Quotes About Dilemma

Being good all the time was a bad bargain.

He tilted her face upward as if he meant to kiss her. Shocked, Maria resisted, glancing toward the people at the table, some of them are smiling, some disapproving, some thoroughly appalled. She looked back at him, doubtful. "Does a gentleman kiss a woman in front of other people?" He tilted her head back. "This one does," he said and captured her lips with his.

Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good?

Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good?

Everyone's fake in certain situations. It's like when you go for a job interview and they ask you, "What would you do if you found one of your friends at work stealing?" and, let's face it, no one's going to tell on their friend. But of course you have to say, "I would tell IMMEDIATELY, because I don't think I could work in that kind of environment, it's not good for my morale." No one wants to look like an idiot.

Eisenhauser conundrum

How is it possible, I think, to change so much and not be able to change anything at all?

he gave Molino a brutally simple choice: He could either be executed along with his master

Magellan found himself in a difficult position. He could not bring himself to condemn a priest—even a disloyal priest—to death.

No one in Portugal dared to admit the actual reason for Magellan's behavior

Individuals with the Autonomy Survival Style have had to face the dilemma of choosing between themselves or their parents. To submit to their parents leaves them feeling invaded, controlled, and crushed. On the other hand, their loving feelings and the need to maintain the attachment relationship keep them from overtly challenging parents.

Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them.

One of the two horns of my dilemma.

He knew he could worm his way beneath her defenses—he'd read every word of those diaries. He knew the one absolute way to fulfill her every dream. The problem was, could he do that to her? He didn't have to. He could turn about this moment and ride away. Yet that would mean leaving her forever.

abortions were an action of last resort, when there was no better option.

The hypothetical past perfect, the tense of missed chances. Tears dripped down her chin. No, she thought suddenly. I could do that.

when personally affected by the issues, even idealists often end up making selfish choices with far-reaching effects. It's human nature,

On a soap, happiness never lasts for very long!

Prudence and insight often conceal a tepid, weak heart.

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.

At last, however, he began to think -- as you or I would have thought at first; for it is always the person not in the predicament who knows what ought to have been done in it, and would unquestionably have done it too . . .

There are tales among us that you have sold yourself to the devil, and I know not what.' 'We all have, have we not?' returned the stranger, looking up. 'If we were fewer in number, perhaps he would give better wages.