Difficult Circumstances Quotes

• Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Creative, Difficult, Circumstances

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• If all Europe lies flat while the Russian mob tramps over it, we will then be faced with a war under difficult circumstances, and with a very good chance of losing it.

  James Forrestal

  War, Lying, Europe

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• At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

  Joyce Maynard

  Home, Stories, Redemption

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• We're living in a different world now in terms of employee needs, and companies have to offer alternative methods for getting the work done. Even under the most difficult circumstances you can have creative flexibility.

  Anne M. Mulcahy

  Creative, Different, Needs

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• Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

  Horace

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity — even under the most difficult circumstances — to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish. Or in the bitter fight for self preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Fate, Fighting, Animal

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.73, Beacon Press

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• However much I dislike the idea of abortion, you should not criminalize a woman who, in very difficult circumstances, makes that choice.

  Tony Blair

  Ideas, Choices, Abortion

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• Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• We accept that sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen.

  Tony Abbott

  Sometimes, Accepting, Difficult

  "Abbott faces questions over comments in Sri Lanka". "The World Today" with Eleanor Hall, www.abc.net.au. November 18, 2013.

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• If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

  Bertrand Russell

  Change, Happiness, Success

  Bertrand Russell (2015). “The Conquest of Happiness”, p.90, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.

  Mo Yan

  Thinking, Profound, Understanding

  "Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.

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• We should be inspired by people... who show that human beings can be kind, brave, generous, beautiful, strong-even in the most difficult circumstances.

  Rachel Corrie

  Beautiful, Strong, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Bible is full of God's promises to provide for us spiritually and materially, to never forsake us, to give us peace in times of difficult circumstances, to cause all circumstances to work together for our good, and finally to bring us safely home to glory. Not one of those promises is dependent upon our performance. They are all dependent on the grace of God given to us through Jesus Christ.

  Jerry Bridges

  Jesus, Home, Giving

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• The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude especially an attitude of gratitude in a given set of circumstances especially in difficult circumstances.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Gratitude, Attitude, Lasts

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• In difficult circumstances, teams either separate or come closer together, it's as simple as that

  Ron Dennis

  Business, Team, Simple

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• In my ninety-plus years, I have learned a secret. I have learned that when good men and good women face challenges with optimism, things will always work out! Truly, things always work out! Despite how difficult circumstances may look at the moment, those who have faith and move forward with a happy spirit will find that things always work out.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Moving, Men, Years

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• When we learn to accept difficult circumstances patiently, the real problem disappears.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Real, Problem, Accepting

  Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.324, Tharpa Publications UK

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• Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Compassion, Sometimes, Difficult

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2009). “The Angel's Game: The Cemetery of Forgotten”, p.314, Hachette UK

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• I was writing songs because I needed them, songs about trusting God in difficult circumstances.

  Matt Hammitt

  Song, Writing, Trust In God

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• We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances - the idea being that you don't really know who you are until you've been tested or suffered in some way.

  Erich Hoeber

  Character, Ideas, People

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• Under extremely difficult circumstances (Iraq) pursues the inherently complicated task of rebuilding the country. Yet Iraq continues, courageously, to reach for the promise of a democratic, federal and pluralistic state, where generations of oppressed Iraqis will regain their dignity, freedom and the right to join the civilized and progressive nations of the world.

  Jalal Talabani

  Country, Iraq, Promise

  "Keep U.S., British forces in Iraq, says Talabani". The Toronto Star, September 23, 2006.

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• It is possible for us to live in the very sense of the Lord's presence, under even the most difficult circumstances. If you and I are going to enjoy the peace of paradise during this life we must become accustomed to a familiar, humble, and very affectionate conversation with the Lord Jesus.

  Brother Lawrence

  Jesus, Humble, Paradise

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• I give it up to women who have the power to keep their spirit alive under very difficult circumstances.

  Emily Saliers

  Giving, Alive, Spirit

  "Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls | Outspoken. Unapologetic. A Voice for Women". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I may not agree with everything, but our President, just like President [George W.] Bush did, is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Trying, President, May

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• Buddhism is a practice in which we learn to avoid injuring others, and ourselves. It's a practice in which we learn to respond to beauty, and to respond to difficult circumstances with patience, with a sense of calm, with clarity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhist, Buddhism, Practice

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