James R. Schlesinger Quotes

This is important! But you have to stay absolutely cool. I may be completely off-base, and panicking prematurely." "I don't think so. I think you're panicking post-maturely. In fact, if you were panicking any later it would be practically posthumously. I've been panicking for days.

New diseases like SARS and bird flu cause anxiety in the community. People get worried, some to the extent that it even affects their health. You feel very sad, and yet you must carry on and maintain your cool in very trying and difficult moments. You have to tough it out.

Staying composed, focused, and effective under pressure are all about your mentality. People who successfully manage crises are able to channel their emotions into producing the behavior that they want.

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.

Restricting behavior in a crises is hard to do.

Panic is not an effective long-term organizing strategy.

When a crisis occurs, I feel that one of my greatest responsibilities is to set a tone of calm no matter what the problems. Sometimes I have to fake confidence a lot. I also have to fake calm.

When matters are desperate we must put on a desperate face.

to have a crisis, and act upon it, is one thing. To dwell in perpetual crisis is another.

In times of crisis, it is of the utmost importance that one does not lose her head. Marie Antoinette

When you're up against the clock and break-outs are happening, all the time, and it's literally rushing in on you, you do what you have to do.

You have to deal with your emotions and not spike too much on the graph - not get too elated with the highs or too down with the lows.

Closing one's eyes is not a recipe for peace. It is a simple way to embolden aggressive personalities.

Cicero smiled at us. 'The art of life is to deal with problems as they arise, rather than destory one's spirit by worrying about them too far in advance. Especially tonight.

For me pressure is bird flu. I'm serious. I'm feeling a lot of pressure with the problem in Scotland. It's not fun and I'm more scared of it than football. Football is nothing compared with life. For me bird flu is the drama of the last few days. I'll have to buy a mask.

I get rational when I panic.

I don't panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I'm given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

We are extremely vulnerable because we take too much time to implement the necessary measures. This is a painful process. When you go through a painful process - make it as short as possible

I can be in a little bit of a state of overwhelm and panic if I don't start out being connected to grace and gratitude.

If I had a nervous breakdown every time something awful happened in the world, I'd be crazier than a shithouse rat.

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

The biggest qualification to be a good police officer is to have a high degree of emotional intelligence.

‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

I tend to have a cup of tea, try to stop worrying about what I did wrong, cool down and will the audience back in as soon as possible.