“One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.”
“Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.”
“Send danger from the east unto the west, so honor cross it from the north to south.”
“Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.”
“However well organized the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.”
“The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.”
“If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?”
“Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!”
“The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.”
“The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.”
“Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.”
“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. [Julius Caesar]”
“No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.”
“We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.”
“The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to liver dangerously.”
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
“Danger -- if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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!”
“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”