Brink Quotes

163 Brink quotes by 143 unique authors

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of… — Cate Blanchett
My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice… — Giacomo Casanova
Motherhood is the one thing in all the world which most truly exemplifies the God-given virtues of creating and sacrificing. Though it carries the woman… — David O. McKay
The insanity of the collective egoic mind, amplified by science and technology, is rapidly taking our species to the brink of disaster. Evolve or die:… — Eckhart Tolle
Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary. — Oscar Wilde
Innately, children seem to have little true realistic anxiety. They will run along the brink of water, climb on the window sill, play with sharp… — Sigmund Freud
It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the harlot,… — Thomas Brooks
If we continue on the trend we're on, we can reduce extreme poverty by more than 60 percent-lifting more than 700 million people out of… — Rajiv Shah
I love to live on the brink of eternity. — David Brainerd
If I saw the gates of hell open and I stood on the brink of the abyss, I would not despair; I would not lose… — Gemma Galgani
For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air. — Thomas Merton
During the next four years...unless drastic steps are taken by Congress, the U.S. will have nearly 8,000,000 unemployed and will stand on the brink of… — Henry A. Wallace
She was more than human to me. She was a Fairy, a Sylph. I don't know what she was, anything that no one ever saw,… — Charles Dickens
It’s only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. — John Cleese
Greatness is what we on the brink of. — Nicki Minaj
An arresting testimony to the haunting power of friendships, THE AFTER GIRLS is a story that understands what it is to be passionate, confused, and… — Unknown Author
Our God and Souldiers we alike adore,Evn at the Brink of danger; not before:After deliverance, both alike required;Our Gods forgotten, and our Souldiers slighted. — Francis Quarles
You have to take chances for peace, just as you must take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to the verge of… — John Foster Dulles
The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you try to run away from it, if… — John Foster Dulles
To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good… — Edward Abbey
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to… — George Washington
Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But all these in… — John Milton
Losing can persuade you to change what doesn't need to be changed, and winning can convince you everything is fine even if you are on… — Garry Kasparov
We're on the brink of a world in which the wealthiest nations, from Canada to Norway to Japan, can barely project meaningful force to their… — Mark Steyn
In the same way that banks succeeded at privatizing the profits and socializing the losses as they led the global economy to the brink of… — Unknown Author

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