Top 725 Dangers Quotes & Sayings

The Puritans were obsessed with the dangers of wealth.

Much has seen said of the wisdom of old age. Old age is wise, I grant, for itself, but not wise for the community. It is wise in declining new enterprises, for it has not the power nor the time to execute them; wise in shrinking from difficulty, for it has not the strength to overcome it; wise in avoiding danger, for it lacks the faculty of ready and swift action, by which dangers are parried and converted into advantages. But this is not wisdom for mankind at large, by whom new enterprises must be undertaken, dangers met, and difficulties surmounted.

Absent geopolitical crises, the role of government policy isn't as big as people think in the short run. In the immediate term, the potential to ignite an escalating trade war without really intending to ought to be high on our list of US dangers as should dangers of popping credit bubbles either internationally or here at home.

The dangers gather as the treasures rise.

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

There are dangers that globalization increases inequality. There are dangers that because capital is mobile and workers are not, if we are not providing them sufficient protection, that they can be left behind in this process. And that's what we have to focus on.

No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution

I can only hope that Trump comes to realize the grave dangers of adopting a policy of confrontation toward Iran. Among these dangers is the likelihood that hardliners would again gain the upper hand in the governing process in Tehran, and the moderates who have sought to end national and regional tensions would be marginalized, or worse.

One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope.

Some cures are worse than the dangers they combat.

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

Fascism means first of all defending your nation against the dangers that threaten it. It means the destruction of these dangers and the opening of a free way to life and glory for your nation.

Young love needs dangers and barriers to nourish it.

One of the real dangers of our time is people's indifference to history.

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.

If we understand the dangers of materialism, it will help liberate us to experience the joys of Christ-centered stewardship. Jesus speaks of the "deceitfulness of wealth" . The psalmist warns, "Though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them" . The dangers of materialism are far-reaching. We should not think that we're immune to the value-changing nature of wealth.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety.

You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.

The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.

Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish.

He who fears dangers will not perish by them.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

The bravery founded upon the hope of recompense, upon the fear of punishment, upon the experience of success, upon rage, upon ignorance of dangers, is common bravery, and does not merit the name. True bravery proposes a just end, measures the dangers, and, if it is necessary, the affront, with coldness.

Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real murderers. The great dangers are within us. Why worry about what threatens our heads or our purses? Let us think instead of what threatens our souls.

Help, then, is the ballast that keeps us steady, that recognizes where along the path are the dangers and pitfalls that can throw us off; hope tempers fear so we can recognize dangers and then bypass or endure them.

There are dangers, but only dangers if people don't understand where technology is taking us.

One of the biggest dangers in Hollywood is becoming typed.

As soon as a man and woman of almost any age are alone together within four walls it is assumed that anything may happen. Spontaneous combustion, instant fornication, triumph of the senses. What possibilities men and women must see in each other to infer such dangers. Or, believing in the dangers, how often they must think about the possibilities.

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, 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'.

He who observes the infinite horizons will see the dangers before others.

Whatever the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to the safety resulting from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise.

The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.

It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

Increasingly, our leaders must deal with dangers that threaten the entire world, where an understanding of those dangers and the possible solutions depends on a good grasp of science. The ozone layer, the greenhouse effect, acid rain, questions of diet and heredity. All require scientific literacy. Can Americans choose the proper leaders and support the proper programs if they themselves are scientifically illiterate? The whole premise of democracy is that it is safe to leave important questions to the court of public opinion - but is it safe to leave them to the court of public ignorance?

In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait.

Where do your greatest dangers lie?--In pity.

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship.

I never go to where's a risk. I'm frightened of dangers down to boredom.

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.

The danger sensation is exciting. The challenge is to find new dangers.

The greatest dangers have their allurements, if the want of success is likely to be attended with a degree of glory. Middling dangers are horrid, when the loss of reputation is the inevitable consequence of ill success.

Whatever the dangers of the action we take, the dangers of inaction are far, far greater.

Dangers breed fears, and fears more dangers bring.

I was happy in the midst of dangers and inconveniences.

Bravery escapes more dangers than cowardice.

Here, in Cork district, you have in combination all the dangers which war can inflict.

The importance of strengthening Euro-Atlantic security: the growing dangers pile pressure on our rules-based international system, so we need to do more to strengthen NATO, the bedrock of our defense - not just upping spending, but making the alliance more agile and more capable of tackling dangers from all directions.

We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.

Dangers await only those who do not react to life.

Dangers by being despised grow great.

Not all dangers are obvious.

More dangers have deceived men than forced them.

Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers.

We tend to think of dangers and uncertainties as anomalies in the continuum of life, or irruptions of unpredictable forces into a largely predictable world. I suggest the contrary: that dangers and uncertainties are an inescapable dimension of life. In fact, as we shall come to understand, they make life matter. They define what it means to be human.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Whatever may be the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to that safety arising from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. That is the faith, the experimental faith, by which we Americans have undertaken to live.

Constant exposure to dangers will breed contempt for them.