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Predicament Quotes

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Adolf Hitler
“God's and beasts, that is what our world is made of.”
Adolf Hitler

Anne Brontë
“Though riches had charms, poverty had no terrors for an inexperienced
girl like me. Indeed, to say the truth, there was something exhilarating
in the idea of being driven to straits, and thrown upon our own resources.
I only wished papa, mamma, and Mary were all of the same
mind as myself; and then, instead of lamenting past calamities we might
all cheerfully set to work to remedy them; and the greater the difficulties,
the harder our present privations, the greater should be our cheerfulness to endure the latter, and our vigour to contend against the former.”
Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

Georgette Heyer
“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, The Grand Sophy

Munia Khan
“I forgot to sup
annoyance
from his glass full of
mingled dread and rage
Now let me take
a small draught of solace
from my own little cup
full of predicaments!

From the poem- Draught”
Munia Khan, Beyond The Vernal Mind

Stephen J. Day
“Clearly it is God's will to place me in such a predicament," declared Philias loudly to a procession of stunned passers-by, "So God can jolly well point me towards salvation.”
Stephen J. Day, Horizontal - The Recumbent Adventures of Philias Switchmoat

Viktor E. Frankl
“Just as the small fire is extinguished by the storm while a large fire is enhanced by it, likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicaments and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.”
Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

Sarah Ruhl
“Motherhood is a predicament. How to live fully inside of it with any grace?”
Sarah Ruhl, The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies

Julia Claiborne Johnson
“Sometimes just explaining your predicament--to a bartender, a priest, the old woman in a shift and flip-flops cleaning the lint traps in the Laundromat dryers--is all it takes to see a way out of it.”
Julia Claiborne Johnson, Be Frank With Me

“There is no rescue team that awaits for you when ever you fall, you must team up with all you have inside of you so that you can rescue your self from the predicament”
Tare Munzara

“...ghettoside. ... It was both a place and a predicament....”
Jill Leovy, Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America

Rabindranath Tagore
“Everyone’s nature is not alike. Because you have found your convictions within yourself and can take refuge in your own strength, you fail to realize the predicament of others.”
Rabindranath Tagore, Gora

“Stay away from those who want you to be in the same predicament as them.”
Ojingiri Hannah

“So many lifetimes have come and gone, and we are still in this predicament. Let’s make our lifetimes the time we end this once and for all.”
Jeffrey G. Duarte

David Richo
“Fear follows us all our lives; that is the human condition. Fear sometimes catches up to us; that is our occasional predicament. Fear never has to stop us; that is the purpose of our work.”
David Richo, How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving