quotations about danger
Danger, you know, sometimes makes timid men bold.
ABIGAIL ADAMS
letter to John Adams, June 22, 1775
I tell myself, as sternly as possible, that is how things work here. We do dangerous things and people die. People die, and we move on to the next dangerous thing. The sooner that lesson sinks in, the better chance I have at surviving initiation.
VERONICA ROTH
Divergent
Danger is an aphrodisiac.
TOBSHA LEARNER
The Witch of Cologne
Where danger shews it self, apprehension cannot, without stupidity, be wanting; where danger is, sense of danger should be; and so much fear as should keep us awake, and excite our attention, industry, and vigour; but not to disturb the calm use of our reason, nor hinder the execution of what that dictates.
JOHN LOCKE
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger.
TACITUS
Annales
I have been afraid and I have been in danger, and I have never for one moment thought that I would throw myself at at a man for his help.
PHILIPPA GREGORY
The Queen's Fool
Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
DANIEL DEFOE
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Walk into the heart of danger
And don't let the darkness enchain you
Walk into the heart of danger
Face your fear
BATTLE BEAST
"Into the Heart of Danger"
There are many dangers like comets--terrible indeed in their aspect to the vulgar, but of such a nature that the heavens may be seen through them by philosophers.
ARTHUR HELPS
Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd
Danger may be lurking there, something that may end up wounding me deeply, fatally. I might end up losing everything. But there's no turning back. I can only go with the flow.
HARUKI MURAKAMI
Sputnik Sweetheart
Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the Sun.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
A daring pilot in extremity;
Pleas'd with the danger, when the waves went high
He sought the storms.
JOHN DRYDEN
Absalom and Achitophel
Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.
PRIMO LEVI
The Reawakening
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
What kind of man would live where there is no danger? I don't believe in taking foolish chances. But nothing can be accomplished by not taking a chance at all.
CHARLES LINDBERGH
attributed, Lindbergh: Flight's Enigmatic Hero
He who keeps danger in mind will rest safely in his seat.
CONFUCIUS
The Wisdom of Confucius
The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.
NEIL GAIMAN
American Gods