Quotes About Prudence

Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Force is a physical power; I do not see how its effects could produce morality. To yield to force is an act of necessity, not of will; it is at best an act of prudence. In what sense can it be a moral duty?

Then, turning toward me, he said to me, My child, in almost everything the beginnings are rough; however yours will not be very much so. Be prudent, and seek to please everyone here; at present this is your sole business. For the rest, have courage; we want to take care of you.

sé concebir qué moralidad puede resultar de sus efectos. Ceder a la fuerza es un acto de necesidad y no de voluntad; cuando más es un acto de prudencia.

In giving too much weight to prudence one doesn't make enough allowance for the possibility of good luck.

Be risky at work. Be safe with your investments.

Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

I don't usually prefer over-the-top action.

My belief is that we should never become overconfident.

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

People who live in Stone Houses shouldn't throw Glass.

So the disciple of Proverbs will acquire discipline that will produce a prudent life, and that prudent life will be demonstrated by "doing what is right and just and fair.

Act smart, stay alive, stick together but don't be an idiot — those are our basic rules.

If a battle can not be won do not fight it.

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from snares, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves.

If thou art terrible to manyh, then beware of many.

D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan

Just be careful. Learn your lessons well, and always follow your instincts.

As a moral matter, individuals must be free to make their own decisions and to succeed or fail according to their own choices. As a practical matter, as Frum points out, when we shield people from the consequences of their actions, we get a society characterized not by thrift, sobriety, diligence, self-reliance, and prudence but by profligacy, intemperance, indolence, dependency, and indifference to consequences.

just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean that you should.