Quote: Every man is his own chief enemy. Author: Anacharsis 600 BC, Scythian Philosopher
Quote: I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. Author: Clara Barton 1821-1912, American Humanitarian
Quote: Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring. Author: Richard Baxter 1615-1691, British Nonconformist Theologian
Quote: The most dangerous people are the ignorant. Author: Henry Ward Beecher 1813-1887, American Preacher, Orator, Writer
Quote: It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing one's own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger. Author: Bhagavad Gita c. BC 400-, Sanskrit Poem Incorporated Into the Mahabharata
Quote: No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause. Author: John Mason Brown 1800-1859, American Militant Abolitionist
Quote: Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. Author: Miguel De Cervantes 1547-1616, Spanish Novelist, Dramatist, Poet
Quote: Danger, the spur of all great minds. Author: George Chapman 1557-1634, British Dramatist, Translator, Poet
Quote: Danger -- if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Author: Winston Churchill 1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister
Quote: Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result. Author: Winston Churchill 1874-1965, British Statesman, Prime Minister
Quote: It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. Author: Charles Caleb Colton 1780-1832, British Sportsman Writer
Quote: To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory. Author: Pierre Corneille 1606-1684, French Dramatist
Quote: We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger. Author: Pierre Corneille 1606-1684, French Dramatist
Quote: However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks. Author: Havelock Ellis 1859-1939, British Psychologist
Quote: As soon as there is life there is danger. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never! Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: The most dangerous thing is illusion. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist
Quote: Stay out of the road, if you want to grow old. Author: Pink Floyd
Quote: The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps. Author: David Lloyd George 1863-1945, British Statesman, Prime Minister
Quote: Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. Author: Baltasar Gracian 1601-1658, Spanish Philosopher, Writer
Quote: No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger. Author: Heraclitus BC 535-475, Greek Philosopher
Quote: In time of danger it is proper to be alarmed until danger be near at hand; but when we perceive that danger is near, we should oppose it as if we were not afraid. Author: Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantra
Quote: Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers. Author: Victor Hugo 1802-1885, French Poet, Dramatist, Novelist
Quote: If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger? Author: Thomas H. Huxley 1825-1895, British Biologist, Educator
Quote: A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then be satisfied with small gains, which will come by creative adaptations. Author: I Ching 12th Century BC, Chinese Book of Changes
Quote: The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both Author: I Ching 12th Century BC, Chinese Book of Changes
Quote: Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Author: Helen Keller 1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer, Amorist
Quote: Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend. Author: Jean De La Fontaine 1621-1695, French Poet
Quote: I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend. Author: Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865, Sixteenth President of the USA
Quote: Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery! Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1819-1892, American Poet
Quote: The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. Author: F. L. Lucan 39-65, Roman Epic Poet
Quote: Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. Author: Niccolo Machiavelli 1469-1527, Italian Author, Statesman
Quote: The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly. Author: Jawaharlal Nehru 1889-1964, Indian Nationalist, Statesman
Quote: If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. Author: Reinhold Niebuhr 1892-1971, American Theologian, Historian
Quote: The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to liver dangerously. Author: Friedrich Nietzsche 1844-1900, German Philosopher
Quote: A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea. Author: Proverb
Quote: Danger past, God forgotten. Author: Proverb
Quote: When danger approaches, sing to it. Author: Arabian Proverb Sayings of Arabian Origin
Quote: Biggest profits mean gravest risks. Author: Chinese Proverb Sayings of Chinese Origin
Quote: Between the anvil and the hammer. Author: German Proverb Sayings of German Origin
Quote: When the danger is past God is cheated. Author: Italian Proverb Sayings of Italian Origin
Quote: Danger and delight grow on one stalk. Author: Scottish Proverb Sayings of Scottish Origin
Quote: Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. Author: Francis Quarles 1592-1644, British Poet
Quote: We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. Author: David Sarnoff 1891-1971, Belarus-born American Entrepreneur
Quote: Wise people say nothing in dangerous times. Author: John Selden 1584-1654, British Jurist, Statesman
Quote: Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them. Author: Seneca 4 B.C. – 65 A.D., Spanish-born Roman Statesman, philosopher
Quote: There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone. Author: Marquise De STVignT
Quote: Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. Author: William Shakespeare 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
Quote: Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south. Author: William Shakespeare 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
Quote: Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. [Julius Caesar] Author: William Shakespeare 1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor
Quote: In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it. Author: George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950, Irish-born British Dramatist
Quote: We are confronted by a first danger, the destructiveness of applied atomic energy. And then we are confronted by a second danger, that we do not enough appreciate the first danger. Author: Raymond G. Swing
Quote: One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard. Author: Publilius Syrus 1st Century BC, Roman Writer
Quote: Actually, the streets are quite safe today, it's the people on them who aren't. Author: Source Unknown
Quote: Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. Author: Karl Wallenda Tightrope walker
Quote: Don't play for safety -- it's the most dangerous thing in the world. Author: Sir Hugh Walpole 1884-1941, New Zealand Writer