As soon as there is life there is danger. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 93
It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. Nelson Mandela South African Statesman More Nelson Mandela Quotes 14
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. Aristotle Greek Philosopher More Aristotle Quotes 7
I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery. Jean-Jacques Rousseau French More Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes 4
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory. Pierre Corneille French Dramatist More Pierre Corneille Quotes 3
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau American Author More Henry David Thoreau Quotes 3
The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained. That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time. John Stuart Mill English Philosopher More John Stuart Mill Quotes 2
A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger. Sir Philip Sidney English Statesman More Sir Philip Sidney Quotes 2
It was really a thriller. There was danger out there. The film was using the typewriter and the telephone and pencil on paper as weapons. Robert Redford American Actor More Robert Redford Quotes 1
We tell people all the time they're in much greater danger driving to the beach than they are once they get to the beach, jumping in the water, being attacked by a shark. John Naughton More John Naughton Quotes 1
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. Confucius Chinese Philosopher More Confucius Quotes 1
Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it's a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation. Charles Ruff More Charles Ruff Quotes 1
The Linux philosophy is 'Laugh in the face of danger'. Oops. Wrong One. 'Do it yourself'. Yes, that's it. Linus Torvalds Finnish Businessman More Linus Torvalds Quotes 1
Danger breeds best on too much confidence. Pierre Corneille French Dramatist More Pierre Corneille Quotes 1
I think we can allow the therapeutic uses of nuclear transplant technology, which we call cloning, without running the danger of actually having live human beings born. David Baltimore American Scientist More David Baltimore Quotes 1
John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many. Lyndon B. Johnson American President More Lyndon B. Johnson Quotes 1
Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger. Samuel Johnson English Author More Samuel Johnson Quotes 0
My point was that the war was intrinsically wrong, and as a result of our participation we haven't improved Australia's security but created a greater danger at home and abroad. Bob Hawke Australian Journalist More Bob Hawke Quotes 0
But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of interest groups: city against suburb, region against region, individual against individual. Each seeking to satisfy private wants. Barbara Jordan American Lawyer More Barbara Jordan Quotes 0
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out. Hamilton Jordan American Public Servant More Hamilton Jordan Quotes 0
At Leeds the idea of an international labour organization appeared in a trade-union text which also drew attention to the danger to the working classes inherent in the existence of international capitalist competition. Leon Jouhaux French Leader More Leon Jouhaux Quotes 0
The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition. Carl Jung Swiss Psychologist More Carl Jung Quotes 0
Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter's honor. Ernest Hemingway American Novelist More Ernest Hemingway Quotes 0
He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace. Arthur Henderson British Politician More Arthur Henderson Quotes 0