“You can't relate to a superhero, to a superman, but you can identify with a real man who in times of crisis draws forth some extraordinary quality from within himself and triumphs but only after a struggle.” MenRealQualityStruggleDrawsCrisisExtraordinaryRelateTriumphSuperheroReal MenTimes Of Crisis Author:Timothy Dalton
“Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda.” IfsThinkingWayMomentsUseNationsAbilityShapesCrisisAgendasMaking ChangesFranklinTimes Of Crisis Author:Pete du Pont
“The mid-life crisis is just those times when you're not so into the things you were when you were younger.” CrisisTimes Of CrisisLife CrisisMid Life Crisis Author:Jay Kay
“There are many strengths in modern society, but one of its weaknesses is the breakdown of many of the old structures and networks that supported people in times of crisis and need. Whenever we lose a strengthening element in society, we need to replace it with alternative systems as quickly as possible. Befriending schemes are a crucial part of this process, because they fill the gap that social erosion has left in the lives of so many vulnerable people.” PeopleNeedsLeftSocialProcessLosesModernElementsWeaknessCrisisStructureVulnerableAlternativesGapsCrucialSchemesBreakdownModern SocietyStrengtheningErosionTimes Of CrisisBefriending Author:Richard Holloway
“The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that steady purpose and calm trust, which is essential to the exercise of wise influence upon others, in times of crisis and difficulty.” MenDoeChristianPurposeWaitingLordWiseInfluenceAdviceTrustHe ManExerciseEssentialsDifficultyCrisisCalmHard TimesSteadyTrust In GodTough TimesConfidence In GodIntimacy With GodGod Within UsGod Is In ControlTimes Of Crisis Author:Dixon Edward Hoste
“The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.” MenCharacterTimeReligionFitTestsCrisisCommandEmergenciesTimes Of Crisis Author:Ralph Washington Sockman
“Our theology is still in a time of crisis, and I think this will last for some years more.” ThinkingYearsStillsLastsCrisisTheologyTimes Of Crisis Author:Godfried Danneels
“In time of crisis, we summon up our strength. Then, if we are lucky, we are able to call every resource, every forgotten image that can leap to our quickening, every memory that can make us know our power. And this luck is more than it seems to be: it depends on the long preparation of the self to be used.” IfsKnowsLongSelfSeemsAbleUsedMemoriesDependsLuckyResourcesCrisisLuckForgottenPreparationLeapTimes Of CrisisQuickening Author:Muriel Rukeyser
“The easiest time to be faithful is during a time of crisis. The hardest time for faith is when all is well.” WellsCrisisHardestFaithfulBeing FaithfulTimes Of CrisisHardest Times Author:George W. Bush
“At this time of crisis we cannot be concerned solely with ourselves, withdrawing into loneliness, discouragement and a sense of powerlessness in the face of problems. Please do not withdraw into yourselves! This is a danger: we shut ourselves up in the parish, with our friends, within the movement, with the like-minded... but do you know what happens? When the Church becomes closed, she becomes an ailing Church, she falls ill! That is a danger. . . .A Church closed in on herself is the same, a sick Church.” KnowsProblemHappensFacesFallChurchLonelinessDangerMovementPleaseConcernedSickCrisisIllMissionsDo You KnowDiscouragementPowerlessnessParishTimes Of CrisisWithdrawing Author:Pope Francis
“We live in a time of crisis in the secular culture and in the church with regard to the beautiful.” BeautifulCultureChurchRegardCrisisSecularTimes Of Crisis Author:R. C. Sproul
“Books, like all art, breed in us desire. In times of crisis and fear and misrepresentation we need desire, or else we shut down and hide out in our houses, succumbing to infotainment and the ease of an available latte, turning off our brains and emotions. Books breed desire.” NeedsArtBookDesireHouseEmotionBrainDown AndCrisisAvailableEaseTimes Of CrisisMisrepresentationLattesSuccumbing Author:Lidia Yuknavitch
“I'd been reading Daniel Defoe's Journal of the Plague Year when the [1992 Los Angeles] riots broke out and I began to see them both - L.A. and the London plague - as the same event. A time of crisis. A time when rich and poor get thrown together - and, suddenly one sees alternatives. I began to think about what happens when the containment of a presumed danger through the regimentation of space breaks down, such as when South-Central L.A. began to invade Beverly Hills.” ThinkingYearsHappensTogetherReadingSpacePoorBreakRichEventsDangerCrisisSouthLondonCraftsAlternativesHillsBrokeThrownLos AngelesJournalBreaking DownPlagueRiotRich And PoorTimes Of CrisisBeverly HillsContainmentRegimentation Author:Naomi Wallace
“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.” PeopleInspirationalMeanGrowthStepsCrisisDesirableConstructivePredictableDisruptionNew WordsTimes Of Crisis Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“A vital team characteristic is the ability to overcome adversity. Any team acquires experience and endurance as it learns to fight back. This in turn builds the kind of character which seldom crumbles at a time of crisis or testing.” KindCharacterTurnsFightingSportsAbilityTeamOvercomingAdversityCrisisCharacteristicsAcquireEnduranceTestingOvercoming AdversityTimes Of Crisis Author:Tom Landry
“In a normal time, I don't think economic policy makes a large difference one way or another. But in times of crisis it makes all the difference in the world.” ThinkingWorldWayDifferencesEconomicPolicyNormalCrisisOne WayEconomic PolicyTimes Of Crisis Author:Mark Zandi
“The most important point is, in a time of crisis, there is no way out but for the government to be bold and aggressive.” WayImportantGovernmentCrisisAggressiveTimes Of Crisis Author:Mark Zandi
“Religion would certainly be more relevant to the hurting masses of humanity if people could express their hopes and dreams and pain and anguish to one another in the context of religious worship. As it is now our services are so antiseptic and sterile that people gathering for worship relate to others at only the most superficial level, and hardly ever get to know one another. . . . Maybe that is one of the reasons why people feel religion is irrelevant, because they cannot find support and solace during times of crisis and pain. That is when real religion should be at its best.” PeopleIfsKnowsFeelsShouldRealReasonDreamPainReligionHumanityHurtReligiousLevelsSupportWorshipMassCrisisRelateReason WhyRelevantSuperficialAnguishIrrelevantGatheringSolaceHopes And DreamsTimes Of Crisis Author:Joseph Girzone
“The United States has never been afraid of a challenge. In times of crisis, it is American innovation and ingenuity that has forged the path to progress and prosperity.” StatesChallengesUnitedUnited StatesPathProgressInnovationCrisisProsperityIngenuityForgedTimes Of Crisis Author:Diana DeGette