Quotes About Caution

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

Who acts in haste repents at leisure.

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

Danger sometimes comes from a source that is least suspected.

The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. That will do, said he. That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .Do not trust flatterers.

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

Think twice before you act.

False confidence often leads to disaster.

If you attempt what is beyond your power, your trouble will be wasted and you court not only misfortune but ridicule.

Trust not your security to one who puts his own interests first.

Fear is good. In the right degree it prevents us from making fools of ourselves. But in the wrong measure it prevents us from fully living. Fear is our boon companion but never

Eying him, Finn felt he knew the type if not the man. His only fear then was that the man might shoot first and ask questions later. Thankfully, he did not.

I always keep this handy...for close encounters. (Cpl. Hicks)

Sometimes you have to be satisfied just to know that cobra venom is deadly. It's not always efficacious to study the snake face to face. You have to balance what you might learn against the known chance of getting bit.

Thus, in this world of brief scenes from the future, few risks are taken. Those who have seen the future do not need to take risks, and those who have not yet seen the future wait for their visions without taking risks.

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing, nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

As a law graduate, this allowing of intention to trump outcome rings alarm bells for me. Imagine if while driving your car, intending to bring a friend to the hospital as quickly as possible, you hit and killed a child. You would not expect to tell that story to friends and have them respond, 'Great, so good of you to get your friend some help. Well done – and no matter about the child, you didn't mean to kill it.

Russian Roulette should not, under any circumstances, be copied. It is extremely dangerous.

it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

There was something real breakable about Mary Ella and I was always afraid if I touched her in the wrong spot, she'd crack.

As we seek to reform our schools, we must take care to do no harm.

Those who rush up a peak without a plan often end up in the valley below - as food for vultures.