Quotes About Prudence

Sometimes it's good to act responsibly.

Just because you can do something, it doesn't mean you need to - restraint is something I admire.

Know not to revere human things too much.

I don't like to take risks or jump into things before I fully understand how they can benefit me or my situation.

Those 'Rocky' endings are great in the movies and on the stage, but I don't think it would be too smart for me to get into that kind of fight in the ring.

An actor always goes to the safe side.

I'm all about saving money.

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

Listen, one doesn't need to be religious (nor a rocket scientist) to see the value of abstinence.

I'm not a huge risk taker. I think that, for me, I take certain kinds of risks, but if you look at me, you wouldn't say I was a big risk taker. I'm not going to jump out of an airplane and parachute and things like that. That's not really me.

Parenthood has made me more cautious.

Actually Wall Street thinks just as the Greeks did. The early Greeks used to sit around for days and debate how many teeth a horse has. They thought they could figure it out by just sitting there, instead of checking the horse. A

I want to stay away from politics, or else I'll probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

I have a great map of the Tibesti Mountains in the southern Sahara or Northern Chad. It's a dream of mine to go there, but it's such a volatile area, you have to be prudent.

I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.

I'm not the kind of person to put all my eggs in one basket.

I've learned, after my first trade in San Antonio, that you don't put all your eggs in one basket in a place.

Sometimes people talk too much. We have to be careful about that.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

Climb if you will, but remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime. Do nothing in haste; look well to each step; and from the beginning think what may be the end.

escala si quieres, pero recuerda que el coraje y la fuerza no son nada sin la prudencia, y que un descuido momentáneo puede destruir la felicidad de toda una vida. No hagas nada con precipitación; vigila cada paso que des, y, desde el principio, piensa en cuál puede ser el final.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.