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 disorder¹ may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans² are preserved.

Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)

Better be despised for too anxious apprehensions³, than ruined by too confident security.

Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)

There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

Security is mostly a superstition⁴. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968), The Open Door (1957)

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

James F. Byrnes (1879 - 1972)

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Lord Acton

Security is a kind of death.

Tennessee Williams (1911 - 1983)

No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.

Willa Cather (1873 - 1947)