Elizabeth Janeway Quotes

Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.

Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.

The Nation trembled on the brink. Events moved with such speed that it was necessary to decide to act on the instant, as each successive crisis arose.

Real life happens. Sometimes it's messy. Sometimes it doesn't work.

Crisis is not a nine-to-five job... Crisis happens when you least expect it.

Everyone has a plan until they get hit.

I will forever be fascinated by how people deal with adversity, how people react in moments of crisis, or how people behave when life gets uncomfortable.

All crises, once averted, become jokes.

Life is all about the unexpected.

If it was up to us every single day, then we would all have a perfect life, but stuff happens, but it's an imperfect world.

My life is a bit unpredictable.

In times of crisis, different people react in different ways. Some might try to escape. Others might attempt to batten down the hatches and ride out the storm in a safe haven.

Everything isn't always going to be peaches and cream. If it is, then it's fake.

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

No one sets their life out and says, 'Boy, this is what I think I'm going to go through.'

There are times when things are not going according to plan, and of course, you never want those times.

A lot of weird things happen in life that are not always pertaining to your main objective.

Life is a very scary thing because it's unknown. Anything can happen anytime, and that is terrifying for all of us: to not to be in control.

Unfortunately, sometimes the unexpected can be something that you wish you never encountered.

Many of the most significant moments in our lives come not because it all went right but because it all fell apart

Hope does not need to silence the rumblings of crisis to be hope.

Sometimes accidents happen in life from which we have need of a little madness to extricate ourselves successfully

I think it's important for people to know that bad things do happen to good people and that life can throw a serious curveball at even the most cautious and "prepared" people out there.

The trials of life will not wait for us. They come at their own time, not caring much to inquire how ready we may be to meet them.

Life is full of surprises, some good, some not so good.