Turmoil Quotes

• The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.

  Ron Paul

  Money, Peace, War

  Ron Paul (1987). “Freedom Under Siege”, p.60, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Turmoil is a call for awakening. Every challenge, great or small, is moving you to look deeper and draw forth the highest in you. You're never given a challenge beyond your ability to meet and master. You'll rise above every circumstance because you're greater than any circumstance.

  Alan Cohen

  Moving, Challenges, Looks

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• It is in the turmoil of chaos that we discover what, if anything, we are.

  Orson Scott Card

  What If, Chaos, Ifs

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “The Shadow Quintet”, p.528, Macmillan

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• When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Struggle, Night, Civilization

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.117, Beacon Press

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• There is only one secure foundation: a genuine, deep relationship with Jesus Christ, which will carry you through any and all turmoil. No matter what storms are raging all around, you'll stand firm if you stand on His love.

  Charles Stanley

  Jesus, Easter, Storm

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• The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Thinking, Solitude, Innovation

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• Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.

  Rihanna

  Eye, Lines, Finish Line

  Rihanna @rihanna, twitter.com. June 6, 2012.

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• Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day.

  Edgar Cayce

  Encouraging, Wise, Wisdom

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• In life as in water, when we curl up or flail we sink. When we spread and go still, we are carried by the largest sea of all: the sea of grace that flows steadily beneath the turmoil of events. And just as fish can't see the ocean they live in, we can't quite see the spirit that sustains us.

  Mark Nepo

  Ocean, Sea, Water

  Mark Nepo (2011). “The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (Gift Edition)”, p.87, Conari Press

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• Amidst the confusion of the times, the conflicts of conscience, and the turmoil of daily living, an abiding faith becomes an anchor to our lives.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Abiding Faith, Anchors, Confusion

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• Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.

  Sai Baba

  Love, Peace, Ambition

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• The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is hard. About rejecting panicked division for purposeful unity. About seeing a mountaintop from the deepest valley. That is why we remember that some of the most famous words ever spoken by an American came from a president who took office in a time of turmoil: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

  Barack Obama

  Office, Unity, President

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• Faith is acting in the face of contrary evidence. The senses declare, "It cannot be," but Faith shouts above the turmoil, "It is!"

  E. W. Kenyon

  Acting, Faces, Evidence

  E.W. Kenyon, Don Gossett (2016). “His Word Is Now”, p.16, Whitaker House

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• When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health and our happiness. Our enemies would dance with joy if only they knew how they were worrying us, lacerating us, and getting even with us! Our hate is not hurting them at al, but our hate is turning our days and nights into a hellish turmoil.

  Dale Carnegie

  Life, Inspiring, Forgiveness

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• Avoid the poison in your life that brings you turmoil.

  Jean Vanier

  Poison

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• When commenting on the turmoil and disorder of the world, If the other planets are inhabited, they must be using this earth as their insane asylum.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Insanity, Insane, World

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• Surrender is a journey from the outer turmoil to the inner peace.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Journey, Inner Peace, Surrender

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• Protect your vision. Prevail over adversity. Persevere in the midst of turmoil. Passionately act upon your convictions. Purposely walk into the day.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Adversity, Vision, Happy Day

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• The creative person finds himself in a state of turmoil, restlessness, emptiness, and unbearable frustration unless he expresses his inner life in some creative way.

  Silvano Arieti

  Frustration, Creative, Unbearable

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• I also think that [political turmoil] gives artists something, a way of kind of processing.

  Morgan Parker

  Thinking, Artist, Giving

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• Friends--or lovers--are not always available to each other. Inner turmoils can cause us to be unhearing when someone needs us, to need to receive understanding when we should be giving understanding.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Giving, Understanding, Needs

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• You have a dream and you have obstacles in front of you as we all do. None of us ever get through this life without heartache, without turmoil, and if you believe and you have faith and you can get knocked down and get back up again and you believe in perseverance as a great human quality, you find your way.

  Diana Nyad

  Dream, Perseverance, Believe

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• As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.

  Alan Watts

  Freedom, Water, Leaving

  Alan W. Watts (2011). “The Way of Zen”, p.157, Vintage

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• I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.

  Sting

  Pain, Best Work

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• With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look - for dizzier heights.

  Nikola Tesla

  Inspirational, Blood, Ideas

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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