foolhardy actions Quotes

There's a difference between bravery and rash stupidity.

You know the expression 'God protects fools and drunks'? I qualify for both.

Skepticism does not preserve us from foolhardy deeds.

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean that one should say, Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! That is foolish and self-destructive. . . . But don't sit back waiting for the perfect moment. It almost never comes.

You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.

Imprudence gets us into more trouble than actual misdeeds do.

There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.

Never underestimate the capacity of noble young men to do incredibly foolish things for perfectly good reasons.

Danger for danger's sake is senseless.

This individual does not know where initiative ends and rocket-propelled idiocy begins.