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Quotes About Caution

Only a fool would blindly believe everything she was told.
~ Alison Goodman
Never reveal your hand, Anna, he advised. If my cap knew my mind, I would throw it into the fire. It was one of the most revealing things he had ever said to her.
~ Alison Weir
Be well advised what ye put in his head, for ye shall never pull it out again.
~ Alison Weir
This is a warning from your body: "POISON! DON'T TOUCH!
~ Allen Carr
It is no wiser to taunt a man with words than to poke a wildcat with a stick.
~ Amanda Scott
Think twice before you speak to a friend in need
~ Ambrose Bierce
Beware of the compound adjective, beloved of the tyro and the 'poetess'.
~ Ambrose Bierce
ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.
~ Ambrose Bierce
Recklessness didn't work out for me in the end." - Sand dan Glokta
~ Joe Abercrombie
Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are the dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Never take eggs from a metal-eyed man.
~ Joe Abercrombie
The Northman chuckled. 'Fearlessness is a fool's boast, to my mind. The only men with no fear in them are the dead, or the soon to be dead, maybe. Fear teaches you caution, and respect for your enemy, and to avoid sharp edges used in anger. All good things in their place, believe me. Fear can bring you out alive, and that's the very best anyone can hope for from any fight. Every man who's worth a damn feels fear. It's the use you make of it that counts.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Trust is like glass... Lovely, but only a fool rests lots of weight on it.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Listen to what you're told. Learn from those who know better. Be brave, by all means, but don't be rash. Above all, don't get yourself bloody killed!
~ Joe Abercrombie
Everything looks like a trap to you two.' 'Act that way,' said Clover. 'You'll never be surprised.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Pick your enemies more carefully than your friends," Nothing was muttering at the flames. "They will be with you longer.
~ Joe Abercrombie
It's 'cause it can all go wrong so easily that you make every effort to be sure it goes right.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Except that they are people and people are never to be trusted,' said Nothing.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Logen tenía que haberse olido que uno no se debe fiar nunca de un tipo que no tiene pelo.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Vigyázz az eskükkel, Tüske! Mindegyik egy-egy lánc, ami lehúz.
~ Joe Abercrombie
Stop when you know you can do only one more interval. The last interval is the one to be most wary of, so simply don't do it.
~ Joe Friel
You don't want to start A Game of Thrones when you might catch fire all of a sudden.
~ Joe Hill
Gilbert, as a rule, used money the way women use pepper spray; he liked having some handy but only produced it when physically threatened.
~ Joe Keenan
A distinguished historian has said that one of the most valuable things about history is that it teaches us how things do not happen.
~ Joe Scarborough