Quotes About Peril

We humans have a powerful instinct to flee from peril. It takes a special kind of courage, a deep sense of duty, and extraordinary character to overcome these impulses and - for the sake of others - to run toward the danger.

I wrote 'Time of the Dark' in 1978 and 'The Silent Tower' in 1984, so the thing that sticks out for me is how totally technology has changed. I suppose that's the great peril for real-world crossovers.

Together we all live every moment On the very brink; The razor's edge Of ecstasy or disaster.

The road to Hades is easy to travel.

The flocks fear the wolf, the crops the storm, and the trees the wind.

We are all on the same tree on big and large, different levels and how far you go above as more you have to see, one wrong move you fall..., most cases you face the dead.

Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.

Trust not one night's ice.

Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.

More dangers have deceived men than forced them.

It takes a Bigger Courage to take on Danger, where None can be Sighted.

Trust is the delusion of truth with ill fated consequences

knowledge without wisdom is a clear and present danger

Sometimes, it is precisely when you discover that you are living very happily that you suddenly find yourself in danger. To be happy means to discover that you are exposed to being hurt.

Ma non dovete adombrarvi: gli sciocchi fanno parte della vita come gli alberi e la terra, ma ricordate, siate attenta e prudente, perché gli sciocchi sono dannatamente pericolosi. Sapete la differenza tra uno sciocco e un malvagio, piccola principessa?" Questa volta Chiara si lasciò scappare un cenno di diniego. "I malvagi ci danneggiano per ricavarne un guadagno. Gli sciocchi ci danneggiano senza alcun profitto. E' possibile trattare con i malvagi, non con gli idioti.

Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to saveGreece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

Love is both wondrous and yet full of peril. Love is a gateway through which hatred - disguised and unrecognized - can pass.

He who falls in love meets a worse fate than he who leaps from a rock.

When even one American—who has done nothing wrong—is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth—then all Americans are in peril." Harry S. Truman, thirty-third President of the United States of America. Served 1945–1953.

Know this: this creature is the bringer of death. He will never eat, he will never sleep, and he will never stop.

booby trap.

I too have known the inward disturbance of exile, The great peril of being at home nowhere, The dispersed center, the dividing love; Not here, nor there, leaping across ocean, Turning, returning to each strong allegiance; American, but with this difference - parting.