Security Quotes – 40 Sayings About Safety, Protection and Certainty

Are you looking for inspirational safety quotes and the best sayings about protection and security? Then you've come to the right place! Security is a basic human need and one of the pillars on which our well-being and quality of life rest.

Every day, we make conscious and unconscious decisions to feel safe. Be it in terms of physical integrity, emotional stability, daily routines, a steady income or long-term health. And millions of people simply long to have a protective roof over their heads or to be able to get up in the morning free from fear and uncertainty.

In this article, I would like to give you a collection of the best, short pieces of wisdom, aphorisms and quotes about security. Use them, for example, to make you aware of the important role the need for security and protection plays in your life. Let's go!

My please: Keep in mind that many of the quotes about security have been translated into English from other languages. I cannot guarantee that it is the original quote in each case. Therefore, double check them before you share them. If you like and share any of the quotes in the internet, please link this elaborately created collection. Thank you for your support!

The 40 best quotes about safety, protection and security

Even though I am prepared to take risks in many situations in my life, security plays a major role for me personally. For example, like many other people, I also need a safe retreaton which I have Taking time for myself and feel protected and secure. Last but not least, as I am self-employed, the financial protection a major role.

And so each of us has our own individual security needs, even though we all certainly have the need for physical and emotional safety in common with each other. have. Regardless of how someone strives for protection and security, the following quotes from famous people underline their importance for our lives.

Security Quotes 1 - 10

1. "Without safety, there is no freedom." (Wilhelm von Humboldt)
2. "Uncertainty is the companion of all change." (Else Pannek)
3. "When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills." (Chinese wisdom)
4. "Safety brings first aid to the uninjured." (F.S. Hughes)
5. "A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter." (Marcus Tullius Cicero)
6. "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)
7. "Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one." (Voltaire)
8. "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." (Thomas Alva Edison)
9. "It is cheaper to protect the planet now than to fix it later." (José Manuel Barroso)
10. "If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability." (Henry Ford)

Security Quotes 11 - 20

11. "Always keep the bad guys apart. The safety of the world depends on it." (Theodor Fontane)
12. "The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it." (Aristotle)
13. "The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come." (Confucius)
14. "If you don't want to change anything, you will also lose what you want to preserve." (Gustav Heinemann)
15. "Owning a home is a keystone of wealth – both financial affluence and emotional security." (Suze Orman)
16. "The beaten path is the safest, but the traffic’s terrible." (Jeff Taylor)
17. "A profession is the backbone of life." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
18. "It is far safer to know too little than too much." (Samuel Butler)
19. "Certainty is the foundation that human emotions crave." (Honore de Balzac)
20. "Self-confidence is deserved by those who think themselves deserving, but this is rare in those who think so." (Paul Mommertz)

Tip: How you can change your Strengthen self-confidence I explain in detail in the linked blog post.

Security Quotes 21 - 30

21. "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell)
22. "The danger which is least expected soonest comes to us." (Voltaire)
23. "I have found out there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." (Mark Twain)
24. "Self-confidence is deserved by those who think themselves deserving, but this is rare in those who think so." (Paul Mommertz)
25. "As well as you want to do good, you can be sure to find enemies." (Voltaire)
26. "It takes leadership to improve safety." (Jackie Stewart)
27. "Those who are sure of trust give little value on confidentiality." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
28. "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature." (Helen Keller)
29. "Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own." (Aristotle)
30. "The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour." (Charles Dickens)

Tip: Among other things, because we strive for security and familiar routines, change is often particularly difficult for us humans. I explain further reasons and the best tips for accepting change and breaking new ground in the linked article.

Security Quotes 31 - 40

31. "The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat." (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
32. "The big challenge is to start in the first place, to leave behind supposed certainties and to face the uncertainty of the path. Then the path is made by itself." (Gregor Sieböck)
33. "You can and may well risk your own life for a cause, but never the life of another." (Karl Raimund Popper)
34. "Determination in adversity is always half the way to salvation." (Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi)
35. "The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny." (Georg Christoph Lichtenberg)
36. "Animal protection is education to humanity." (Albert Schweitzer)
37. "Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured." (Ambrose Bierce)
38. "Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and nature are in fact plans to protect man." (Stewart Udall)
39. "Home is the place that not only gives us a sense of security, but also allows us to leave and return." (Ernst Reinhardt)
40. "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." (Benjamin Franklin)

Can you think of any other sayings about security that are missing from this collection? Then always come up with your ideas in the comments!

Frequently asked questions about safety and protection

Use the best quotes about safety, protection and security as a source of inspiration

Whether it's about ensuring our own safety, protecting others or generally standing up for a safe environment - we are always ready to help. respect for and preservation of safety is always a worthwhile endeavor.

Now you have learned a lot of sayings and wisdom about safety. Just consider this collection as Invitation to reflection about what safety means to you, how you can ensure it in your everyday life and how you can give safety to others.

Finally, here are a few further articles for you, which can help you to look at the topic of security from different angles:

• Avoid identity theft - How to prevent hacker attacks
• Vegan for human rights - Why you as a vegan also protect people
• Protecting the environment in everyday life - what everyone can do
• Teaching fearful dogs to feel safe - here's how

I sincerely hope that this collection of quotes has given you a tangible understanding of the importance and complexity of safety, and has given you food for thought.

Do you have any questions, suggestions or can you think of any other safety quotes? Then I look forward to your comment!

Stay safe,

PS: Over 900 million people in the world are affected by severe food insecurity.₁ What you can do every day to stop world hungeryou will find out in the next blog article.

References:
₁ Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL): Global food security (as at 08.09.2022), available at https://www.bmel.de/DE/themen/internationales/agenda-2030/globale-ernaehrungssicherung.html. [09.07.2023].