The search for static security—in the law and elsewhere—is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved through constant change, adapting old ideas that have outlived their usefulness to current facts.
—William O. Douglas (1898–1980) American Judge
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
Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of God no matter what the conflict.
—Unknown
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
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
Security is the mother of danger and the grandmother of destruction.
—Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian
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
There is nothing stable in the world; uproar’s your only music.
—John Keats (1795–1821) English Poet
There’s no security on this earth, only opportunity.
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) American Military Leader
Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.
—John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) English Economist
Shun security.
—Thales of Miletus (c.624–c.545 BCE) Greek Philosopher, Mathematician
Security is the chief enemy of mortals.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor.
—Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527) Florentine Political Philosopher
There is not much collective security in a flock of sheep on the way to the butcher.
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965) British Head of State, Political leader, Historian, Journalist, Author
Self-defense is Nature’s oldest law.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
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
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
The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
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
There is nothing assured to mortals.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification with the body, and stand up!
—Swami Vivekananda (1863–1902) Indian Hindu Monk, Mystic
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
—Joseph Wood Krutch (1893–1970) American Writer, Critic, Naturalist
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
Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.
—John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American Naturalist
Security will produce danger.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Security represents your sense of worth, your identity, your emotional anchorage, your self-esteem, your basic personal strength or lack of it.
—Stephen Covey (1932–2012) American Self-help Author
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
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
—Willa Cather (1873–1947) American Novelist, Writer
Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
—Maxwell Maltz (1899–1975) American Surgeon, Motivational Writer
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