“The crisis is not an opportunity to change the character of Louisiana's political order. We must not use the crisis to turn Louisiana into a red state -- this is a rainbow state.” StatesCharacterUsePoliticalOrderTurnsOpportunityRedCrisisRainbowLouisianaOpportunity To Change Author:Jesse Jackson
“You will ultimately be defined by the sum total of your responses to circumstances, situations and events that you probably couldn't anticipate and indeed probably couldn't even imagine. So just keep your eyes on the course and be ready to move in different directions depending upon the crises and opportunities with which you are faced.” DifferentEyeMovingCoursesOpportunitySituationImagineEventsReadyCircumstancesCrisisResponseDefinedAnticipateDifferent Directions Author:David Stern
“So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or we can pull together and say that in America, our destiny isn't written for us but by us. We can place good ideas ahead of old ideological battles, and a sense of purpose above the same narrow partisanship. We can act boldly to turn crisis into opportunity and, together, write the next great chapter in our history and meet the test of our time.” WayWritingIdeasTogetherAmericaPurposeTurnsChoicesNextOpportunityDestinyProgressWrittenHabitBattleTestsCrisisOur TimeGood IdeasChaptersOur DestinyIdeologicalBad HabitsPartisanship Author:Barack Obama
“Coming out of the trance of denial is painful. But crises offer us opportunities to rethink our lives. The best thing about despair is that it wakes us up. We can see the world more clearly and open to new possibilities...And we can find new joy in the ordinary.” WorldJoyOpportunityOur LivesPossibilityOffersDespairOrdinaryCrisisPainfulDenialBest ThingsComing OutTranceNew Possibilities Author:Mary Pipher
“The crisis in America that we barely notice anymore is that we've become two nations - divided by poverty, opportunity, and race. It's like a neighbor's car alarm that we don't hear anymore because it rings so often.” TwoAmericaOpportunityNationsPoorRacePovertyRichCarCrisisNeighborRingsDividedAlarmsRich And PoorTwo Nations Author:Arianna Huffington
“From the takeover of Detroit and the failed stimulus packages to the enactment of Obamacare, the president and congressional Democrats chose to use Americas economic crisis as an excuse to expand government rather than as an opportunity to responsibly shrink it.” UseGovernmentOpportunityPresidentEconomicCrisisDemocratExcuseShrinksPackagesStimulusObamacareDetroitEconomic CrisisTakeoversGovernment Takeover Author:Jeb Hensarling
“If you view everything through the lens of fear, then you tend to stay in retreat mode. You can just as easily see a crises or problem as a challenge, an opportunity to prove your mettle, the chance to strengthen and toughen yourself, or a call to collective action. By seeing it as a challenge, you will have converted this negative into a positive purely by a mental process that will result in positive action as well.” IfsWellsProblemActionOpportunityProcessChallengesChanceResultsViewsSeeingProveNegativeCrisisCollectivesRetreatLensesCollective ActionMettle Book:The 50th Law Source: The 50th Law
“When an American declares bankruptcy, when he hits bottom, he can reinvent himself. There's a story he can tell. We tolerate reinvention. We encourage reinvention. That's what this country has that Europe does not. It's not just a crisis; it's an opportunity.” DoeCountryStoriesOpportunityEuropeCrisisBottomTolerateBankruptcyReinvention Author:Michael Lewis
“We can and should seize upon the energy crisis as a good excuse and great opportunity for making some very fundamental changes that we should be making anyhow for other reasons.” ShouldReasonOpportunityEnergyCrisisFundamentalsEnvironmentalExcuseExtremistGreat OpportunityEnergy Crisis Author:Russell E. Train
“Urbanisation is not a crisis but an opportunity, seeing it as a crisis is wrong. And not just villages, we want everyone to get opportunities wherever they are staying. Aatma gaav ki ho aur suvidha sheher ki ho, this is what we believe.” WantBelieveOpportunitySeeingDevelopmentIndiaCrisisStayingVillage Author:Narendra Modi
“A crisis allows us the opportunity to dig deep into the reservoirs of our very being, to rise to levels of confidence, strength, and resolve that otherwise we didn't think we possessed. Through adversity, we come face to face with who we really are and what really counts.” ThinkingFacesOpportunityLevelsAdversityCrisisResolvePossessedFace To FaceReservoirsDig Deep Author:Jon Huntsman, Jr.