Security saw by the History
Quotes that pass the time.
I was playing around with quotations websites. I searched for the term "security" and found interesting results.
This exercise is interesting in the point of view of history; how historical characters saws security in their everyday life. By knowing their history you’ll learn more on their thoughts, at this time, about security.
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Quote that describes the state of security. Knowing that security and safety are not immutable will possibly preserve you from many unsolicited situations:
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
Confucius
Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)
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Overconfidence can lead you to many unsolicited situations:
Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
Edmund Burke
Irish orator, philosopher, & politician (1729 - 1797)
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Is opportunity creating your security?
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
General Douglas MacArthur
US WWII general & war hero (1880 - 1964)
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
James F. Byrnes
US jurist & politician (1879 - 1972)
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