David Copperfield Quotes

You can learn to prevent a storm, or you can learn to ride the storm. If you learn to ride the storm, the storm is not a problem anymore.

I grew up military but have met very few women that have a mission plan for when things don't work out. I attack everything like that.

It is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.

Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk.

Security... it's simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you're willing to deal with whatever happens.

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.

I’ve worked as a leader for many years and I’ve always trained myself to be prepared for the worst.

It’s a huge country. Floods, fires, accidents. You worry, you make phone calls, you sort things out.

There is nothing we can do to assure that this will never happen, but there is a lot we can do to assure that it happens more rarely.

I don't propose to be swept off my feet by the catastrophe.

Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.

Terrible things happen all of the time, and they can happen in a second. The best thing is to be prepared to react. If you try to control every little thing, you're going to end up miserable - and you're going to fail.

I learned one of the very important lessons in life in the 9/11 attacks. It's good to have a plan for your future; it's even better to write your plan in pencil.

Even when the business took a real nose-dive, you're thinking, 'OK, how are we gonna get out of this? What we gonna do? We can work harder.'

You have to be as strong when things go wrong, but I don't get nervous.

I don't worry about who they're putting in front of me. Why would I? That's just nonsense for me to waste my energy.

Sometimes, disaster can inspire ingenuity.

I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.

If you take control over those things you can, you are better able to negotiate the unexpected.

I'm not somebody who's going to panic if things go the wrong way.

Playing in adversity is when we show we have clear heads.

If anybody knows that you need to be prepared regardless of the situation, that's me.

Hurricane Irene's advance coverage was heavy on worst-case scenarios. Thank goodness they didn't pan out.

I've always been able to put things in perspective.

Don't use your faith to try to get rid of problems. Use your faith to remain calm in the midst of your problems.