Quotes About Prudence

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Keep flax from fire, youth from gaming.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.

Haste is of the Devil.

A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will be remembered, and brought out against him upon some subsequent occasion.

If you think about a tweet, don't post it.

Read each tweet about 95 times before you send it. Look at every Instagram post about 95 times before you send it.

Never answer a hypothetical question. It gets you beyond where you want to be.

Men do not fail commonly for want of knowledge, but for want of prudence to give wisdom the preference.

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union.

A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

A man may be accused of cowardice for fleeing away from all manner of physical dangers but when things supernatural, insubstantial and inexplicable threaten not only his safety and well-being but his sanity, his innermost soul, then retreat is not a sign of weakness but the most prudent course.

They aren't afraid to take risks, but they don't gamble. They are generous but not extravagant. They thrive on beauty of economics, the fact that it is both art and science.

I play low to the ice and that's a way I've protected myself in the past - I just felt that it was better to be safe than sorry.

Better to say nothing at all, rather than something you'll regret.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

The thrifty and prudent are on the way to riches, for while they spend wisely they save carefully, and gradually enlarge their spheres as their growing means allow.

Please, don't drive a school bus blindfolded.

My idea of the modern Stoic sage is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

Learning from the Mistakes of Others

All you need is the wisdom to not do unintelligent things to hurt yourself (some acts of omission) and recognize favorable outcomes when they occur.