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Safety Quotes - Page 2

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Meg Cabot (2013). “The Abandon Trilogy: Abandon, Underworld and Awaken”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

Pearl S. Buck (2013). “A Bridge for Passing”, p.10, Open Road Media

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.

Abraham Lincoln, Archer Hayes Shaw (1980). “The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference”, Greenwood Pub Group

We don’t want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency...

"Paul Ryan Wants ‘Welfare Reform Round 2’" by Arthur Delaney, Michael McAuliff, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.93, Rowman & Littlefield

It is playing safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

"Servant of Peace : A Selection of the Speeches and Statements of Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the United Nations". Book by Dag Hammarskjold, 1962.

Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.

Abraham Lincoln (1907). “The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator”, p.28, Library of Alexandria

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.

Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings”, p.257, Lexington Books

If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1970). “The wartime journals of Charles A. Lindbergh”, Harcourt

Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

Wil Wheaton (2004). “Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise”, p.195, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."