Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced danger. [Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete dans le peril.]
A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
The brave man is not he who feels no fear. For that were stupid and irrational. But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, and bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, For that were stupid and irrational; But he, whose noble soul its fears subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. -Paul Richter.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
A coward boasting of his courage may deceive strangers, but he is a laughing-stock to those who know him. [Lat., Virtutis expers verbis jactans gloriam Ignotos fallit, notis est derisui.]
Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. [Lat., Ignavissimus quisque, et ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimis verbis et lingua feroces.]
A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.
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 worth-while to live.
Honest criticism is hard to take - especially when it comes from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge.
There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.
As soon as there is life there is danger.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.