Confronting Difficulties Quotes

Act without doing; work without effort. Think of the small as large and the few as many. Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. The Master never reaches for the great; thus she achieves greatness. When she runs into a difficulty, she stops and gives herself to it. She doesn't cling to her own comfort; thus problems are no problem for her.

Avoidance has never been a great tactic in solving any problem. For most situations in life, not addressing what's going on only makes matters worse.

I try to do my job and be a decent person, and a decent person has the courage to face what is not necessarily pleasant, what is perhaps dark and troublesome.

I'm sick of running away from things.

America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.

We must meet the challenge rather than wish it were not before us.

... stop trying to get me to write about 'decent courageous people' -- read the Ladies' Home Journal for those! ... I believe in going through and facing the worst, not hiding from it.

Fights problems with bigger problems.

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

Unlike in Washington, Virginia's leaders don't run from serious problems. We tackle them.

Things are not bad in themselves, but our cowardice makes them so.

We are a nation that seeks out solutions and refuses to ignore challenges.

When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.

Nobody comes to Earth to dodge problems. We come here to take 'em on.

Do battle with the challenges of your present, and you will unlock the prizes of your future.

No movie can change society, but there are things that can be achieved by a film. For example, we are sitting in a room that has a lizard in it but we don't mention it because it is not bothering us. But if I stand up and say there is a lizard in the room, then we will try to deal with it - in whatever way.

If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!

Teens want to read something that isn't a lie; we adults wish we could put our heads under the blankets and hide from the scary story we're writing for our kids.

I see reality up front, never giving it my back

The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.

I challenge the challenges. I like to face the problems. I don't run away from them. Whatever loss I have to face it, I face it.

How hard it is to accept the truth. How hard it is

It takes a lot of courage to face up to things you can't do because we feed ourselves so much denial.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a man, because it is noble to do so and disgraceful not to do so.