Quote by Lemony Snicket

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot control, to admit you can do nothing.

It is difficult, when faced with a situation you cannot cont

Summary

This quote highlights the challenge of accepting the inevitability of circumstances beyond one's control. It emphasizes the human tendency to resist acknowledging our limitations when confronted with a situation that we cannot influence or alter. Accepting powerlessness can be emotionally challenging, as it requires humility and surrendering the desire for control.

Topics

Truth

By Lemony Snicket

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

But because we've all been readers, we know what the experie

But because we've all been readers, we know what the experience is like, and we hope that what certain writers have given to us, we will give to someone.

]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astra

]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astray

Poetry Beauty Imagery

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Common Sense

'Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would

'Tis not what man does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

Robert Browning

Ambition

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is

The substance of the eminent Socialist gentlemen's speech is that making a profit is a sin. It is my belief that the real sin is taking a loss!

Sir Winston Churchill

Communism

One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is t

One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, strawberry or cherry are now things of the past, along with their precious moment of arrival. Even the tangerine -- now a satsuma or clementine -- appears de-pipped months before Christmas.

Seasons

Sir, I have found you an argument. I am not obliged to find

Sir, I have found you an argument. I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

Argument & Debate

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating

Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

Work

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance,

A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

Henry David Thoreau

Wisdom Life Chance

A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cher

A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.

Jennifer Aniston

Relationship

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the pos

I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.

Infinity

Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encoura

Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan

Gary L. Francione

Education Animals Inspirational Quotes Classism Exploitation Abolition Ahimsa Ableist Abolitionist Francione Heterosexism