Perils Quotes

85 Perils quotes by 77 unique authors

...the characters in my books all resemble each other. They live, with minor variations, the same moments, the same perils, and when I speak of… — Jean Genet
There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths. Almost… — Bertrand Russell
I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitments, awaited those who had… — Charlotte Bronte
That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for… — Michel de Montaigne
Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards. — Brandon Mull
i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am… — R A Salvatore
... the connection between imperial politics and culture is astonishingly direct. American attitudes to American "greatness", to hierarchies of race, to the perils of "other"… — Edward Said
It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I… — Jon Krakauer
I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea,… — Joseph Conrad
Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep, even so I will endure… For already have I suffered full much, and… — Homer
But that was in the days when they expected perils to come from without, and nothing made less sense by that time than a survival… — Jeffrey Eugenides
All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn… — Herman Melville
When the wind is right and the cloud is gone, you can see down this road as far as Darjeeling," I told her. "But it… — Deanna Raybourn
Why do we wrap things? Usually to protect them. The more fragile they are, the more important the wrapping. Your dream is prey to many… — Jerry Spinelli
The hole in the ozone layer is a kind of skywriting. At first it seemed to spell out our continuing complacency before a witch's brew… — Carl Sagan
He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We should come home from adventures, and perils, and discoveries every day with new experience and character. — Henry David Thoreau
By faith we are taken into Christ, made at once safe from holy wrath against sin, and kept safe from all perils and penalties. He,… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples… — Herbert Read
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? — George Canning
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

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