Poul Anderson Quotes

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Caution. Caution is nothing but cowardice!

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

There is a difference between being bold and being rash.

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.

Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.

Greed is normally balanced by fear.

Against the bold, daring is unsafe.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

There is danger in this action. But there is greater danger in inaction.

Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.

We cannot play with fear nor with too much confidence.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.

There is nothing more dangerous than to leap a chasm in two jumps.

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.