Quotes About Crisis

The turning point in the lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their other selves. John

Remember, too, that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive." The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their "other selves.

The turning point in the lives of those who succeed, usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their "other selves.

A burning desire to be and to do is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition. Remember that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start, and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they "arrive." The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at the moment of some crisis, through which they are introduced to their "other selves.

These traders lose money frequently, but in small amounts, and make money rarely, but in large amounts. I call them crisis hunters. I am happy to be one of them.

The longer one goes without a market trauma, the worse the damage when commotion occurs.

I will only very briefly discuss the crisis of 2008 (which took place after the publication of the book, and which was a lot of things, but not a Black Swan, only the result of fragility in systems built upon ignorance—and denial—of the notion of Black Swan events. You know with near certainty that a plane flown by an incompetent pilot will eventually crash).

in the event of its going down, it could go down a lot. Suddenly

Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it's denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it's a structural one. We need rehab.

Well, boys," she said, "here it is. The worst is happening at last.

In this republican country, amid the fluctuating waves of our social life, somebody is always at the drowning-point.

At the crisis of my fever, I besought Hollingsworth to let nobody else enter the room, but continually to make me sensible of his own presence… then he should be the witness how courageously I would encounter the worst. It still impresses me almost a matter of regret, that I did not die then, when I had tolerably made up my mind to do it

a poor, deceived, and half-delirious girl, who, exclaiming that she was the most worthless thing alive or dead, attempted to cast herself into the fire amid all that wrecked and broken trumpery of the world.

The future is never more important than to a people on the verge of a cataclysm.

As the fire made its way up Main Street with alarming rapidity, individual homeowners started bidding for the fire companies' services so as to protect their own houses. Instead of working together as a coordinated unit, the companies split off in different directions, allowing the blaze to build into an uncontrollable

Conner Lassiter. Scheduled to be unwound the 21st of November-until you went AWOL. You caused an accident that killed a bus driver, left dozens of others injured, and shut down an interstate highway for hours. Then, on top of it, you took a hostage AND shot a Juvey-cop with his own tranq gun. ...He's the Akron AWOL?!

Wailing that the sky is falling does nothing to stop it.

Everyone's going to remember where they were when the taps went dry, I think. Like when a president is assassinated.

It's an Event. Events bypass anger, straight to damage control.

We have just entered the worst of all possible worlds.

Which is worse, I wonder - watching everyone you know fall into that ravine, or shaking their reality with such force that it ruins them

Which is worse, I wonder- watching everyone you know fall into a ravive, or shaking their reality with such force that it ruins them.

I think I need a drink.' 'Almost everybody does only they don't know it.

I can almost understand why people leap from bridges.