Quotes About Peril

One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

The road of denial leads to the precipice of destruction

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

since Satan is always breathing down our necks, and is ready and scheming to plunge us into a thousand perils, we ought to be no less watchful and on our guard.

harm falls most in mans destroying way

Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court?

If I were constantly worried about death, I couldn't function. After a while, if your life is more or less constantly in peril, you come to a point where you accept the possibility philosophically.

Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.

Life is a razor, you are always in hot water or a scrape.

If he doesn't stop trying to save your life he's going to kill you.

Israel is not dangerous on one hand, but on the other hand it is dangerous. Human life is just dangerous, in general.

Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep.

Life has to be dangerous.

It seems you don't approve of the family business Katerina. Or of me. But these chances you take... These things you do... This is a dangerous life to live... alone.

Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.

It's good to have some certainty in life, even if it's only that I'm in deep trouble.

For Lou Ann, life itself was a life-threatening enterprise.

War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it. Human life has always been lived on the edge of a precipice.

from a child in danger to a dangerous child

The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.

It is the calm and silent waters that drown you.

Beauty attracts everyone, and as a result, it faces all risks of evil eyes.

It's like this, ma'am, Michael is a fine big lad, used to a man's work and he has had a man's responsibility before now. Well, if he goes off and gets drowned, it will be because he was too silly to save himself. And if he's too silly to save himself, then it's worth no one else's while to save him, for he'll only live to get into some other trouble later on!

some people are always saved and some perish.