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Welcome to the internet's first page of quotations dedicated to safety. You can use these for Safety Week and for every day of the year, at work or at home. See also my Drive Safely page for more quotes. Be careful out there — the world's a crazy place!
One earnest worker can do more by personal suggestion to prevent accidents than a carload of safety signs. ~Making Paper, January 1923, edited by E.R. Brown
Safety saves sickness, suffering, sadness. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
Practice "Safety First" to-day: It may be too late to-morrow. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
Do not depend on others for safety — Help yourself. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
Every accident is a notice that something is wrong with men, methods, or material — investigate — then act. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
Safety brings first aid to the uninjured. ~F.S. Hughes, c.1912
Your body is a big part of your capital: don't invest it in the "Bank of Careless Habits." ~State Safety News, September 1916, published by the University of Arizona Bureau of Mines
You don't need to know the whole alphabet of Safety. The a, b, c of it will save you if you follow it: Always Be Careful. ~Colorado School of Mines Magazine, Golden, Colorado, August 1918
Do not think because an accident hasn't happened to you that it can't happen. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
Put your soul into your work, not your hand or foot. ~State Safety News, September 1916, published by the University of Arizona Bureau of Mines
Accidents are some one's fault. Don't let them be yours. ~Gary Works Circle by Illinois Steel Company, 1916 [Alternate: "Accidents are someone's fault. Be careful and they'll not be yours!" Also early 1900s.
The motive power of the safety-first movement is a realization of the fact that lives and limbs need not be sacrificed to any desired result... ~The Anode by the Bureau of Safety of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., March 1917
Cultivate a habit of caution. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
Carefulness costs you nothing. Carelessness may cost you your life. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
It is as much your duty to be careful and comply with safety rules as it is to properly perform your work. ~Safety saying, circa early 1900s
Don't kid about Safety; you may be the goat. ~Gary Works Circle by Illinois Steel Company, 1916
When you say "accident" perhaps you mean "crime." ~Colorado School of Mines Magazine, Golden, Colorado, August 1918
'The
purpose you undertake is dangerous;' — why, that's
certain: 'tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to
drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this
nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety...
~William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, c.1600 [II, 3, Hotspur — Henry Percy]
For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. ~Eleanor Everet
Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. ~Author unknown
"Safety First" is "Safety Always." ~Charles M. Hayes
Safety doesn't happen by accident. ~Standard Oil Company of California, San Jose Evening News, 1941 April 15th [A similar phrase "accidents don't happen by accident" has been in use since at least 1948 (Collier's). Later, the U.S. National Safety Council used "accidents do not happen by accident," circa 1965.
Don't learn safety by accident. ~Saying, circa 1949 [This was part of the title of a Henry J. Hintermeister reproduction of a painting ("Tragedy's playground. Don't learn safety by accident.") © The Kemper-Thomas Co., 1949 December 5th, but I'm not certain if he is author of the phrase. "Do not learn safety by accident" was the motto of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, circa 1951.
The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. ~Dudley Moore
Tupac was one of the biggest thugs I know, and he always wore his seat belt. ~Ice Cube [said to Kevin Hart, during a Conan O'Brien ride-along with student driver Diana Liang-Mei Chang, airdate 2016 January 5th
In the field of human relations nothing is so important as safety, for safety applies with equal force to the individual, to the family, to the employer, to the country. Safety in its widest sense, concerns the happiness, contentment and freedom of everyone. There is no mystery in safety. The important thing is to think a situation through and then apply common sense. ~Bill Jeffers, 1945
Precaution is better than cure. ~Edward Coke
As soon as you see a mistake and don't fix it, it becomes your mistake. ~Author unknown
The greatest asset of America today is not its fertile fields, its rich ores, its completely equipped factories or its millions in currency. The greatest asset in America is the American people. The greatest possible field for economy is not in saving materials but in promoting the safety of our people. The future of the safety movement is not so much dependent upon the invention of safety devices as on the improvement of methods of educating people to the ideal of caution and safety. ~Walter Dill Scott, letter to the National Safety Council, 1921
A statistician made a few calculations and discovered that since the birth of our nation more lives had been lost in celebrating independence than in winning it. ~Curtis Billings
Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious?
Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush.
~Horace
...I've run a temperature in at least two hospitals and I also met up with quite a few legless, armless and otherwise badly messed up folks. There's a whole lot of mighty serious accident contemplation going on in our hospitals. My observations have taught me that it is much better to think about accidents before they happen than to brood on them afterward. Take it from an old campaigner, the best kind of hospital bed is the one that is permanently empty. And personally, I'd rather be late for dinner tonight here than to be on time for breakfast in the next world in the morning. Haste makes waste of a lot of good human material. ~Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944) [highway safety editorial for the National Safety Council, c.1930
Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen — they are caused. ~Ernest Greenwood
Prepare and prevent, don't repair and repent. ~Author unknown
Chance takers are accident makers. ~Author unknown
It is my sincere wish — and hope — that the day will come in the not far distant future — when the protecting arms of Universal Safety will spread out over all industry and reach directly the millions of workers who make industry possible. ~Charles M. Schwab, "New Values in Industry," 1929
Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car. ~Author unknown
It's better to crash into a nap than to nap into a crash. ~Author unknown
Safety work is today recognized as an economic necessity. It is the study of the right way to do things. ~Robert W. Campbell, 1914, address at the Third National Safety Council Congress & Expo
Luck runs out but safety is good for life. ~Author unknown
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else. ~James Thurber
Accidents hurt — safety doesn't. ~Author unknown
Working safely may get old, but so do those who practice it. ~Author unknown
The door to safety swings on the hinges of common sense. ~Author unknown
Working without safety is a dead-end job. ~Author unknown
Know safety, no injury. No safety, know injury. ~Author unknown
Fear is the father of courage and the mother of safety. ~Henry H. Tweedy
We now have unshakable conviction that accident causes are man-made and that a man-made problem can be solved by men and women. ~W.H. Cameron
Carelessness doesn't bounce — it shatters. ~Terri Guillemets
Safety never takes a holiday. ~Author unknown
Danger never takes a vacation. ~Author unknown
When you gamble with safety, you bet your life. ~Author unknown
Recklessness is a species of crime and should be so regarded on our streets and highways. ~Marlen E. Pew
If safety is a joke, then death is the punchline. ~Paul Laforest
Is better to lose one minute in life than to lose life in a minute. ~Author unknown
While on a ladder, never step back to admire your work. ~Author unknown
Hearing protection is a sound investment. ~Author unknown
To learn about eye protection, ask someone who has one. ~Author unknown
Safety glasses: making foresight 20/20. ~Author unknown
Your safety gears are between your ears. ~Author unknown
Broken tools can be replaced. You can't. ~Author unknown
Personal protective equipment is self-defense. ~Author unknown
Tomorrow: your reward for working safely today. ~Attributed to Robert Pelton
Unsafe acts will keep you in stitches. ~Author unknown
If you mess up, 'fess up. ~Author unknown
Road sense is the offspring of courtesy and the parent of safety. ~Australian traffic rule, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938
Safety isn't expensive, its priceless. ~Author unknown
Be alert! Accidents hurt. ~Author unknown
Alert today, alive tomorrow. ~Author unknown
Better dead sure than sure dead. ~Author unknown
If you don't think it's safe, it probably isn't. ~Author unknown
When safety is a factor, call in a contractor. ~Author unknown
Wishing won't keep you safe — safety will. ~Author unknown
Working safely is like breathing — if you don't, you die. ~Author unknown
The safest risk is the one you didn't take. ~Author unknown
Safety isn't just a slogan, it's a way of life. ~Author unknown
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