Adversity Quote by Victor Hugo

Sometimes one makes a distinction between urgency and importance. And while disasters are urgent, the basically most important thing is education. And that's what…

— Amartya Sen

“Emergencies are crucibles that contain and reveal the daily, slower-burning problems of medicine and beyond—our vulnerabilities; our trouble grappling with uncertainty, how we die,…

— Sheri Fink

We sometimes emphasize the danger in a crisis without focusing on the opportunities that are there. We should feel a great sense of urgency…

— Al Gore

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.

— William James

Urgent necessity prompts many to do things, at the very thoughts of which they perhaps would start at other times.

— Miguel de Cervantes

We had had several mine disasters where workers, some of the workers were rescued. It was, you know, who was lucky and who weren't.…

— Richard Grimes

Sometimes, disaster can inspire ingenuity.

— Michael Arden

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

“William Feather, publisher and author, said: “The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do…

— Sir John Templeton

There also is the plight that comes from natural disasters; these natural disasters could be alleviated or dealt with; we only need some time…

— Bhumibol Adulyadej

Crisis moments create opportunity. Problems and crises ignite our greatest creativity and thought leadership as it forces us to focus on things outside the…

— Sam Cawthorn

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

— Amelia Earhart