Difficult Situations Quotes

• Although you may not always be able to avoid difficult situations,you can modify the extent to which you can suffer by how you choose to respond to the situation.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Suffering, May

  Dalai Lama (2009). “The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living”, p.112, Penguin

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• A fight is a fight. And life is a fight. No matter how many fights you have under your belt, it will continue to be a learning experience. And you can never prepare yourself for every scenario. Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them.

  Erik Apple

  Fighting, Mma, Awkward

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• Anyone can see the adversity in a difficult situation, but it takes a stronger person to see the opportunity.

  Drew Brees

  Adversity, Opportunity, Stronger

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• Difficult situations breed astonishing results.

  Jeffrey Veen

  Results, Astonishing, Difficult

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• Sometimes you can defuse a difficult situation simply by being willing to understand the other person. Often all that people need is to know that someone else cares about how they feel and it attempting to understand their position.

  Brian Tracy

  People, Needs, Care

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• Even in the most difficult situation there is always, somehow, a way to triumph

  Ralph Marston

  Work Out, Triumph, Way

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• When it seems humanly impossible to do more in a difficult situation, surrender yourself to the inner silence and thereafter wait for a sign of obvious guidance or for a renewal of inner strength.

  Paul Brunton

  Silence, Waiting, Inner Strength

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• If you're going through hell, keep going.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• No matter what kind of difficult situation one may find oneself in, some opening, some opportunity to fight one's way out, can always be found. What's most important is to hold fast to Hope, to face the future with courage.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Fighting, Opportunity, Hopeful

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• 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

  Strong, Wind, Practice

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• Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them.

  Erik Apple

  Mma, Awkward, Odd

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• Pause and remember - The spiritual path is not always going to be smooth and easy. There are going to be difficult situations, hardships, losses and lessons. Don't lose faith along the way. You are exactly where you need to be.

  Jennifer Young

  Spiritual, Loss, Awakening

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• Difficult situations require compassion, level-headedness & the empathy to see issues from somebody else's perspective.

  Ben Parr

  Compassion, Issues, Perspective

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I asked God for strength, He gave me difficult situations to face.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Faces, Difficult, Situation

  Source: tamilandvedas.com

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• In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

  Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (2013). “You Can If You Think You Can”, p.301, Simon and Schuster

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• When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as our problem, but in reality whatever problems we experience come from the side of the mind. If we were to respond to difficult situations with a positive or peaceful mind they would not be problems for us; indeed, we may even come to regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. Problems arise only if we respond to difficulties with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to be free from problems, we must transform our mind.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Positive, Buddhist, Attitude

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.5, Tharpa Publications US

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• When discouraged some people will give up, give in or give out far too early. They blame their problems on difficult situations, unreasonable people or their own inabilities. When discouraged other people will push back that first impulse to quit, push down their initial fear, push through feelings of helplessness and push ahead. They're less likely to find something to blame and more likely to find a way through.

  Steve Goodier

  Giving Up, People, Feelings

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• We can learn the art of fierce compassion - redefining strength, deconstructing isolation and renewing a sense of community, practicing letting go of rigid us-vs.-them thinking - while cultivating power and clarity in response to difficult situations.

  Sharon Salzberg

  Letting Go, Art, Thinking

  "Fierce Compassion" by Sharon Salzberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 14, 2012.

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• It's impossible to feel sad or have any negative feeling when you're grateful. If you're in the midst of a difficult situation, look for something to be grateful for.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Inspirational, Karma, Gratitude

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Power”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them.

  Christina Grimmie

  Running, Strong, People

  Twitter post from Aug 23, 2013

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• At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

  P. G. Wodehouse

  Women, Age, Lucky

  P. G. Wodehouse (2009). “Uneasy Money: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.349, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Obstacles can arise from good as well as bad circumstances, but they should never deter or overpower you. Be like the earth, which supports all living creatures indiscriminately, without distinguishing good from bad. The earth is simply there. 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

  Strong, Wind, Practice

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• The Bible talks about how God uses difficult situations to develop our character and get us stronger. The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends. But out of that darkness, out of that disappointment in my life, that's what God used to push me into another level of victory or another level of ministry that I never knew I had.

  Joel Osteen

  Disappointment, Father, Character

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• Calmness is a huge gift. And once you master it, you will be able to respond in a useful way to every difficult situation that decides to walk into your heart.

  Geri Larkin

  Heart, Able, Way

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• One of the main coaching points I've heard throughout my entire life is, 'How you respond to difficult situations defines your character,' and I think it's a good saying. I also think it applies to more than just the players.

  Chris Kluwe

  Character, Player, Thinking

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