Able Quote by Nelson Mandela

Disaster falls on those who try hardest to avoid it.

— Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

The only way of enduring one disaster after the next is to love the very idea of disaster: if we succeed, there are no…

— Emile M. Cioran

Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.

— Dan Ariely

There is one thing we must appreciate about the disasters: They are perfectly just when they do their jobs!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.

— Maurice Blanchot

I personally feel very strongly that what it will take is not more disasters, it's that what it will take is a vision of…

— Avi Lewis

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

— Amelia Earhart

Disaster comes only because of ignorance.

— Judah the Prince

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

The disasters of the world are due to its inhabitants not being able to grow old simultaneously. There is always a raw and intolerant…

— Cyril Connolly

“Disasters have a way of making us stronger in the broken places. ”

— James Lee Witt

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

— Stephen Mitchell