Quotes About Prudence

There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God.

The wise learn from the mistakes of others, it's the fool that wants to make their own mistakes.

You've got to be frugal. If you want to make one peso and you spent two, you'll never make it. You must be very stupid if you don't know what you should save on.

Remember that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.

Never make a decision when you are in panic or drunk

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

son of the steward." As the nicknames make clear, we don't like to spend a lot of money. But we don't economize just for the sake of skimping.

Never have too good a time

One reason I'm still around to tell you these stories is because when I'm doing big things that are crazy, I try to play it safe with as much of the little stuff as I can. It's worked so far, right? Of course, "It's worked so far, right?" do pretty well as last words, so let's not get cocky about it.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.

The best way I know to get rich long-term is to invest prudently and conservatively and not try and get rich quick but try and get rich slowly, basically.

Let's not go there.' 'That's what people always say about places where they already are.

We'd be fools not to.

Prudence and love are inconsistent; in proportion as the last increases, the other decreases.

There are times when there is no choice but to act immediately; even then it must be with your best judgment, using all your experience and everything you do know.

Don't stick your nose where someone can pull it off and eat it.

We all have a limited amount of good judgment.

I certainly am not doing nudity because I think lightly of it - I don't think it's something that one should just jump into without thinking about it.

I won't jump two-footed into something without really thinking about it.

Quand on nie le surnaturel, il n'est pas prudent de disserter sur des choses qui n'ont de sens que par lui, ni de s'occuper de la psychologie de ceux qui l'admettent.

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

Our long wanderings have made a man out of him, too. They have not only strengthened his frame and hardened his constitution, but they have given stability to his character. He is thoughtful and prudent, and his advice will always be valuable, while of his courage I have no doubt.