Quotes About Facing

It's only by facing things that you ever put them behind you. -Mrs. McConnell to Susan

You can't solve problems by running away from them, it was said, and like the good child she had once been, she had believed this. But it wasn't true. Some problems could only be solved by running away from them.

It's okay if you don't want to," Sadie said, just as gently. "But from experience as someone who denied all emotions for too long, I can tell you that facing them head on like a badass bitch is the only way to go. Otherwise, they chase you, follow you, haunt you, and believe me, those suckers can outpace you, I swear. You need to just get in front of them and turn and fight.

But you can't ignore things that are real just because they're uncomfortable.

Don't run away from situations and don't avoid what could be a problem instead face them with courage and resolve them

You can't run away from your problems. They'll always find you.

There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

But what I realize, here, now, is that it's not actually making the choice that takes courage. It's facing it afterward. Owning up to it, whether it's good or bad.

Ninety-seven percent of everybody you've ever met in your life, and ninety-seven percent of everybody you'll ever meet in your life, have spent ninety-seven percent of their lives running away from fear.

Human beings not only can't bear too much reality, we flee from reality when someone doesn't force us close enough to the fire to feel the heat on our faces.

The front door faces a slope to a shingle shore, a dock, a boathouse, and open water.

Facing something down doesn't mean you aren't afraid of it," I said dryly. "Usually quite the opposite.

The work of restoration cannot begin until a problem is fully faced.

If we are going to get serious about 'gun violence' we should get serious about facing the facts of the violent mentally ill.

The truth comes with a cost: the need to face reality.

The best way to meet any challenge is to be prepared for it.

Scientists might appear rational, but they were in fact completely at the mercy of their emotions. Because most never learned to face them.

Religion as a vital issue is dead except on paper, and whatever beauty-baiting the future may witness will be the work of greed and trade, and not of honest cosmos-facing.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. —JAMES BALDWIN

We must travel in the direction of our fear.

know this: though not everything that we face can be changed, nothing can be changed until we face it.

You can't correct your mistakes you've already done, but you can face them. You can tell the truth and seek forgiveness.

Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is admit that you are scared...

But in my opinion, bravery isn't about the absence of fear. Being brave is when you're absolutely terrified, yet you can make yourself face your fears, no matter how scared you are.