Turbulent Times Quotes:

Because personal revelation is a constantly renewable source of strength, it is possible to feel bathed in help even during turbulent times.

- Julie B. Beck

source: "And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit". Speech, www.lds.org. April 2010.

topic: Helping, Revelations, Turbulent Times, Personal Revelation, Source Of Strength

I grew up in the American South and came of age in the 1960s, an incredibly turbulent time. It was as if the seams of American life were being ripped apart with riots and protests.

- Sue Monk Kidd

topic: Age, Grew Up, Turbulent Times

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.

- Elie Wiesel

topic: Tasks, Turbulent Times, Jew

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

- Lynn Austin

source: Lynn Austin (2009). “Though Waters Roar”, p.166, Bethany House

topic: Sea, Sailor, Smooth, Turbulent Times

Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very turbulent time, and our leadership has gone crazy.

- Hany Abu-Assad

source: Source: variety.com

topic: Crazy, Gone, World, Turbulent Times, Gone Crazy

The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is recognize that there's turbulent times, plan for, you know, bad luck as well as good luck, keep people focused on what the key, you know, business wins are, and you know, provide the energy that people always need in order to, you know, to go into battle because, you know, work is hard and go into work and do that well. And provide a good leadership beacon for that. In other words, it's the same thing that makes good leadership in any other time.

- Reid Hoffman

source: Source: bigthink.com

topic: Good Luck, Winning, Keys, Key Things, Turbulent Times

In turbulent times, in times of great change, people head for the two extremes: fundamentalism and personal, spiritual experience...With no membership lists or even a coherent philosophy or dogma, it is difficult to define or measure the unorganized New Age movement. But in every major U.S. and European city, thousands who seek insight and personal growth cluster around a metaphysical bookstore, a spiritual teacher, or an education center.

- John Naisbitt

topic: Spiritual, Teacher, Philosophy, Spiritual Teachers, Turbulent Times

Quite simply, our one hope for spiritual safety during these turbulent times is to turn our minds and our hearts to Jesus Christ.

- M. Russell Ballard

topic: Spiritual, Jesus, Heart, Turbulent Times

Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?

- Bono

topic: Enemy, Despair, Poverty, Turbulent Times

Attitudes of optimism, of "let them be", and of joy in watching and helping another life develop and blossom will help parents relish their parenting role and will provide the resilience necessary to navigate turbulent times.

- Timothy Carey

source: Source: www.psychologytoday.com

topic: Attitude, Optimism, Joy, Turbulent Times

Despite the fact that I have no regrets about how things turned out in my life, I still can't help wanting to understand my intense relationship with Leo, as well as that turbulent time between adolescence and adulthood when everything feels raw and invigorating and scary-and why those feelings are all coming back to me now.

- Emily Giffin

source: Emily Giffin (2008). “Love the One You're With”, p.167, Macmillan

topic: Regret, Scary, Feelings, Turbulent Times