Better a thousand times careful than once dead. – Proverb

Fire is the best of servants; but what a master! – Thomas Carlyle

What you call a hero, I call just doing my job. – Author Unknown

Man is the only creature that dares to light a fire and live with it. The reason? Because he alone has learned to put it out. – Henry Jackson Vandyke, Jr.

Firefighting is all about ass – busting ours to save yours. – Author Unknown

Fires all go out eventually. – Author Unknown

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind. – Eleanor Everet

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place – police, firefighters and members of our armed forces. – Sidney Sheldon

Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. – William Shakespeare

Have cognition before ignition. – Author Unknown

I think what should be celebrated about our campaign is we have over 3 million people who have contributed to our campaign – teachers, firefighters, nurses, retirees. They’re making up the backbone of this field organization in the country. – David Plouff

Every firefighter knows that he is always susceptible to this type of tragedy. They go to work every day knowing that they are doing something so positive, that people really respect them and appreciate them. – Thomas Von Essen

Firefighters are hot stuff! – Author Unknown

The funny thing about firemen is, night and day, they are always firemen. – Gregory Widen, Backdraft

All men are created equal, then a few become firemen. – Anonymous

You might be a fireman if you’ve ever said, “she’s hot tonight” and not been talking about a girl. – Author Unknown

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby. – Jack Scalia

Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved. – Susan Diane Murphree

I’m so proud of Maryland’s firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources. – Barbara Mikulski

If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional business to put it out? – John Godfrey Saxe

You might be a firefighter if you’ve ever smoked and there wasn’t a cigarette in sight. – Author Unknown

The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men. – Henry David Thoreau

People are always asking me how is it that firefighters run into a burning building when everyone else is running out. Courage is the answer. – Chief Kennedy in Ladder 49

Being a firefighter is as close as you get to being a modern day soldier in your home country. – Tom Dawson

You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire. – Larry Brown

You might be a firefighter if the microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager. – Author Unknown

Any firefighter should know how, a good firefighter knows why. – Anonymous

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! – Maya Angelou

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. – Bible, John 15:13

Safety doesn’t happen by accident. – Author Unknown