Quotes About Crisis

Man is an endangered species.

His boat sank. They were all on his side.

That creature's staying?' It figured. Her daughter-in-law transforming into an animal? No problem. Having to take care of a cat? Crisis. (Sydney Sage-Ivashkov)

Was he hitting some type of werewolf midlife crisis? First, he'd left Wolf Town, and now he was envisioning a mate. What next? Bird watching? Board games? Retirement homes?

... the house is on fire, but go ahead - finish painting the verandah...

I didn't think it was possible — but this situation has managed to get worse." "But you're so calm, " she observed."That's usually when you can tell everything has gone to shit.

What we have is a crisis of imagination. Albert Einstein said that you cannot solve a problem with the same mind-set that created it.

In every race there is a crucial moment when the body wants to quit. Then it needs imagination and mental tenacuty to survive the crisis. Otherwise the penalty is defeat.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes

Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable, but desirable. They mean growth. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.

A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has consistently refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.

Imagine a man without lungs. Imagine earth without Amazon rainforest.

The Northern army was most often run like a business, solving a problem. The Southern army was run like a family, confronting a human crisis.

In everything give thanks. That was the lifeboat in any crisis. Over and over again he had learned this, and over and over again, he had to be reminded.

When the trees and the power lines crashed around you, when the very roof gave way above you, when the light turned to darkness and water turned to dust, did you call on Him? When you called on Him, was He somewhere up there, or was He as near as your very breath?

As grateful as we are for all the work the community health centers do, it is also important that we recognize that they cannot solve the health care crisis facing our Nation by themselves.

I looked around my boat and sighed. "When the corpses outnumber the living, you know your boat has taken a hard turn in the wrong direction.

Turn your midlife crisis to your own advantage by making it a time for renewal of your body and mind, rather than stand by helplessly and watch them decline.

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