Quotes About Security

Quando un uomo è onesto dorme tranquillo. E questo vale più di cinque centesimi rubati.

When any of us surfs the Web, when we do a search or make a purchase, or even when a Turkish, Egyptian, or Russian dissident communicates via Skype or FaceTime, we leave behind us fingerprints that Big Brother will use in any way that pleases him, whether it is to cash in or clamp down.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

Modern methods of production have given us the possibility of ease and security for all; we have chosen, instead, to have overwork for some and starvation for the others. Hitherto we have continued to be as energetic as we were before there were machines; in this we have been foolish, but there is no reason to go on being foolish for ever.

Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.

But although the world was happy, some savour had gone out of life, since safety had been preferred to adventure.

The affection of parents makes infants feel safe in this dangerous world, and gives them boldness in experimentation and in exploration of their environments.

The problem of the social reformer, therefore, is not merely to seek means of security, for if these means when found provide no deep satisfaction the security will be thrown away for the glory of adventure.

As civilization progresses, the earthly sanctions become more secure and the divine sanctions less so. People see more and more reason to think that if they steal they will be caught and less and less reason to think that if they are not caught God will nevertheless punish them. Even highly religious people in the present day hardly expect to go to Hell for stealing. They reflect that they can repent in time, and that in any case Hell is neither so certain nor so hot as it used to be.

A incerteza, na presença de grandes esperanças e receios, é dolorosa, mas temos de suportá-la, se quisermos viver sem o apoio de confortadores contos de fadas (...). Ensinar a viver sem essa segurança e sem que se fique, não obstante, paralisado pela hesitação, é talvez a coisa principal que a filosofia, em nossa época, pode proporcionar àqueles que a estudam.

Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.

Even when you are old, I will be the same. Even when your hair has turned gray, I will take care of you. I made you and will take care of you. I will carry you and save you. Isaiah 46:4, NCV

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,' says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

The LORD says … "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine." Isaiah 43:1

If I live at the eastern horizon or settle at the western limits, even there Your hand will lead me; Your right hand will hold on to me. Psalm 139:9–10

Let this matter be settled once and for all. Know that nothing and no one, including you, can sabotage your salvation.

We pitch our tents of brick on the tremulous soil of a dark, scary world.

Hush, little baby, don't you cry Daddy fixes all things by and by. Cease your striving, rest your eyes You're my joy and you're my prize.

What sorrow awaits you who build big houses with money gained dishonestly! You believe your wealth will buy security, putting your family's nest beyond the reach of danger. HABAKKUK 2:9

People will live there, and never again will there be a curse of destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell in security. Zechariah 14:11

Then take me prisoner to Your will Enslaved in Your safekeeping.

Though the mountains move and the hills shake, My love will not be removed from you. Isaiah 54:10

We finally learn that under God's umbrella, we are free to sing in the rain. Outside God's umbrella, we nearly drown in the flood.

You will keep in perfect peace the mind that is dependent on You, for it is trusting in You. Isaiah 26:3