Peril Quotes

286 Peril quotes by 225 unique authors

Eight grown Americans out of ten dread the coming of the Fourth, with its pandemonium and its perils, and they rejoice when it is gone-if… — Mark Twain
The task of worrying is to come up with positive solutions for life's perils by anticipating dangers before they arise. If we are preoccupied by… — Daniel Goleman
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the… — Thucydides
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers… — Samuel Gompers
Forming characters! Whose? Our own or others? Both. And in that momentous fact lies the peril and Responsibility of our existence. — Elihu Burritt
Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril. — Sun Tzu
When I was first sent from H.M.S. King Alfred to be interviewed by Goodeve in the Admiralty, I was furious. The War seemed to me,… — Nevil Shute
The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril. — Saint Ambrose
Positivism eliminates any kind of natural law principle - for example, that there are economic laws which can be transgressed only at your peril. With… — Murray Rothbard
Going public today is fraught with peril on many levels. One is earnings guidance. If you miss guidance, the stock price becomes very volatile. Short… — Ben Horowitz
It is only if you happen to be a newscaster that the tongue-twister spells peril. — Craig Brown
If we cannot provide excellent educational opportunities to all children, safe communities, quality health coverage, or robust and fair avenues towards wealth creation, then our… — Cory Booker
As many have noted, the peril for authors is that our work space is too easily our play space. — Guy Gavriel Kay
The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause from their own volition, enduring the most arduous hardships without… — Xenophon
I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if only the country… — Knute Nelson
Belgium thinks that however great the peril which a country might have to undergo under the system which we seek to establish here, that country… — Henri La Fontaine
The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose. — John T. Flynn
To vanquish without peril is to triumph without glory. — Pierre Corneille
Thus united to them in the fellowship of life, he will both understand the things revealed to them by God and, thenceforth escaping the peril… — Athanasius
Global security can be formed or threatened by heads of state whose wisdom, folly and obsessions shape global events. But often it is the security… — Michael Hayden
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard. — Voltaire
I smile, giggle, cry, for all to see. See this, as a sign of weakness, at your peril. For this Goodly Knight, has a darkness,… — Eric Nickel
Those that are conservative when they are young have no heart, those that are older, in these despairing times, seem to miss the point that… — Yust Lundberg
The gift of life is death, and we'll carry this burden. The curse, of being human, is mortality the reminder that with each day comes… — Jeremy Limn
The gift of life is death, and we'll carry this burden. The curse, of being human, is mortality the reminder that with each day a… — Jeremy Limn

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