Quotes about Hazard

Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.

If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy.

The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.

The chief occupational hazard of leadership is pride.

The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed.

He had returned when he did, on the pressing and written entreaty of a French citizen, who represented that his life was endangered by his absence. He had come back, to save a citizen's life, and to bear his testimony, at whatever personal hazard, to the truth.

And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

A fogged brain puts everyone in danger.

To try is to risk failure. But risks need to be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing and is nothing. They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel change, grow, love and live. Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave; they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free.