A Quote by Richard N. Haass

Bad situations can always get worse.

Richard N. Haass

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Richard N. Haass
American - Diplomat
Born: July 28, 1951

I have a great amount of respect for life, and I always think that no matter how bad situations get, you can always make something out of it.

Amanda Knox

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always get worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

Malcolm Forbes

Resilient people recognize that no matter how bad the circumstances are, their situation could always be worse. They don't allow themselves to exaggerate how terrible their problems are, and they don't run around predicting how much worse things are going to get. Instead, they view failure with an accurate perspective.

Amy Morin

Things are never so bad that they can't get worse. But they're sometimes so bad they can't get better.

Mignon McLaughlin

Looking back, I've learned the most from the bad coaches, really, how not to act, how not to coach, how not to treat people. So I always say no matter what situations you're faced with, how bad it is, you can always walk away and learn. You can always rise above it.

Jennie Finch

When I get in a bad mood about anything, I realize, 'Hey, I'm still working. It could always be a lot worse.'

Michael McDonald

From good to bad, and from bad to worse, From worse unto that is worst of all, And then return to his former fall.

Edmund Spenser

I think that the episodes are like mini horror films really; the characters make bad decisions early on and these things just snowball for them and get worse and worse. And that's what I find funny.

Dave Rowntree

Every time I go to Beirut, I see people and the quality of life going slowly from bad to worse, and from worse to even worse.

Yasmine Hamdan

We can always find a reason to praise. Situations change for better and for worse, but God's worth never changes.

Matt Redman

I think television is about the characters you want to see again, and so you want to invite these people into your home. And certainly, seeing them get into bad situations and then watching them have to get themselves out, that's always super satisfying.

Courtney A. Kemp

No matter how bad things get, you can always see the beauty in them. The worse things get, the more you have to make yourself see the magic in order to survive.

Francesca Lia Block

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

Chinua Achebe

Writing about what happened to my brother and to my family was awful. It was hard to look back at how much suffering there was and at how certain bad situations were made worse by our decisions.

Akhil Sharma

I get a lot from people who are in oppressed situations and say they were gonna give up. A lot of people have reached out and said they were in bad situations and really need me to be successful.