Working safely is like breathing – if you don’t, you die.
—Unknown
I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving, if your sights are set far above the merely secure and mediocre.
—David Sarnoff (1891–1972) American Broadcaster, Businessman
The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Safety never takes a holiday.
—Unknown
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
—Aesop (620–564 BCE) Greek Fabulist
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
I’m in love with the potential of miracles. For me, the safest place is out on a limb.
—Shirley MacLaine (b.1934) American Actress, Dancer, Activist
You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.
—Abraham Maslow (1908–70) American Psychologist, Academic, Humanist
Safety first has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders.
—Unknown
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
A lot of the people who keep a gun at home for safety are the same ones who refuse to wear a seat belt
—George Carlin (1937–2008) American Stand-Up Comedian
It’s better to crash into a nap than to nap into a crash.
—Unknown
Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament, not of income.
—Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) American-British Essayist, Bibliophile
Know safety, no injury. No safety, know injury.
—Unknown
Don’t learn safety by accident.
—Unknown
We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as to make it impregnible, we may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living.
—Randolph Bourne (1886–1918) American Journalist, Social Critic
Tomorrow – your reward for working safely today.
—Unknown
With the Supremes I made so much money so fast all I wanted to do was buy clothes and pretty things. Now I’m comfortable with money and it’s comfortable with me.
—Diana Ross (b.1944) American Singer, Film Actress
Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict.
—Unknown
Better a thousand times careful than once dead.
—Common Proverb
There is always safety in valor.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor’s house is in flames.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.
—Horace Mann (1796–1859) American Educator, Politician, Educationalist
He that’s secure is not safe.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.
—Samuel Rutherford (1600–61) Scottish Theologian, Author
The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but safety is of the Lord.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
—Dag Hammarskjold (1905–61) Swedish Statesman, UN Diplomat
Chance takers are accident makers.
—Unknown
Out of this nettle – danger – we pluck this flower – safety.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
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