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!
--Winston Churchill – English
Statesman Born 1874 Died 1965
He who learns but does not
think, is lost! He who thinks but
does not learn is in great danger.
--Confucius – Chinese Philosopher
Born: 551 BC Died: 479 BC
He that displays too often
his wife and his wallet is in
danger of having both of them
borrowed.
--Benjamin Franklin – American
Politician Born 1706 Died 1790
The true man wants two
things: danger and play. For that
reason he wants woman, as the most
dangerous plaything.
--Friedrich Nietzsche – German
Philosopher Born 1844 Died 1900
As soon as there is life
there is danger.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson – American
Poet Born 1803 Died 1882
The wise man does not
expose himself needlessly to
danger, since there are few things
for which he cares sufficiently;
but he is willing, in great
crises, to give even his life -
knowing that under certain
conditions it is not worthwhile to
live.
--Aristotle – Greek Philosopher
Born: 384 BC Died: 322 BC
Never was anything great
achieved without danger.
--Niccolo Machiavelli – Italian
Writer Born 1469 Died 1527
Avoiding danger is no safer
in the long run than outright
exposure. The fearful are caught
as often as the bold.
--Helen Keller – American Author
Born 1880 Died 1968
I have, indeed, no
abhorrence of danger, except in
its absolute effect - in terror.
--Edgar Allan Poe – American Poet
Born 1809 Died 1849
Any man today who returns
from work, sinks into a chair, and
calls for his pipe is a man with
an appetite for danger.
--Bill Cosby – American Comedian
Born 1937
To a profound pessimist
about life, being in danger is not
depressing.
--F. Scott Fitzgerald – American
Author Born 1896 Died 1940
In this world there is
always danger for those who are
afraid of it.
--George Bernard Shaw – Irish
Dramatist Born 1856 Died 1950
During the first period of
a man's life the greatest danger
is not to take the risk.
--Soren Kierkegaard – Danish
Philosopher Born 1813 Died 1855
No great art has ever been
made without the artist having
known danger.
--Rainer Maria Rilke – German Poet
Born 1875 Died 1926
Danger gleams like sunshine
to a brave man's eyes.
--Euripides – Greek Poet Born: 480
BC Died: 406 BC
The chief danger in life is
that you may take too many
precautions.
--Alfred Adler – Austrian
Psychologist Born 1870 Died 1937
To act is to be committed,
and to be committed is to be in
danger.
--James A. Baldwin – American
Author Born 1924 Died 1987
The danger sensation is
exciting. The challenge is to find
new dangers.
--Ayrton Senna – Brazilian
Celebrity Born 1960 Died 1994
No one that encounters
prosperity does not also encounter
danger.
--Heraclitus – Greek Philosopher
Born: 544 BC Died: 483 BC4
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