"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."

Aesop on Danger
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"Every man is his own chief enemy."

Anacharsis on Danger
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"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."

Barton, Clara on Danger
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"Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring."

Baxter, Richard on Danger
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"The most dangerous people are the ignorant."

Beecher, Henry Ward on Danger
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"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."

Bhagavad Gita on Danger
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"No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause."

Brown, John Mason on Danger
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"Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched."

Cervantes, Miguel De on Danger
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"Danger, the spur of all great minds."

Chapman, George on Danger
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"Danger -- if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!"

Churchill, Winston on Danger
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"Nothing is so exhilarating in life as to be shot at with no result."

Churchill, Winston on Danger
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"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."

Colton, Charles Caleb on Danger
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"We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger."

Corneille, Pierre on Danger
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"To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory."

Corneille, Pierre on Danger
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"However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks."

Ellis, Havelock on Danger
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"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!"

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Danger
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"As soon as there is life there is danger."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Danger
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"The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Danger
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"The most dangerous thing is illusion."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Danger
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"Stay out of the road, if you want to grow old."

Floyd, Pink on Danger
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"The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps."

George, David Lloyd on Danger
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"Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies."

Gracian, Baltasar on Danger
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"No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger."

Heraclitus on Danger
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"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."

Hitopadesa on Danger
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"Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers."

Hugo, Victor on Danger
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"If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?"

Huxley, Thomas H. on Danger
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"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"

I Ching on Danger
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"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."

I Ching on Danger
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"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

Keller, Helen on Danger
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"Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend."

La Fontaine, Jean De on Danger
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"I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend."

Lincoln, Abraham on Danger
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"Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!"

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth on Danger
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"The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger."

Lucan, F. L. on Danger
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"Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society."

Machiavelli, Niccolo on Danger
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"The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly."

Nehru, Jawaharlal on Danger
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"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."

Niebuhr, Reinhold on Danger
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"The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on Danger
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"Danger past, God forgotten."

Proverb on Danger
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"A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea."

Proverb on Danger
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"When danger approaches, sing to it."

Proverb, Arabian on Danger
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