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George Bernard Shaw413
Irish playwright 1856–1950Related quotes
“The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps”
James Gilligan American psychiatrist and author
“The most dangerous kind of person… is one who is afraid of his own shadow.”
Philip K. Dick book A Scanner Darkly
Source: A Scanner Darkly
“True courage is in facing danger when you are afraid…”
L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Context: There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger. The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.
“Dangers await only those who do not react to life.”
Mikhail Gorbachev (1931) General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Speech in East Berlin (7 October 1989), in German: Gefahren warten nur auf jene, die nicht auf das Leben reagieren, but often cited as "Wer zu spät kommt, den bestraft das Leben", hence the English translation: "He who comes too late is punished by life". (Frankfurter Allgemeine, 3 October 2004) http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/15-jahre-danach-wer-zu-spaet-kommt-den-bestraft-das-leben-1191290.html <br class="br">1980s
Margaret Thatcher book Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World
Source: Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World, p. 104
