Quotes About Caution

I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.

Never love with all your heart, It only ends in aching.

Love is a volcano, the crater of which no wise man will approach too nearly, lest ... he should be swallowed up.

Distrust those who love you extremely upon a slight acquaintance, and without any visible reason.

The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.

Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.

Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.

Always love your country - but never trust your government!

The scars of others should teach us caution.

Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead.

Feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember

And you must be cautious, because making your life better means adopting a lot of responsibility, and that takes more effort and care than living stupidly in pain and remaining arrogant, deceitful and resentful.

the too-cautious, too-caring parent merely substitutes him or herself for the other terrible problems of life. This is the great Freudian Oedipal nightmare.49 It is far better to render Beings in your care competent than to protect them.

What you hear in the forest but cannot see might be a tiger. It might even be a conspiracy of tigers, each hungrier and more vicious than the other, led by a crocodile. But it might not be, too. If you turn and look, perhaps you'll see that it's just a squirrel.

How do you know that your attempts to pull someone up won't instead bring them—or you—further down?

If happiness comes to you, welcome it with gratitude and open arms (but be careful, because it does make you impetuous).

one of the matters he cautions readers to be most wary of is ideology, no matter who is peddling it or to what end.

One must choose one's enemies carefully, as one ends up resembling them.

I have long since learned, as a measure of elementary hygiene, to be on guard when anyone quotes Pascal.

es preferible lo malo conocido a lo bueno por conocer.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.