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Threats Proverbs



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

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