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Workplace Safety Culture

Inspiring quotes for safety committees

By Dr. Isabel Perry
March 4, 2015

Use these quotes one at a time with your committee. As an ice-breaker, ask team members what they think the quote means. That short exercise will open their minds to success.

  • Those who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt those doing it. --- Chinese Proverb
  • Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games. --- Babe Ruth
  • Ideas in secret die. They need light and air or they starve to death. --- Seth Godin
  • Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. --- Ryunosuke Satoro
  • Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.---Robert H. Schuller
  • Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.---Thomas A. Edison
  • Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.---Tony Robbins
  • Either you run the day or the day runs you.---Jim Rohn
  • I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.---Robert H. Schuller
  • Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.---Walter Elliot
  • Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.---William James
  • A goal is a dream with a deadline.---Napoleon Hill
  • The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.---Bobby Knight
  • Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.---Peter Marshall
  • Don't fight the problem, decide it.---George C. Marshall
KEYWORDS: safety leadership

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Dr. Perry is a safety consultant, expert witness and keynote speaker who conducts seminars and workshops and produces training materials. Phone: 321-287-7771- www.TheSafetyDoctor.com
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