Sayings about Safety
Better safe than sorry. ~ English Proverbs
He who builds and he who marries are never safe. ~ Swedish Proverbs
The one who rings the fire bell is safe. ~ Spanish Proverbs
The tongue is safe; even among thirty teeth. ~ Indian Proverbs
Falling teaches us to walk safely. ~ Dutch Proverbs
It is safest to sail within reach of the shore. ~ Dutch Proverb
The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried. ~ Irish Proverbs
It is better to be safe than sorry. ~ American Proverbs
Caution is the parent of safety. ~ Traditional Proverb
Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~ Traditional Proverb
When there is no enemy it is safe to fight.~ German Proverbs
With a friend behind you, you have a safe bridge.~ Dutch Proverb
That’s a wise delay which makes the road safe.~ Spanish Proverb
Quotations about Safety
If you don’t think it’s safe, it probably isn’t. ~ Author Unknown
Playing safe is only playing. ~ Chuck Olson
A short absence is the safest.~ Ovid
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. ~ Sir Cecil Beaton
The safest risk is the one you didn’t take. ~ Author Unknown
Don’t play for safety — it’s the most dangerous thing in the world. ~ Sir Hugh Walpole
The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.~ Charles H. Parkhurst
There is only one duty, only one safe course, and that is to try to be right.~ Winston Churchill Quotes
Truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.~ Barbara Sher
The world must be made safe for democracy. ~ Woodrow T. Wilson
Don’t play for safety — it’s the most dangerous thing in the world.~ Sir Hugh Walpole
If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.~ Maurice Chevalier
Working safely is like breathing – if you don’t, you die. ~ Author Unknown
It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.~ Dag Hammarskjold
Unsafe acts will keep you in stitches. ~ Author Unknown
Your safety gears are between your ears. ~ Author Unknown
Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it. ~ Author Unknown
You only live once. You don’t want your tombstone to read: ‘Played it Safe.’ ~ Rosario Dawson
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.~ Aesop
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. ~ William Shakespeare Quotes
Wishing won’t keep you safe – safety will. ~ Author Unknown
Don’t learn safety rules simply by accident. ~ Author Unknown
Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.~ Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward. ~ Robert Collier
I never want to feel that I’m playing it safe. ~ Christian Bale
The coward threatens when he is safe.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.~ Edmund Burke
One can advise comfortably from a safe port.~ Johann Friedrich Von Schiller
It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. ~ Sophia Loren
If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.~ Josh Billings
Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness? ~ Sophocles
Accidents hurt – safety doesn’t. ~ Author Unknown
It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.~ Edward H. Harriman
Know safety, no injury. No safety, know injury. ~ Author Unknown
One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.~ Abraham H. Maslow
If we cannot end our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity.~ John F. Kennedy Quotes
Obscurity brings safety.~ Aesop
To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute. ~ Vladimir Nabokov
The way to be safe is never to be secure.~ Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. ~ Sir Cecil Beaton
If you play it safe in life, you’ve decided that you don’t want to grow anymore. ~ Shirley Hufstedler
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. ~ Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Safety isn’t just a slogan, it’s a way of life. ~ Author Unknown
He that’s secure is not safe.~ Benjamin Franklin
Safety doesn’t happen by accident. ~ Author Unknown
It’s better to be cautious and play it safe than regret pushing him too hard. We’re supposed to get another read on it soon. ~ Dick Vermeil
I want to show up to work and take risks. I don’t ever want to play it safe. ~ James Badge Dale
Don’t learn safety by accident. ~ Author Unknown
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. ~ James Thurber
Safety is as simple as ABC – Always Be Careful. ~ Author Unknown
Working without safety is a dead-end job. ~ Author Unknown
If you never struggle with confidence, you obviously are not stretching yourself far enough. You are not pressing to the edge of your abilities. In other words, the only way to never struggle with confidence is to play it safe. Play it known. Play it in a way that you achieve stability, but lose opportunity. ~ Timothy Ursiny
If everyone played it safe, we wouldn’t get anywhere. ~ Vinod Khosla
Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. ~ Author Unknown
When ever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither is safe.~ Edmund Burke
If safety is a joke, then death is the punchline. ~ Paul Laforest
When you gamble with safety, you bet your life. ~ Author Unknown
Actually, the streets are quite safe today, it’s the people on them who aren’t.~ Author Unknown
Safety first has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders.~ Author Unknown
Luck runs out but safety is good for life. ~ Author Unknown
We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap? ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
I’ll always push the envelope. To me, the ultimate sin in life is to be boring. I don’t play it safe. ~ Cybil Shepherd
It is much safer to obey, than to govern.~ Thomas a Kempis
When safety is a factor, call in a contractor. ~ Author Unknown
“Safety First” is “Safety Always.” ~ Charles M. Hayes
Think then act safely. ~ Author Unknown
To play it safe is not to play. ~ Robert Altman
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. ~ Dag Hammarskjold
In writing, I’ve found, playing it safe and familiar is no way to energize anybody. ~ Jonathan Evison
You can’t play it safe if you want to get ahead. ~ Irene Rosenfeld
In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.~ Marcus Annaeus Seneca
The safest hope is in heaven.~ Motto
Safety means first aid to the uninjured. ~ Author Unknown
Safety never takes a holiday. ~ Author Unknown
Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense. ~ Author Unknown
Happy were men if they but understood There is no safety but in doing good.~ John Fountain
Safety first has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders. ~ Author Unknown
Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.~ Thomas C. Haliburton
I’ll always push the envelope. To me, the ultimate sin in life is to be boring. I don’t play it safe. ~ Cybil Shepherd
Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.~ Ovid
Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great? ~ Jimmy Johnson
Tomorrow – your reward for working safely today. ~ Robert Pelton
For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. ~ Eleanor Everet
Man was made for joy and woe; And when this we rightly know, Through the world we safely go.~ William Blake
There is always safety in valor.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Safety isn’t expensive, its priceless. ~ Author Unknown
The wronged side is always the safest.~ Richard Sibbes
You will go most safely in the middle.~ Ovid
Safety is from God alone.~ Motto
If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved. ~ Maurice Chevalier
As cowardly as a coward is, it is not safe to call a coward a coward.~ Author Unknown
If you don’t fail now and again, it’s a sign you’re playing it safe. ~ Woody Allen
Playing it safe is the riskiest choice we can ever make.~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
No one is wise or safe, but they that are honest.~ Sir Walter Raleigh
The best safety lies in fear.~ William Shakespeare
Road sense is the offspring of courtesy and the parent of safety. ~ Australian Traffic Rule