Anxiety is the mark of spiritual insecurity.
—Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) American Head of State, Lawyer
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking … is freedom.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American Head of State, Military Leader
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than of death.
—James F. Byrnes (1882–1972) American Elected Representative, Political leader, Politician
Attack is the best form of defense.
—Common Proverb
We will never have real safety and security for the wage earners unless we provide for safety and security for the wage payers and the wage savers, investors, and then, by all means, protection for both against reckless wasters and wage spenders.
—William J. H. Boetcker (1873–1962) American Presbyterian Minister
When you know that you’re capable of dealing with whatever comes, you have the only security the world has to offer.
—Harry Browne (1933–2006) American Politician, Investor, Writer
There is nothing assured to mortals.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
We believe that our truly urgent need is to make our nation secure, our economy strong and our dollar sound. For every American this matter of the sound dollar is crucial. Without a sound dollar, every American family would face a renewal of inflation, an ever-increasing cost of living, the withering away of savings and life insurance policies.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American Head of State, Military Leader
It seems mutants have something in their lives called gravy. They know truth, but it is buried under thickening and spices of convenience, materialism, insecurity, and fear. They also have something called frosting. It seems to represent how they spend almost all the seconds of their existence in doing superficial, artificial, temporary, pleasant-tasting, nice appearing projects and spend very few actual seconds of their lives developing their eternal beingness.
—Marlo Morgan (1937–98) American Novelist, Author
A man who has nothing which he cares about more than he does about his personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the existing of better men than himself.
—John Stuart Mill (1806–73) English Philosopher, Economist
I’m hostile to men, I’m hostile to women, I’m hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I’m afraid of horses.
—Norman Mailer (1923–2007) American Novelist Essayist
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
—Erich Fromm (1900–80) German-American Psychoanalyst, Social Philosopher
Whoever created the name life insurance had to be the sales genius of all time.
—Robert Half
Security is a kind of death.
—Tennessee Williams (1911–83) American Playwright
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
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 (b.1939) Australia Academic, Journalist, Scholar, Writer
Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
They have discovered that security is not having things; it’s handling things. Thus, when you can answer all your “what if”s with “I can handle it,” you can approach all things with a no-lose guarantee, and the fear disappears.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
What can we take on trust
in this uncertain life? Happiness, greatness,
pride – nothing is secure, nothing keeps.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Kipling sees clearly that men can only be highly civilized while other men, inevitably less civilised, are there to guard and feed them.
—George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist
Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict.
—Unknown
I’m in love with the potential of miracles. For me, the safest place is out on a limb.
—Shirley MacLaine (b.1934) American Actor, Dancer, Author, Activist
Most people never feel secure because they are always worried that they will lose their job, lose the money they already have, lose their spouse, lose their health, and so on. The only true security in life comes from knowing that every single day you are improving yourself in some way, that you are increasing the caliber of who you are and that you are valuable to your company, your friends, and your family.
—Tony Robbins (b.1960) American Self-Help Author, Entrepreneur
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
There’s no security on this earth, only opportunity.
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) American Military Leader
There is nothing stable in the world; uproar’s your only music.
—John Keats (1795–1821) English Poet
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
—John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) English Economist
Security… it’s simply the recognition that changes will take place and the knowledge that you’re willing to deal with whatever happens.
—Harry Browne (1933–2006) American Politician, Investor, Writer