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Quotes About Dangers

Let us never fear robbers nor murderers. Those are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. What matters is what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul.
~ Victor Hugo
Let us never fear robbers or murders. Those are dangerous from without, Teddy dangerous. Let us be ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves. What matters it what threatens our head or our purse! Let us think only of that which threatens our soul.
~ Victor Hugo
Let us never fear robbers nor murderers. Those are dangers from without, petty dangers. Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
~ Victor Hugo
No temamos nunca ni a los ladrones ni a los asesinos: esos son los peligros exteriores, los pequeños peligros. Temámonos a nosotros mismos. Las preocupaciones, esas son los ladrones: los vicios, esos son los asesinos. Los grandes peligros existen dentro de nosotros. ¿Qué importa lo que amenaza a nuestra cabeza o a nuestra bolsa? Pensemos con preferencia en lo que amenaza a nuestra alma.
~ Victor Hugo
We must never fear robbers or murderers. They are dangers from outside, small dangers. It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer. Why should we be troubled by a threat to our person or our pocket? What we have to beware of is the threat to our souls.
~ Victor Hugo
She was a teacher, for God's sake. What did she know to say about dangers such as these? How could she assuage a child's fear when her own was straining at the leash?
~ Kristin Hannah
You were supposed to be safe in your own home, with your parents. They were supposed to protect you from the dangers outside.
~ Kristin Hannah
Drugs are bad for you. They will fuck you up.
~ Kurt Cobain
With peril a constant companion, a combat engineer took joy in life when he could and tended to shrug off dangers he considered minor.
~ L. Ron Hubbard
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything -- or nothing.
~ Lady Nancy Astor
But old women faced certain dangers in Fairyland, such as breaking a hip while riding a wild velocipede, or having everyone do what you say just because you had wrinkles.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
Do your fears warn of external dangers? Or, are they the kind that keep you from becoming more of your true self?
~ Gina Greenlee
each and all of our lives are put at increasing risk daily when we fly and for one reason only. The aggressive pursuit of profit—and the erosion of safety standards caused by that same relentless pursuit.
~ Glenn Meade
This is well to be weighed, that boldness is ever blind, for it seeth not dangers and inconveniences; therefore it is ill in counsel, good in execution...
~ Francis Bacon
Linni, you have as many answers as you need or are likely to get. Don't ask for more. I learned in the Great War that there are many battles to be fought, and one of the biggest is with the veils that come down around us—with all due respect to that American author, you know, Mr. Steinbeck, I call them the 'drapes of wrath.' They both hide the truth and shield us from the danger behind them.
~ Jacqueline Winspear
To enlarge the human perspective, to build on knowledge for future generations, to identify dangers, and to chart the course to a better world: If these are the goals of the explorer, then everyone—voyager, scientist and citizen, parent and child—is engaged in humanity's momentous expedition.
~ Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Our generation has taken to the cosmetic use of pesticides and I think, perhaps unwittingly, not fully understanding the dangers it represents to ourselves and, most importantly, to our children.
~ Dalton McGuinty
Understanding the long, sordid history of gun control in America is key to understanding the dangers of disarming.
~ Niger Innis
The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.
~ Anna Quindlen
But I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner.
~ Evan Peters
I'm neurotic about children. I see dangers everywhere - sharp corners, stairs.
~ Tamsin Egerton
It is unthinkable that a man can truly find happiness in this life, if at the same time he views himself as an exile here and sees his soul surrounded by many dangers.
~ Thomas a Kempis
Rob J.' s revelation was science, a faith less comfortable and far less comforting. Truth was its deity, proof was its state of grace, doubt was its liturgy. It held as many mysteries as other religions and was beset with shadowy trails that led to profound dangers, terrifying cliffs, and the deepest pits. No higher power shed a light to illuminate the dark and murky way, and he had only his own frail judgment with which to choose the paths to safety.
~ Noah Gordon
There is oppression that shouldn't exist. There is a struggle for freedom all the time. There are very serious dangers: the species may be heading toward extinction. I can't see how anybody can fail to have an interest in trying to help people become more engaged in thinking about these problems and doing something about them.
~ Noam Chomsky