Safety Quotes - Page 2

• Precaution is better than cure.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Cures, Precaution

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• I feel a certain calm. There is safety in the midst of danger. What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Hands, Calm, Life Is

  Letter to Theo van Gogh, December 29, 1881.

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• How many more times do we have to come to terms with death before we find safety?

  Ishmael Beah

  More Time, Term

  Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.70, Macmillan

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• Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly.

  Mother Teresa

  Travel, Memorable, Angel

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• The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

  Confucius

  Men, Doe, May

  Confucius, Jing Shi (1968). “The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism”

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• To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

  Seneca the Elder

  Mean, Doe, Oneself

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  Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

  George Carlin

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  "Carlin on Campus". Documentary, Comedy, 1984.

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• If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

  Nelson Mandela

  Leadership, Travel, Crazy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

  Publilius Syrus

  Danger, Exposed

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• A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fear

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 18, 2014

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• Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen - they are caused.

  Ernest Greenwood

  Accidents Happen, Streets, Highways

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• The way to be safe is never to be secure.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Change, Doubt, Way

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.272, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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• Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.

  Mike Johanns

  Chains, Food Safety, Food Chain

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• Every time we choose safety, we reinforce fear.

  Cheri Huber

  Inspirational, Fear, Life Changing

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• The worship of safety emasculates greatness.

  Max Lucado

  Greatness, Worship

  Max Lucado (2012). “Fearless: Imagine Your Life Without Fear”, p.10, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed.

  James Madison

  Happiness, Political, Institutions

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2003). “The Federalist: With Letters of Brutus”, p.216, Cambridge University Press

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• Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.

  Aeschylus

  Success, Mother, Obedience

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• Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Giving Up, Liberty, Deserve

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• In the sea there are countless treasures,
  But if you desire safety, it is on the shore.

  Saadi

  Wisdom, Islamic, Sea

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• Surgeon general's job is to protect, promote and advance the health, safety and security of the nation.

  Richard Carmona

  Protect, Surgeons, Security

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• In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Fear, Failure

  Essays "Prudence" (1841)

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• There is always safety in valor.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Valor

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.913, Library of America

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• Better to be safe than sorry.

  Samuel Lover

  Sorry, Safe, Caution

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• The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.

  Dudley Moore

  Views, Mirrors, Car

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• Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.

  William Shakespeare

  Teacher, Appreciation, Flower

  'Henry IV, Part 1' (1597) act 2, sc. 3, l. [11]

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