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Quotes About Protection

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
~ German proverb
Every dog is entitled to one bite.
~ Anonymous
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.
~ A. B. Alcott
Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls.
~ T. Augustine Arne
Humor is my sword and my shield. It protects me. You can open a door with humor and drive a truck right through.
~ Alan Simpson
He who has daughters is always a shepherd.
~ Old saying
What God is to the world, parents are to their children.
~ Philo
The burnt child dreads the fire.
~ Ben Jonson
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher. "Oh, sir! the flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
~ Peter Newell
Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.
~ Thomas Fuller
God same me from my friends, I can protect myself from my enemies.
~ Marshal de Villars
A mighty fortress is our God, A bulwark never failing, Our helper he amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing.
~ Martin Luther
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
~ Bible
If God be for us, who can be against us?
~ Romans
If I knew ... that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.
~ Charles Rollin
Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children.
~ Jane Howard
The legacy I want to leave is a child-care system that says no kid is going to be left alone or left unsafe.
~ Marian Wright Edelman
It is true that no one can harm the person who wears armor. But no one can help him either.
~ Kristin Hunter
One of the laws of paleontology is that an animal which must protect itself with thick armour is degenerate. It is usually a sign that the species is on the road to extinction.
~ John Steinbeck
Wit is the only wall Between us and the dark.
~ Mark Van Doren
They are resilient children, but they are children, and as much as they need help to understand the hard truths in life, they also need what we all need - protection and love.
~ Angelina Jolie
A good lawyer is going to try to protect her client.
~ John Kennedy
I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.
~ Ray Bradbury