Quotes for All
If literature is to transcend political interference and return to being a testimony of man and his existential predicament, it needs first to break away from ideology. To be without isms, is to return to the individual and to return to viewing the world through the eyes of the writer, an individual who relies on … Read more
She sifted, sighed, and stared up at the ceiling, trying to think about anything but Lord Maccoon, her current predicament, or Lord Akeldama’s safety. Which meant she could do nothing but reflect on the complex plight of her mama’s more recent embroidery project. Thins, in itself, was a worse torture than any her captors could … Read more
If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends. Elbert Hubbard
When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experiences of nearly forty years at sea, I merely say uneventful. I have never been in an accident of any sort worth speaking about….I never saw a wreck and have never been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in … Read more
That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche
There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I like Nelly’s [Ternan] quiet inner strength. I thought there was something about her predicament that I found interesting – that she didn’t want to be a floozy mistress, a bit on the side, that she had more self-respect than that. Felicity Jones
By not paying attention to your body, you are putting it in the same predicament as a neglected child. How can a child be expected to develop normally if the parents pay no attention, if they ignore its cries for help, and remain indifferent to whether their child is happy or unhappy? Deepak Chopra
Create some psychological space between you and your project by imagining you’re doing it for someone else or contemplating what advice you’d give to another person in your predicament. Daniel H. Pink
It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament. As your eyes open, you’ll see that your state of health, happiness, and every circumstance of your life has been, in large part, arranged by you – consciously or unconsciously. Dan Millman