Quotes and Sayings about Crisis & Catastrophes

In times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

From crisis emerge men determined to succeed.

Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences.

You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

The greatest generation was formed first by the Great Depression. They shared everything - meals, jobs, clothing.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

Sometimes the best way to solve your own problems is to help someone else.

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus of our growth.

People say, that they can't run away from their problems.
Well yeah, they just weren't running fast enough.

Every problem is an opportunity.

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.

It takes obstacles to learn, grow, be better.

Everybody's got problems. The world's full of problems.

There are no problems, only opportunities.

I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

You have to acknowledge a problem exists before you can actually go about finding a solution.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles.

Only the most broken people can be great leaders.

Wakanda forever!

It is not good to cross the bridge before you get to it.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end - no apologies, no regrets.

Before this war, I was opposed to membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared that it would start exactly the process that we have seen now. Now that this process has reached this level, the idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. I believe Ukrainian membership in NATO would be an appropriate outcome.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.

I only drink Champagne on two occasions: when I'm in love and when I'm not.

Show business is like champagne. You'll appreciate it more if you don't drink it every day.

The best time for a man is the time he spends with his family.

Honesty is the road to success.

Russia probably knows the true cost of revolutions better than most other countries.

If you think that a coup to overthrow the elected government is a coup everywhere, then you should remember how elections in Ukraine took place in 2004, how elections in Georgia took place in 2003, when the elections results have been torn and thrown away by revolutionary action.

There are too many senior citizens and good residents in Chicago who are sick and tired of having to walk several blocks out of their way when they leave their homes just to avoid the gangs and drug dealers on the street corner.

A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John McCain has a plan to keep digging that hole with George Bush's shovel.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative: Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

During World War II, law-abiding Japanese-American citizens were herded into remote internment camps, losing their jobs, businesses and social standing, while an all-Japanese-American division fought heroically in Europe.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.

Why are all the news ladies Chinese? They should stick to what they know: railroads, sushi and dim sum.

I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.

Danger? I look on the wild side. I laugh in the face of danger!