465 Quotes About Disaster

I recalled how cruel the plague had made people to each other, and was obliged to concede that there is no disaster which can befall humanity, that we will not fail to make worse by our own hands, for it is fear that makes us cruel.

Everyone appears to be courageous until bad weathers arrive, and then we know the true leaders.

When dark situations arise, it is opportunity for you to reveal the leader in you. Rise and deal with them.

No school develops more great leaders than Adversity University.

Most creatures run when they sense danger. People grab a six-pack and a folding chair.

Everyone deserves the chance to survive. I think of this every time I see another disaster. There are probably people dying who don’t have to.

They share another long look. This one is reserved for ill-fated observers in the moments before impending, inescapable calamity, whether it be natural disaster or violent failure of humanity; a look of resigned melancholy and awe, unblinking in the face of a revealed, horrific, sacred truth. And they realize again, in this darkest hour of the darkest day, they remain alone, fundamentally alone.

We'd all mourn for a while, but at the end of the day we were a tough lot, and we'd survive.

We can do really amazing things with our brainpower, but when channelized in the wrong direction, it becomes a dangerous weapon, capable of creating chaos and disaster.