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Charles Caleb Colton: It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and…

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea, and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

In today’s wordsIt's better to meet danger than to wait for it. A ship on a lee shore that sees a hurricane coming heads out to sea and faces a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

Charles Caleb ColtonCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Pearls of Thought, compiled by Maturin M. Ballou, 1881

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