010). “Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap”, p.62, Harper Collins

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• Before there was the Soviet Union that could inflame matters. Now you have states not as powerful as the Soviet Union, but states like Iraq, like Iran, and to some extent Syria, having made it possible for some of these groups to operate. So it is a very difficult situation.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Powerful, Iraq, Iran

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• One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Motivational, Wise, Business

  Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Why Some Positive Thinkers Get Powerful Results”, p.60, Open Road Media

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• We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples, including moves to divide, fragment and privatise our communal organisations. Now more than ever, it is a matter of urgency for us to consolidate our own indigenous alternatives for development.

  Evaristo Nugkuag

  Moving, Cutting, Rights

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• I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.

  Madeleine Peyroux

  Intelligent, Guitar, People

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• Some of the most unhappy artists in the most difficult situations can create awe-inspiring works of art.

  Eric Gibbons

  Art, Sadness, Unhappy

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