Safety Proverbs

Sayings about Safety

Better safe than sorry. ~ English Proverb

He who builds and he who marries are never safe. ~ Swedish Proverb

The one who rings the fire bell is safe. ~ Spanish Proverb

The tongue is safe; even among thirty teeth. ~ Indian Proverb

Falling teaches us to walk safely. ~ Dutch Proverb

It is safest to sail within reach of the shore. ~ Dutch Proverb

The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried. ~ Irish Proverb

It is better to be safe than sorry. ~ American Proverb

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 Proverb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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