Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.

Security is not the absence of danger, but the presence of God, no matter what the danger.

This
I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.

This
I ever held worse that all certitude,
To know not what the worst ahead might be.

In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have read more

In no direction that we turn do we find ease or comfort. If we are honest and if we have the will to win we find only danger, hard work and iron resolution.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life then of death.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life then of death.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt read more

All human things hang on a slender thread, the strongest fall
with a sudden crash.
[Lat., Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo:
Et subito casu, quae valuere, ruunt.]

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either read more

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.