Disaster Quote by Jim Wallis Download Open image “Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.” — Jim Wallis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disaster Natural Natural disaster Nature Social Sometimes
In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is. — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
We have a real role in how our own collective lives, our nation, and our world and society turn out. Seizing those opportunities is… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Disaster is rarely as pervasive as it seems from recorded accounts. The fact of being on the record makes it appear continuous and ubiquitous… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Disaster is a natural part of my evolution toward tragedy and dissolution. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature? — Jean-Dominique Bauby Copy Share Image
My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters. — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing. — Stephen Mitchell Copy Share Image
In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Epidemics, like disasters, have a way of revealing underlying truths about the societies they impact. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
If you are asking the wrong question, it doesn't matter how good the answer is, you aren't going to get where you want to… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
The failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure. — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Spirituality becomes a commodity to be bought and sold. So spirituality has to be disciplined by social justice. — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Faith can cut in so many ways. If you're penitent and not triumphal, it can move us to repentance and accountability and help us… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
More than just a moral issue, hope is a spiritual and even religious choice. Hope is not a feeling; it is a decision. And… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Pat Robertson is an embarrassment to the church and a danger to American politics, .. It's time for Christian leaders of all stripes to… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
To dig our heels in and say no to a present madness is a good thing, but to walk a new path and say… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
“Religion is often used as a sword to divide, rather than as a balm to heal.” — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
The kingdom of God, which Jesus came to inaugurate, is meant to create an alternate reality in this world, and ultimately to transform the… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Real people speak in my books about the main events of the age, such as the war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the downfall of… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
One of the undervalued contributors to Trump's stunning 2016 victory was the masterful performance Pence had in his debate against Hillary Clinton running mate… — Mollie Hemingway Copy Share Image
You know, we can't beat ISIS. We can't do anything. We can't take care of our vets. We can't have good health care. "Obama… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to the fancy… — Sylvia Pankhurst Copy Share Image
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“She was—of course—perfectly normal— quiet and polite and reasonably intelligent and...normal and self destructive and lonely and terrified of every thing And she loved… — Tah the Trickster Copy Share Image
Obviously, it's my goal to be the top scorer in the Bundesliga, but it wouldn't be a disaster if I didn't achieve that. — Mario Gomez Copy Share Image
Yes, life in Chechnya so far looks more like a life after a natural disaster. — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Even disasters -- there are always disasters when you travel -- can be turned into adventures. — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
We are always just one successful terrorist attack away from a nuclear disaster — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
