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Quotes About Caution

My losses have taught me that I must not begin to advance until I am sure I shall not have to retreat. But
~ Edwin Lefevre
He was exceedingly cautious in conferring holy orders. He ordained but few, neither was it without the strictest scrutiny passed upon all their qualifications for the priesthood.
~ Alban Butler
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
~ Albert Einstein
One seldom recognizes the devil when he is putting his hand on your shoulder.
~ Albert Speer
If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
~ Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
Ponte en camino y abre los ojos, que algo acecha en cada matojo. Detrás de cada mata hay un peligro; apréndelo como en un libro.»
~ Aleksis Kivi
How can I be of assistance to you?" asked Don Rodrigo, staking himself in the center of the room. This was how his words sounded, but the way he said them clearly meant: Mind whom you're speaking with, watch what you say, and be quick about it.
~ Alessandro Manzoni
Words have power. You be careful.
~ Alethea Kontis
Be careful, okay, when you go there. Talia was really scared of this Malvolia chick. She could be dangerous." "What's she going to have—an assault weapon?" "Worse," I say. "She's got magical powers.
~ Alex Flinn
This was my slender bridge to the future, and I stepped onto it as carefully as I could.
~ Alexander Chee
Caution and investigation are a necessary armor against error and imposition.
~ Alexander Hamilton
To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.
~ Alexander Hamilton
all extremes are pernicious in various ways.
~ Alexander Hamilton
One who is too wise an observer of the business of others, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
~ Alexander Pope
No place so scared from such frops is barred Nor is Paul's Church more safe than Paul's Churchyard Na fly to alter there they'll talk you dead For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
~ Alexander Pope
Launch not beyond your depth
~ Alexander Pope
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
~ Alexander Pope
For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
~ Alexander Pope
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
~ Alexander Pope
A little Learning is a dangerous Thing.
~ Alexander Pope
He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.
~ Alexandra Bracken
Don't let down your guard," he warned. "And stay close to me." "I think I'm going to throw up." He took a deliberate step backward. "Then that staying-close thing was more of a metaphor.
~ Alexandra Ivy
All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.
~ Alexandre Dumas
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
~ Alfred E. Wiggam