Sayings about Threats
A single bad experience is worth more than a thousand threats. ~ Turkish Proverbs
An axe without a shaft is no threat to the forest. ~ Bulgarian Proverbs
A threat does not lengthen your sword. ~ Kurdish Proverbs
To have beautiful servant girls is a threat to good marriages. ~ Chinese Proverbs
If you are threatened by a man, sleep at night, if it is by a woman then stay awake. ~ African Proverb
More people are threatened than are beaten up. ~ Basque Proverb
Draw the bow but don’t shoot — it is a bigger threat to be intimidated than to be hit. ~ Chinese Proverb
To threaten the brave with death is like promising water to a duck. ~ Arabian Proverb
It is better to be threatened by the sword of a Turk than by the pen of a German. ~ Serbian Proverb
May it end with threats and not come to blows. ~ Samoan Proverbs
Quotations about Threat
When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat? ~Chuck Palahniuk
He who fears not death fears not a threat. ~ Pierre Corneille
A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice. ~ Jose Bergamin
The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don’t read. ~ Heywood Broun
Don’t make a threat and then not do it. ~ Suzanne Vega
All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. ~ Leo Tolstoy
When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? ~ Chuck Palahniuk
Adults under threat feel like children. ~ Martha Beck
I want to help people feel good about themselves, and in turn, about others, so they will have the desire to help others rather than being a selfish threat to society. ~ Clarence E. Hodges
Are hackers a threat? The degree of threat presented by any conduct, whether legal or illegal, depends on the actions and intent of the individual and the harm they cause. ~ Kevin Mitnick
Nothing is impossible when we follow our inner guidance, even when its direction may threaten us by reversing our usual logic. ~ Gerald G. Jampolsky
The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with. ~ Anna Quindlen
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. We all need some form of deeply rooted, powerful motivation — it empowers us to overcome obstacles so we can live our dreams. ~ Les Brown
Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee’s compliance than on threats or sanctions. ~ Fernanda Bartolme
Change can either challenge or threaten us. Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you. ~ Marsha Sinetar
Oil prices have certainly become a threat for the world economy. ~ Rodrigo Rato
A Christian could even give thanks for Hell, because Hell was a threat and a warning to keep him in the right way. ~ Author Unknown
The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty. ~ Eugene J. Mccarthy
The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism. ~ Wole Soyinka
When you face your fear, most of the time you will discover that it was not really such a big threat after all. ~ Les Brown
Go ahead, make my day. ~ Clint Eastwood
You’ve got to be able to act when it’s necessary to act. And you’ve got to be able to act where the threat is. ~ Lord Robertson
It is only rarely that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman. ~ Alexandre Dumas
In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn’t threaten us. ~ David Mamet
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose. ~ Rick Shuman
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today. ~ William Hague
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Change tends to be viewed as a threat to our control. ~ Author Unknown
According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary threat. ~ Harry Enfield
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release. ~ Germaine Greer
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. ~ Denis Diderot
Great writers arrive among us like new diseases — threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible. ~ Craig Raine
Corporate Reputation: Managing Opportunities and Threats. ~ Book preview