Danger Quotes

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  He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

  Confucius

  Education, Giving Up, Philosophical

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.

  George Leigh Mallory

  Adventure, Danger In Life, Life Is

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• Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

  Jean Paul

  Courage, Self Improvement, Conquer

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• Everything is paradox. The danger is one-dimensional thinking.

  Lesley Hazleton

  Thinking, Paradox

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• We do not run from the troubles and dangers that are truly ours, and it is better to learn what they are earlier than later, and if we don't run from the others, we are fools.

  Katherine Anne Porter

  Running, Fool, Trouble

  Katherine Anne Porter (2014). “The Leaning Tower and Other Stories: A Library of America eBook Classic”, p.114, Library of America

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• He who does not believe in hell is in the greatest danger of landing there.

  Eduardo Schwank

  Fear, Believe, Atheism

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• Cowards falter, but danger is often overcome by those who nobly dare.

  Queen Elizabeth II

  Life, Courage, Queens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Humanity, Being Human, Planets

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• Delay always breeds danger.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Anger, Delay

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.199, Wordsworth Editions

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  Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.

  William Tecumseh Sherman

  Courage, Men, Perfect

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• Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.

  Seneca the Younger

  Philosophical, Exposure, Constant

  "De Providentia", IV in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 158-160), 1922.

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• The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

  Carl Jung

  Leadership, Mean, Men

  Carl Gustav Jung (1968). “The collected works”

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• When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Music, Fear, Failure

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.13, Heron Dance Press

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• There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Friends, Sight, Sky

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.1139, Delphi Classics

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• The Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself". That's it.

  Linus Torvalds

  Philosophy, Technology, Laughing

  Google Groups post (linux.dev.kernel newsgroup), groups.google.com. October 16, 1996.

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• We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.

  Pierre Corneille

  Learning, Triumph, Conquer

  "Le Cid". Book by Pierre Corneille, 1636.

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• When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Music, Fear, Inspirational Music

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.13, Heron Dance Press

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• It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Waiting, Encounters, Shipwreck

  Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). “L.P.”, p.142

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• Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Fear, Giving, Spurs

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• The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  War, People, Ignorant

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• However well organised the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

  Havelock Ellis

  Courage, Danger In Life, Bravery

  "On Life and Sex: Essays of Love & Virtue".

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• There is always the danger that we may just do the work for the sake of the work. This is where the respect and the love and the devotion come in - that we do it to God, to Christ, and that's why we try to do it as beautifully as possible.

  Mother Teresa

  Love, Motherhood, Trying

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• Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is.

  Tennessee Williams

  Success, Congratulations, Artist

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• The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Kings, Husband, Afterlife

  'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792) ch. 3

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• Let none think to fly the danger for soon or late love is his own avenger.

  Lord Byron

  Love Is, Thinking, Literature

  Lord Byron (2015). “Don Juan”, p.165, Xist Publishing

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