Crisis Quotes

Too often a project is undertaken in the excitement of a crisis and then it begins to lose its appeal as the problems drag on and the bills pile up. But we must have the steadfastness to see every enterprise through.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it’s just possible you haven’t grasped the situation.

The fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city, North and South, where legal remedies are not at hand. Redress is sought in the streets, in demonstrations, parades and protests which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. We face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and as a people. It […]

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

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

Every crisis offers you extra desired power.

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.

Every little thing counts in a crisis.

After us the deluge.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth-while to live.