facing problems Quotes

Avoidance doesn’t solve anything; it merely serves as a temporary salve.

The more we run from a problem, the more we're actually running into it.

Problems are cured by facing their cause.

When you run in fear, it's square into the wall.

You're trying to escape from your difficulties, and there never is any escape from difficulties, never. They have to be faced and fought.

Rock music is important to people , because it allows them to escape this crazy world. It allows them not to run away from the problems that are there, but to face up to them , but at the same time sort of DANCE ALL OVER THEM. That's what rock and roll is about.

If you can stare hard at your problems, they almost always shrink or disappear, because you almost always find a better way of dealing with them than if you don't face them head on. The more difficult the problem, the more important it is that you stare at it and deal with it.

The first step of handling anything is gaining the ability to face it.

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them, but confront them. Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble.

If you're unhappy, what is it in your life that you're not facing?

All problems become smaller if you don't dodge them but confront them.

But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.

Not that running away's going to solve everything. I don't want to rain on your parade or anything, but I wouldn't count on escaping this place if I were you. No matter how far you run. Distance might not solve anything.

If a path to the better there be, it begins with a full look at the worst.

I think everyone in their life goes through challenges, whether it's love or money, kids or illness... You have to really not run away from that stuff.

Nothing goes on forever. I think that's one of the illusions of life. When I talk about my life being an extension of my dreams and fantasies, there's a tendency to think of them as immature. I live in a mature world. The majority of the people in this society live with delusions and illusions much more irrational and hurtful than mine. They deal with mortality, with fantasies relating to heaven and hell, and they don't really deal with their problems at all.

Avoiding problems you need to face is avoiding the life you need to live.

You can't do anything in life. The social barriers in life are so intense and horrific that every encounter is just fraught with so many problems and dread. Every social situation is a potential nightmare.

It's better to face some problems as soon as you can.

I was always taught if you do something, face the piper. Try to make it right.

You're not going to make any progress on a problem if you're not honest about what a problem is.

What you can't run away from, you have to face