Quotes About Dilemma

Sometimes doing the right thing isn't the right thing to do."   "Here

When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]

Caught between the tongue and the taste.

to carry one's own door will make a person clumsy, tired and strange on the other hand, it may come in useful if you go places that don't have an obvious way in, like normality or an obvious way out, like the classic double bind

And it was most important to do what one knew was right, for otherwise the day might come when one could no longer tell the difference between right and wrong.

Sometimes the world is better off if one always defaults to option number two.

I understand what it is like to rely on beauty and know the shallowness of it ... Yet, it is impossible to say if you would have caught my attention the first time had you been plain and wrapped in brown. Thus remains the endless dilemma of beauty's impressionable curse.

She had a capacity for tact, but she was also extremely honest, and if tact and honesty conflicted on any important matter, the honesty won.

She had not yet decided whether to use her power for good...or for evil.

Now, Hazel was not stupid. She knew that just because you see a piece of cake and a sign that says EAT ME doesn't mean you should actually do it. And just because two giant ravens point you in the direction of a path doesn't mean you should take it. But it was the only path she had.

He lifted his hand to knock, but then he stopped. He could go neither forward nor back, so he simply stayed that way—hand frozen in the air.

What are you supposed to do when something like that happens? Do you hold on or let go?

There was pie on the table when Tugs returned. Pie in the Button family meant trouble.

Voilà. Ce soir, j'ai horreur d'être allée à ce film soviétique inepte. Peut-être n'avait-il pas envie que je vienne. Et peut-être ne me téléphonera-t-il pas. Le seul point positif : le risque qu'il a pris en me suivant, alors que tous venaient de me voir partir. Vraiment le seul. Bien. Et moi ? Quelle conduite tenir ? Rompre Ã¢â'¬â€œ menacer de rompre Ã¢â'¬â€œ ne rien dire. Le choix est là.

Et, comme d'habitude, il était impossible de déterminer si l'avortement était interdit parce que c'était mal, ou si c'était mal parce que c'était interdit. On jugeait par rapport à la loi, on ne jugeait pas la loi.

When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.

I guess the only trouble was that George was very slow in getting around to proposing. Several times, I almost proposed to him.

I know that there's pros and cons to everything.

Innocence does not find near so much protection as guilt.

Society cannot escape what is essentially a moral question: When does human life deserve legal protection from the state? And society certainly cannot escape this dilemma by denying that it is fundamentally a moral issue, no matter what position one chooses.

So, friends, what method should we use? Hard to choose. I could torch them in their love nest or butcher them in their fragrant bed.

HIPP. My tongue hath sworn—my mind is still unsworn. [17]

When our oppressor is all-powerful, where shall we fly for justice?

To live dishonorably is better than to die gloriously.