Caution Quotes

• There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.

  Robin Williams

  Wise, Memorable, Learning

  "Fictional character: John Keating". "Dead Poets Society", www.imdb.com. 1989.

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• Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

  Walter Scott

  Evil, Too Late, Midst

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• We must substitute courage for caution.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Substitutes

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.138, Beacon Press

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• Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater.

  Josh Billings

  Opinion, Should, Changed

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• Remember my strong advice; just remember to always think twice.

  Michael Jackson

  Strong, Thinking, Advice

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• The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Fear of the unknown is our greatest fear. Many of us would enter a tiger's lair before we would enter a dark cave. While caution is a useful instinct, we lose many opportunities and much of the adventure of life if we fail to support the curious explorer within us.

  Joseph Campbell

  Adventure, Dark, Opportunity

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• If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Words are seductive and dangerous material, to be used with caution.

  Barbara Tuchman

  Seductive, Used, Dangerous

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• Caution is the path to mediocrity.

  Frank Herbert

  Mediocrity, Path

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.372, Penguin

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• Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

  Sallust

  Action

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• Never throw caution to the wind. It could whip back into your eyes and blind you.

  Stephen Colbert

  Eye, Wind, Blind

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• Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

  Emma Goldman

  Wind, World, Foolish

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• Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Beautiful, Tree, World

  Albert Schweitzer (1984). “The Words of Albert Schweitzer”

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• Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.
  
  Happiness is a habit. Cultivate it.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Horse, Half, Habit

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• Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.

  Josh Billings

  Risk

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• Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

  E. M. Forster

  Life, Joy, Preparation

  'Howards End' (1910) ch. 7

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• The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.

  Alfred Adler

  Self Esteem, Life Is Good, Danger In Life

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• Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Decision, President, Personal Security

  Donald Rumsfeld (2001). “Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001”

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• 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.

  Theodore C. Sorensen

  War, Long, Principles

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• I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses

  Bill Walsh

  Quotations

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• Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

  Gary Blair

  Opportunity, Risk, Stakes

  "Finding Your J Spot: Joy in Midlife and Beyond". Book by Peter Brill and David Debin, 2006.

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• We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we're doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of caution under the circumstances. And I believe it's the right thing to do.

  Ann Veneman

  Country, Taken, Believe

  "American Morning" with Soledad O'brien, www.cnn.com. December 31, 2003.

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• Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Country, Once Upon A Time, France

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  Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

  Neil Armstrong

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  "Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2005.

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• We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.

  Jim C. Walton

  Party, Exercise, Organization

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