619 Quotes About Crisis

During a crisis you will find there are 3 types of people.First, there are people who will say,"I don't care what happens to other people as long as it doesn't affect me."Second, there are are people who will think,"How can I rip people off and make money off of this?"Third, there are people who will ask,"How can I help?

Individuals in crisis often receive help from friends, just as nations in crisis may recruit help from allied nations. Individuals in crisis may model their solutions on ways in which they see other individuals addressing similar crises; nations in crisis may borrow and adapt solutions already devised by other nations facing similar problems. Individuals in crisis may derive self-confidence from having survived previous crises; so do nations.

There is a general belief among readers and the elites, that people only loot shopping malls, warehouses, and not bookshops during crises because, looters don't read, and readers don't loot.

Looters don't read, and readers don't loot.

...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade...

I will feel no guilt on shutting my door to those who didn't listen.

I was starting to see that what looks like garbage from one angle might be art from another. Maybe it did take a crisis to get to know yourself; maybe you needed to get whacked hard by life before you understood what you wanted out of it.

Without circumstances, there is no challenge for change.