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You can't resolve a dilemma with all the very same mind that made it — Albert Einstein
Every individual is a meeting ground for many different allegiances, and sometimes these loyalties conflict with one another and confront the person who harbors them with difficult choices — Amin Maalouf
The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good. — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
How can we get what we really want and at the same time deal with the needs of others in our lives? Perhaps no human dilemma is more pervasive or challenging. — William Ury
There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go? — Danny Devito
What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties. — Elia Kazan
More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency. — Peter Singer
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The tension between "yes" and "no," between "I can" and "I cannot," makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an interminable debate with one's self. — Anatole Broyard
It’s a contradiction that we all deal with. — Naval Ravikant
The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life. — Erno Rubik
Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. — Laurence J. Peter
Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made. — Robert H. Schuller
The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know. — Bob Woodward
The human dilemma is this: God is Holy and we are not. God is Righteous and we are not. — R. C. Sproul
Know what you do not know. — Buddha
And that is my wish for you: flourish and prosper! — L. Ron Hubbard
The international manager reconciles cultural dilemmas — Fons Trompenaars
For me the moral dilemma this past year has been how to make peace with the unacceptable. — May Sarton
I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?. — Jackie Chan
Every life is a dilemma that must be solved by the person living it. — Jo Coudert
When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative. — Harold S. Kushner
You see the dilemma?” Ham asked. “I see an idiot,” Breeze mumbled. — Brandon Sanderson
Moral Dilemmas Quotes
No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one’s own culture but within oneself. — Barry Lopez
Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation. — Margaret Thatcher
We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma. — Randall Terry
The modern dilemma is essentially a spiritual one, and every one of its main aspects, moral, political and scientific, brings us back to the need of a religious solution. — Christopher Dawson
The thing about 'Dark Knight' is its objective is to set Batman into your world, so that you can imagine the moral dilemmas he faces are exactly parallel to moral dilemmas that you would face in this world, today, if you were out there fighting crime dressed like a bat. — Zack Snyder
I do feel that even though I didn't grow up being a big sci-fi fan or comic books or superhero fan, I felt myself definitely gravitate towards these movies that have a high concept and yet they're giving you a moral dilemma within that. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The reason most of us go to the movies is to be involved in someone else's moral dilemma. — Tom Hanks
Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do. — Pat Barker
a public persona that might be different from what we truly feel inside... everyone wonders if they are good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, no matter how old they are. It is an archetypical moral dilemma - Do you act like yourself and risk becoming an outcast? — Jodi Picoult
Growing up female in America. What a liability! You grew up with your ears full of cosmetic ads, love songs, advice columns, whoreoscopes, Hollywood gossip, and moral dilemmas on the level of TV soap operas. — Erica Jong
Life Dilemma Quotes
When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead. When you can calm yourself down, thinking about the dilemma that is causing you pain will bring you to a higher level and enlighten you, leading to progress. — Ray Dalio
Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life. — John Taylor Gatto
When we arrive at dilemmas in life and we are unable to decipher the right direction to go, if we hope to maintain our confidence in the process, we must (repeat must) allow the Lord to be our Guide, our Strength, our Wisdom - our all! — Charles R. Swindoll
The United States pledges before you-and therefore before the world-its determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma-to devote its entire heart and mind to find the way by which the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living. — Charles Colson
These dilemmas present perhaps the most enduring conundrum of human history: can people derive their identity primarily by positive association or does life's meaning also require negative comparison to others? — William J. Clinton
The biggest dilemma in education today is the differing visions of what an educated person means. To do well on tests is often more important than helping young people really be prepared to deal with the tests of life. — Linda Lantieri
Science is important, but so is ethics, so is balancing life. To destroy life to save life - it's one of the real ethical dilemmas that we face. — George W. Bush
Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today: how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and dissimilar ways of life get along peaceably together? — Clyde Kluckhohn
I can't say that fantasy instead of the 3D world is fine or good, but I know in my own life I have certain people I've kind of fixated upon to the point of pure fantasy. Then there's such a dilemma when here they are, and they're getting ever less and less like the way the fantasy has them. — Jane Alison
Conundrum Quotes
We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there "is" such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and postive action. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
That's the conundrum of cartoon stripping, as opposed to political cartoons. When your anger is the driving force of your drawing hand, failure follows. The anger is OK, but it has to serve the interests of the heart, frankly. — Berkeley Breathed
We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The overflow of big money in politics drowns out the voices of everyday people. That is part of the conundrum in America: The more money you have the more speech you have. That leaves everyday people out of the equation. — Nina Turner
Usually, the main problem with life conundrums is that we don't bring to them enough imagination — Thomas Moore
It is not a matter of life and death. It is not that important. But it is a reflection of life, and so the game is an enigma wrapped in a mystery impaled on a conundrum. — Peter Alliss
Whether talking about addiction, taxation [on cigarettes] or education [about smoking], there is always at the center of the conversation an essential conundrum: How come we're selling this deadly stuff anyway? — Anna Quindlen
I did not and do not think of the solidity-liquidity conundrum as a dichotomy; I view those two conditions as a couple locked, inseparably, in a dialectical bond. — Zygmunt Bauman
Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum. — George Ayittey
One room is always enough for one person. Two rooms is not enough for two people. That is one of the conundrums in life. — Jeanette Winterson
Difficult Decisions Quotes
It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. — Jimmy Carter
The absolute worst part of my job is having to cut people. I have to cut people after every show, that's just how it goes. But I don't judge you on wins and losses. What I do care about is a great fight. — Dana White
Men - the colour of their tie is the most difficult decision they have to make every day. — Nicola Sturgeon
The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision. — Robyn Davidson
The most difficult thing is the decision to act! — Amelia Earhart
If we're going to preach about democracy we're going to have to make difficult decisions. We're not going to sell our values out for basing rights, particularly when (Defense) Secretary (Donald) Rumsfeld himself noted that there were options to the base in Uzbekistan — Bill Delahunt
Well, we've faced very difficult decisions and challenges in our country, every one of us have, as we - since September 11th, as we fought the war on terror, all of those decisions that the President had to make to put young men and women in harm's way. — Laura Bush
When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair. — David Cameron
Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times. — Jack Gantos
Difficult things provoke all your irritations and bring your habitual patterns to the surface. And that becomes the moment of truth. You have the choice to launch into your lousy habitual patterns, or to stay with the rawness and discomfort of the situation and let it transform you. — Pema Chodron
The more players I have, the more difficult choices there are for me, but the better it is for LFC. — Jurgen Klopp
The liberals in the Middle East never had a chance. This is not because the people of the region are radical; it is because if you are offered either bread and security or the concept of democracy, the choice is not difficult. — Tim Marshall
Each member of the team must feel important – everyone must make my life and choices difficult. — Didier Deschamps
Easy short-term choices lead to difficult long-term consequences meanwhile difficult short-term choices lead to easy long-term consequences. — Rory Vaden
If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both. — George Best
In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed. — Robert Gilpin
The Way of the Samurai is found in death. When it comes to either/or, there is only the quick choice of death. It is not particularly difficult. Be determined and advance. — Nabeshima Naoshige
Bad habits are easy to develop but difficult to live with. Good habits are difficult to develop, but easy to live with. If you are willing to be uncomfortable for little while, so you can press past the initial pain of change, in the long run, your life will be much better. — Joel Osteen
In a time of tight budgets, difficult choices have to be made. We must make sure our very limited resources are spent on priorities. I believe we should have no higher priority than investing in our children's classrooms and in their future. — Bob Riley
The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If you don't resist you almost certainly will get killed. It is a tough choice, but there is only one right answer. — Jeff Cooper
The best thing you can do is follow your dreams — The Rev
You have to accept that there will always be too much to do; that you can’t avoid tough choices or make the world run at your preferred speed; that no experience, least of all close relationships with other human beings, can ever be guaranteed in advance to turn out painlessly and well. — Oliver Burkeman
If you have a 2 or 3 year old who is not talking, you must start an early intervention program. The worst thing you can do with an autistic 3 year old is to do nothing. — Temple Grandin
You cannot make progress without making decisions. — Jim Rohn
Empowered women who reach tough or unconventional positions make CHOICES not sacrifices — Kiran Bedi
Social Security must be preserved and strengthened. But we need to be candid about the costs and willing to make the tough choices that real reform will require. — Lindsey Graham
The really tough choices...don't center upon right versus wrong. They involve right versus right. They are genuine dilemmas precisely because each side is firmly rooted in one of our basic, core values. — Rushworth Kidder
Difficult Situations Quotes
When I asked God for strength, He gave me difficult situations to face. — Swami Vivekananda
People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them. — Christina Grimmie
I've discovered most Christians don't know what to do with difficult situations because they have bought into the lie that God owes us (for our good behaviour). The reality of life is that if you live long enough you are going to bleed, cry and hurt. AND God is still God IN that. — Matt Chandler
What I treasure most in life is being able to dream.
During my most difficult moments and complex situations
I have been able to dream of a more beautiful future. — Rigoberta Menchu
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
Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension. — Edmund Hillary
Anyone can see the adversity in a difficult situation, but it takes a stronger person to see the opportunity. — Drew Brees
Soldiers expect the noncommissioned officer to be technically proficient, up front, and honest with them. Soldiers must know that NCOs care, that they can approach the NCO for guidance and direction, and that NCOs can make things happen when a difficult situation arises. — Glen E. Morrell
Your practice should be strengthened by the difficult situations you encounter, just as a bonfire in a strong wind is not blown out, but blazes even brighter. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
We live in an increasingly sophisticated world that makes it difficult to make simple comments on stuff. There are too many people on both sides of the border who are taking advantage of circumstances and the situation. — Arlo Guthrie
Tough Decisions Quotes
A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent. — Douglas MacArthur
We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions. — Gary Johnson
Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl — Eoin Colfer
That's why I made decisions; they were tough decisions but we shouldn't feel bad at all - don't look back with any regrets, that's how I made decisions as governor. — Scott McCallum
If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones. — Virginia Foxx
If you make the tough decisions, people will hate you today. But they will thank you for generations. — Meryl Streep
Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy. — Sidney Blumenthal
My job is to get people back to work and make tough decisions. I've been willing to do it. — Rick Scott
I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation. — Scott Walker
Predicament Quotes
Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn't ask to be a role model, because I'm not perfect. — ASAP Rocky
Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it-likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them. — Victor Frankl
The terrible predicament of a beautiful girl is that only an experienced womanizer, someone cynical and without scruple, feels up to the challenge. More often than not, she will lose her virginity to some filthy lowlife in what proves to be the first step in an irrevocable decline. — Michel Houellebecq
Poetry is a language in which man explores his own amazement. — Christopher Fry
For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement. — Viktor E. Frankl
The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament. — Steve Jobs
Only trust me! You have fallen into a fit of despondency and there is not the least need! In fact, nothing could be more fatal, in any predicament! It encourages one to suppose that there is nothing to be done, when a little resolution is all that is wanted to bring matters to a happy conclusion. — Georgette Heyer
When we look into the human heart we see the lust, the greed, the hate, the pride, the anger, and the jealousies that are so destructive. This is at the heart of the human predicament, and the Scriptures call this condition sin. — Ravi Zacharias
We're barely a prank show, in my opinion. We don't consider it that, we don't call our stuff pranks. The challenges that we do are more social experiments that put each other in awkward situations. — Joe Gatto
What’s kept me intrigued is that it is one of the few jobs where everyday you can study something new. You are constantly learning about new businesses, new situations, new management teams, new issues. So it’s infinitely challenging. — Bill Ackman
We are so afraid of discomfort that we avoid any situation that challenges us to grow and evolve. — Michael Easter
I love being put into situations which are competitive and tough and challenging. — Ellyse Perry
Ordinary people, even weak people, can do extraordinary things through temporary courage generated by a situation. But the person of character does not need the situation to generate his courage. It is a part of his being and a standard approach to all life's challenges. — Michael Josephson
Isn't art about breaking rules, about challenging existing systems, isn't it about discovering meaning in things or situations before others see anything in them?? — Peter Lindbergh
A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience. — Wallis Simpson
We all come to this planet as spiritual beings destined to experience a variety of challenges and situation in order to grow and evolve spiritually. — James Van Praagh
Welcome the challenges. Look for the opportunities in every situation to learn and grow in wisdom. — Brian Tracy
Moral Crisis Quotes
I agree with Dante, that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
[This miserable mode
Maintain the melancholy souls of those
Who lived withouten infamy or praise.] — Dante Alighieri
The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis. — Edmund Burke
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy and moral values, action needs to develop into a world crusade for the Spiritual Humanity. — Vida Goldstein
The USA experiences the crisis of ideological and moral values. — Vladimir Zhirinovsky
The Founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified. — Ron Paul
Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis. — Bryant H. McGill
The moral angle to the foreclosure crisis - and, of course, in capitalism we're not supposed to be concerned with the moral stuff, but let's mention it anyway - shows a culture that is slowly giving in to a futuristic nightmare ideology of computerized greed and unchecked financial violence. — Matt Taibbi
Making Tough Decisions Quotes
If we don't make tough decisions today our children are going to have to make much, much tougher decisions tomorrow. — Paul Ryan
Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs. — Jack Welch
You win by working hard, making tough decisions and building coalitions. — John Engler
I want the Iraqis to understand that we are with them and that they have to make tough decisions, and we'll help them make those tough decisions for this country, for this democracy to survive. And they've made some tough decisions. — George W. Bush
Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding. — Martha Beck
I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business. Remember many new businesses do not make it and running a business will be a tough experience, involving long hours and many hard decisions - it helps to have that passion to keep you going. — Richard Branson
Tough times test your valor, persistence and ability to make decisions. They force you to fight for your dreams. — Paulo Coelho
I have voted to make tough decisions in budgetary times, I've served on two recessionary budgets, my opponent has never served on any a budget committee where there was less money to spend than the year before. — Matt Gonzalez
Leadership is tested not by one's capacity to survive politically but by the ability to make tough decisions in trying times. — Ehud Olmert
Decision is the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made nothing happens. — Wilferd Peterson
Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better. — Sydney J. Harris
Big ideas come from forward thinking people who challenge the norm, think outside the box, and invent the world they see inside rather than submitting to the limitations of current dilemmas — T. D. Jakes
Prayer will get you out of a pinch, prayer will get you out of a crises, prayer will get you out of your dilemma, prayer will get you out of your trouble. — T. D. Jakes
The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views? — E. O. Wilson
A lot of my work has been about the unexpected—that kind of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time. That kind of dilemma—that push and pull—is the underlying turbulence that I bring to each of the pieces that I make. — Kara Walker
When I’m creating at the piano, I tend to feel happy; but - the eternal dilemma - how can we be happy amid the unhappiness of others? I'd do everything I could to give everyone a moment of happiness. That's what's at the heart of my music. — Nino Rota
I saw Hulk Hogan the other day in a parking lot, and I couldn't tell from a distance if it was Hulk Hogan or not. And I realized I've never had that dilemma before. I've always been able to tell immediately when looking at anybody if they were or were not Hulk Hogan. — Kyle Cease
Whenever you face obstacles, crises and dilemmas and your confidence is in your associates more than in God- it is a sign your faith is deteriorating. — T. D. Jakes
On an important decision one rarely has 100% of the information needed for a good decision no matter how much one spends or how long one waits. And, if one waits too long, he has a different problem and has to start all over. This is the terrible dilemma of the hesitant decision maker. — Robert K. Greenleaf
Being alive and being a woman is all I got, but being colored is a metaphysical dilemma I haven't conquered yet. — Ntozake Shange
Think about our dilemma on this planet. If the expansion of consciousness does not loom large in the human future, what kind of future is it going to be? — Terence McKenna
There is no escaping from ourselves. The human dilemma is as it has always been, and we solve nothing fundamental by cloaking ourselves in technological glory. — Neil Postman
Many in the American military have learned the fundamental dilemma of modern warfare: More money and better weapons don't mean that you win. — Gabriel Kolko
...this is my dilemma. I'm a guy who makes things up as I go along, so nothing is ever finished - there are so many layers. So when you solo, yeah, you might get into one thing, but then, hey, everything has implications! You can hear the next level. And that's how I feel about improvising - there's always another level. — Sonny Rollins
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma at the same time that it ignites our desire to break out of it. — Philip Kapleau
A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma. — Marlene Dietrich
We have to bring stability to Iraq, otherwise we will be faced with a future dilemma of sending our loved ones into harms way to stop a civil war or the rise of a new tyrant born from the instability that we created. — Jay Rockefeller
To see a promising solution to a dilemma and then just leave it to questionable development at its own pace without trying to aid its implementation would seem a dereliction. — Roger Wolcott Sperry
Artist refers to a person, willfully enmeshed in a dilemma of categories, who performs as if none of them existed. — Allan Kaprow
Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever. — Peabo Bryson
Tragedy speaks not of secular dilemmas which may be resolved by rational innovation, but of the unalterable bias toward inhumanity and destruction in the drift of the world. — George Steiner
...the habitual dualist's solution to the problem of dualism: to solve the dilemma by chopping off one of the horns. — Alan Watts
In all states of dilemma or of difficulty, prayer is an available source. The ship of prayer may sail through all temptations, doubts and fears, straight up to the throne of God; and though she may be outward bound with only griefs, and groans, and sighs, she shall return freighted with a wealth of blessings! — Charles Spurgeon
The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. — Vernor Vinge
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