Quotes About Caution

After two unsuccessful marriages, I find myself keeping my guard up, along with my underpants.

I like to hold something back. Once information is out, it can't be recalled so it's better to exercise caution before you flap your mouth.

As he left, I peered at Sarah Mapps and her mother, the way they grabbed hands and squeezed in relief, and then at Nina, at the small exultation on her face. She was braver than I, she always had been. I cared too much for the opinions of others, she cared not a whit. I was cautious, she was brash. I was a thinker, she was a doer. I kindled fires, she spread them. And right then and ever after, I saw how cunning the Fates had been. Nina was one wing, I was the other.

She was braver than I, she always had been. I cared too much for the opinion of others, she cared not a whit. I was cautious, she was brash. I was a thinker, she was a doer. I kindled fires, she spread them. And right then and ever after, I saw how cunning the Fates had been. Nina was one wing, I was the other.

She was braver than I, she always had been. I cared too much for the opinion of others, she cared not a whit. I was cautious, she was brash. I was a thinker, she was a doer. I kindled fires, she spread them. And right then and ever after, I saw how cunning

Be careful with your terminology: Great Leader, Dear Leader, Precious Leader. Those names have to be carefully used, or better yet, just stay away from discussing them at all.

There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be contested, commands of the sovereign which must not be obeyed.

Danger has a bracing effect.

Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. 21. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life. 22. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.

When you go out the door, be as if you were seeing an enemy." And Shi Li said, "Be prepared, and you will not be defeated." When

LI QUAN If they ply you with expensive gifts and sweet talk, they are up to something.

Yemle ve kand?r, kargaÅŸa ç?kart ve ele geçir, dirençliyse ona göre haz?rlan, güçlüyse ondan sak?n, sinirliyse onu k?zd?r, tevazu göster ki gerçek san?p maÄŸrurlaÅŸs?n, dinleniyosa rahats?z et, aralar?nda birlik varsa ay?r, ona haz?rlanma f?rsat? vermeden sald?r, beklemediÄŸi anda ortaya ç?k.

conceal your dispositions, and you will be safe from the prying of the subtlest spies, from the machinations of the wisest brains.

Don't be careless," Mr. Dawkes said, which was what he always said when he'd hand back a test and I'd made a lot of careless mistakes. Which was really pretty funny, since he died when he ran through a red light on Washington Avenue. I

Every time that I take out a woman, I hear my father's voice saying, "Women love to trick men. They'll take you for all you've got if you're stupid enough to let them.

It's not a good idea to let on about extreme happy feelings. People get ideas.

Never agree to a job interview in which the interviewer has seen you naked.

Is it safe for me to go exploring?" she asked. "You're not likely to be attacked by raccoons, but you'll probably get lost, fall down a ravine, break your leg and starve to death. But if the watch is that important to you, have at it.

If you're feeling anything but levelheaded, don't do something that can't be undone.

Beware of anything that you hear yourself saying often.

Mr. Honeyfoot did not propose going quite so far --indeed he did not wish to go far at all because it was winter and the roads where very shocking.

sometimes it is good to admit that it is too dangerous and stop, instead of going on when your instincts warn you not to.

She was afraid of what she called the young man's "personableness." She distrusted it for itself, and hated it as a potential threat to her house.

Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.