Quotes About Prudence

Rockefeller never lost his ingrained sense of thrift.

He valued money too highly to dispense it lightly and wanted to investigate all requests before acting upon them.

Yet he was extremely selective about the business he did and had learned the need for caution.

Never under any circumstances do an action which could be called in question if known to the world.

The issue is much more complicated than that, but there's no doubt that Rockefeller's achievement arose from the often tense interplay between the two opposing, deeply ingrained tendencies of his nature—his father's daring and his mother's prudence—yoked together under great pressure.

Never lend your name, or your money, or your books or your umbrella, or anything, to anybody - if you're wise.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy.

The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.

Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It is wise to remember that too much success in the stock market is in itself an excellent warning.

If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

I]f you happen to have any money, lock it up quickly; if you happen to have any jewels, hide them directly; if you happen to have any debtors, make them pay you, or any creditors, don't pay them.

Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behavior.

Cleverness is no guarantee of sensible behaviour.

Fighting every fight you're offered doesn't make you a big man, it makes you a fool.

Everything looks like a trap to you two.' 'Act that way,' said Clover. 'You'll never be surprised.

Gilbert, as a rule, used money the way women use pepper spray; he liked having some handy but only produced it when physically threatened.

One should never change one's practice based on a single journal article.

Open your mouth and purse cautiously; and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great.