Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

Every crisis has within it, opportunity. Every crisis has within it, danger.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

A move to a different town or school gives us new places to explore, new people to meet; a lost pet means we have to organize a careful search; baby-sitting requires looking out for dangers a young child can't foresee; a car crash or fire demands that we get help immediately.

Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second the symbol for "opportunity."

There's chaos out there, and chaos means opportunity.

You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together.

Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.

When the world is in the midst of change, when adversity and opportunity are almost indistinguishable, this is the time for visionary leadership and when leaders need to look beyond the survival needs of those they're serving.

Never waste a crisis.

Something good comes out of every crisis.

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't. And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.

I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.

Life is a risk.

My friends, as I have discovered myself, there are no disasters, only opportunities. And, indeed, opportunities for fresh disasters.

Life is a gamble, at terrible odds - if it was a bet you wouldn't take it.

What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.

I fear, my Lords, it is too much the temper of this country to be insensible of the approach of danger, until it comes with accumulated terror upon us.

Those who mill around at the crossroads of history do so at their own peril.

The approach of danger always lends precision to the diplomatic art.

Danger will wink on opportunity.

It is sure to be a year on the brink of catastrophe or rejuvenation.

Never let a national crisis go to waste.