Quotes About Cautiousness

With a grain of salt.

even when I leaned in as far as I dared without being obvious

Keep your treasure to yourself.

Slow down. Life is crossing the road.

nothing should make it haste without thinking first.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don't expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.

Individuality: ten. Cautiousness: three. Combativeness: nine. She looked over and gave me a wink. Well, what did you expect from a pirate's daughter? Hope: eight. Amativeness. What's that? Kate acutally blushed. I think it has something to do with your attractiveness to the opposite sex. Ten, said Nadira, smiling modestly. (Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel)

Rockefeller trained himself to reveal as little as possible, even in private letters, which he wrote as if they might someday fall into the hands of a prosecuting attorney.

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.

Never offer your heart to someone who eats hearts who finds heartmeat delicious but not rare who sucks the juices drop by drop and bloody-chinned grins like a God.

Don't learn safety by accident.

Don't be too optimistic, the light at the end of the tunnel might be a train.

Syy ei ole sen, joka on toista varoittanut.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

So what was better for us all? An ignorance, or a cautiousness like his, towards our own hearts.

I found her message heart-breaking in its cautiousness.

I never expect anything from anybody. I'm a bit Scottish like that - I don't like to be disappointed and let down. I like to take life very slowly.

There is no control and no all-powerful creator, either – no more 'God' than man – but there is care, scruple, cautiousness, attention, contemplation, hesitation and revival.

I won't jump two-footed into something without really thinking about it.

Heads are useful ... And should be kept.

Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it.

Don't be idiots. For the love of Christ, don't be idiots.