Confront Quotes

“Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems.
Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.”
― Toba Beta [Betelgeuse Incident], Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza

“...I started to realize how many great things could happen by confronting the things that scare you most.”
― David Archuleta, Chords of Strength: A Memoir of Soul, Song and the Power of Perseverance

“But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.”
― Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park

“Everywhere man is confronted with fate, with the chance of achieving something through his own suffering.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning

“Confront only the good.”
― Meir Ezra

“Happiness is the manifestation of confronting only good.”
― Meir Ezra

“When someone respects you, s/he confronts you in private before taking you in public and/or stabbing in the back and backbiting you...”
― Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

“If you stop confronting (seeing, acknowledging) the good in others, you will create arguments and upsets.”
― Meir Ezra

“What makes you so dare to challenge me, kiddo?
It ain't about you, Sir. I just wanna confront my fear.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

“The saddest thing you can do as a human is to discuss one person with another for the sake of it. The unkindest thing you can do to a human is to tarnish their reputation in front of others just to make yourself look good. An unfortunate thing that you can do to a person is to be unapologetically direct and not understand their side. However, the WORST thing you can do is to slip in ‘little’ white lies just to save yourself from confrontations & emotional conversations.
Complain about each other to each other.
Have your freedom… G E N T L Y.
Discuss your mind – politely.”
― Sijdah Hussain, Red Sugar, No More

“If you escape from a necessary fight, pray you will live long enough to wait for and deal with the same challenge that must be settled.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Only those who confront unusual challenge can flaunt unusual success.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“The ultimate courage is fighting a battle one knows they will lose; but they confront the adversary, to prevent them from winning.”
― R.J. Intindola

“What we ‘need’ tells us who we are. What we ‘want’ tells us who we want to be. Therefore, we pursue we what we ‘want’ because we don’t want to face who we are.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Winners don’t fear reality, they don’t hide from the truth, and they’re not afraid to confront their own flaws and weaknesses.”
― Tim S. Grover, Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness

“Using the first-person singular pronoun is another great way to set a boundary without escalating into confrontation. When you say, “I’m sorry, that doesn’t work for me,” the word “I” strategically focuses your counterpart’s attention onto you long enough for you to make a point.”
― Chris Voss, Never Split The Difference, The Storyteller's Secret [Hardcover], Talk Like TED, TED Talks 4 Books Collection Set

“If you’re willing to confront reality, accept the pain that comes with doing so, and follow the 5-Step Process to drive yourself toward your goals, you’re on the path to success. Yet most people fail to do this because they hold on to bad opinions that could easily be rectified by going above themselves to objectively look down at their situation and weigh what they and others think about it. It’s for that reason I believe you must be radically open-minded.”
― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work

“Truth often lands hard, but it always lands intact.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If we speak in truth it may not always feel good, but it will always be right.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It is an affront to shunt to the front. The displaced will grunt and confront with blunt insolence. That’s not a pretty brunt to bear.”
― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1

“I don’t wish to please men. Rather, I wish to help them. And more times than not, the process of genuinely helping them may not necessarily please them.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“When we are confronted with stressful and difficult situations, focusing more on aspects that we can control—or at least influence—can alter our emotional response to the situation.”
― Noel Brick, Strong Minds: How to Unlock the Power of Elite Sports Psychology to Accomplish Anything

“It should come as no surprise that stressful situations become less stressful the more you get used to them. Psychologists call this cue desensitization—the process by which you experience a lower emotional response to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it. It’s the reason that seasoned pros can still perform well in front of thousands of spectators, why public speaking becomes easier and easier, and, ahem, why it only feels kinky the first time you do it. So stop avoiding things that scare you. The goal is to seek out opportunities to experience pressure and confront it head-on.”
― Simon Marshall, The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion

“Investigative negotiators confront demands the same way they confront any other statement from the other party: “What can I learn from this demand? What does it tell me about the other party’s needs and interests? How can I use this information to create and capture value?”
― Deepak Malhotra, Negotiation Genius: How to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Brilliant Results at the Bargaining Table and Beyond

“Sure, love also confronts, but with passion, not a weapon.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“There is now good scientific evidence that expressing appreciation for what you have has a remarkable effect on your self-judgment system and your overall well-being, most likely because it confronts negativity and increases the production of dopamine—your brain’s pleasure juice. Scientific studies have also revealed that the simple act of looking for things to be grateful for is as important as finding them.”
― Simon Marshall, The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion

“There's a feeling within me, begging me to confront and overcome this defeat. But then there are the louder voices creeping in from the shadows of my memory.”
― Kristina Smeriglio, Tales We Tell The Sky

“Manipulators are never ignored but confronted squarely, and if not, then they will continue and get even worse.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Grace does not excuse or condone unrepentant behavior. Confrontation with love can lead to redemption and restoration.”
― Dr. Lucas D. Shallua

“Those who stare us in the face and adamantly declare that there is no hope typically do so out of the deeply troubling fear that our passion will be ignited by the reality that it does.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough