Viktor E. Frankl
Psychiatrist, Neurologist
"Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation."
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Viktor E. Frankl
Psychiatrist, Neurologist
"Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!"
Desmond Tutu
Theologian, Activist
"To remain neutral in situations of injustice is to be complicit in that injustice."
Ice Cube
Rapper, Actor
"I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing."
Ice Cube
Rapper, Actor
"Money comes and goes, but your inner feelings, your gut feelings, your manhood, your womanhood, whatever, that stays with you. That don't go anywhere. So you either proud of who you are and how you handle situations or you not. If you handle a situation wrong, you, it will haunt you."
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"People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it."
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"All situations teach you, and often it's the tough ones that teach you best."
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"Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness."
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"We now have exactly the same situation as we had at the start of the race, only exactly the opposite."
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"The mark of a great shiphandler is never getting into situations that require great shiphandling."
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"There is no black-and-white situation. It's all part of life. Highs, lows, middles."
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"If you are neutral in a situation where one side is patently being mistreated, the conclusion is that you're siding with this wrong."
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"The fastest way to get to a new-and-improved situation is to make peace with your current situation."
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"If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response."
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"Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear."
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"There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed."
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"Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful."
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"How many situations can be resolved with less thinking?"
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"I create situations that do not exist. I seek the truth from fiction."
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"I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation."
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"Escape your situation through your mind and your actions."
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"The wrong thing to do about any given circumstance or situation is to do nothing."
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"I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well."
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"I base all of my music around finding positivity in every thing & every situation."
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"I never had any awkward situations with Shah Rukh."
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