Caution Quotes - Page 4

• Every step of life shows much caution is required.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Literature, Steps, Shows

  "The Miracle of Self-Love: The Secret Key to Open All Doors". Book by Barbel Mohr, Manfred Mohr (p. 115), 2012.

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• It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

  Publilius Syrus

  Aviation, Good Things, Misfortunes Of Others

  "Treasury of Wisdom, Wit and Humor, Odd Comparisons and Proverbs". Book by Adam Woolbever, 1881.

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• Haste makes work which caution prevents.

  William Penn

  Haste

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.147

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• The negative cautions of science are never popular.

  Margaret Mead

  Negative

  Margaret Mead (1973). “Coming of Age in Samoa”

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• Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.

  Robert Jordan

  Forgotten

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord Of Chaos: Book 6 of the Wheel of Time”, p.494, Hachette UK

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• Call it not paranoia, but caution.

  Laura Anne Gilman

  Paranoia

  Laura Anne Gilman (2009). “Flesh and Fire: Book One of The Vineart War”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• A little caution outflanks a large cavalry.

  Otto von Bismarck

  Peace, Freedom, War

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• Courage is caution overcome.

  Lyman Abbott

  Courage, Overcoming

  Lyman Abbott (2009). “The Theology of an Evolutionist”, p.118, Cambridge University Press

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• I have a remarkable ability to delete all better judgement from my brain when I get my head set on something. I have no sense of moderation, no sense of caution. I have no sense pretty much.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Judgement, Brain, Moderation

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• The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Risk, Guilt, Taught

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855). “The Rag-bag: A Collection of Ephemera”, p.263

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• Caution is the lower story of prudence.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Stories, Prudence

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• If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.

  Rumi

  Eye, Use, Discrimination

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• Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

  Frank Herbert

  Thinking, People, Gliding

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

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• Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

  Tom Robbins

  Fun, Adventure, Destiny

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.19, Bantam

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• When depression economics prevails, the usual rules of economic policy no longer apply: virtue becomes vice, caution is risky and prudence is folly.

  Paul Krugman

  Vices, Usual, Virtue

  "Depression Economics Returns" by Paul Krugman, www.nytimes.com. November 14, 2008.

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• The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fate, Destiny, Self

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• When safety is our priority, we live our lives being very, very careful, and we wind up having no lives

  Byron Katie

  Wind, Safety, Priorities

  Twitter post from Dec 18, 2012

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• I'm not a prophet of doom, I'm a prophet of love. But love will bid a warning doom to the children who play on the freeway. We need to wake up.

  Keith Green

  Children, Play, Needs

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• Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

  Lydia M. Child

  Wise, Doe, Spirit

  "Philothea: A Grecian Romance". Book by Lydia Maria Child, 1836.

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• It requires as much to tell the truth as to conceal it.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Telling The Truth

  "The Art of Worldly Wisdom".

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• O, Life! how pleasant is thy morning,
  Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning!
  Cold pausing Caution's lesson scorning,
  We frisk away,
  Like schoolboys, at the expected warning,
  To joy and play.

  Robert Burns

  Life, Morning, Play

  Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart, James Currie (1835). “The works of Robert Burns: containing his life, by John Lockhart, esq. ; the poetry and correspondence of Dr. Currie's edition ; biographical sketches of the poet by himself, Gilbert Burns, Professor Stewart, and others”, p.18

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• Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

  George Washington

  Education, Wisdom, Religious

  Noah Webster, George Washington (1806). “Elements of useful knowledge: containing a historical and geographical account of the United States”, p.217

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• You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.

  P. T. Barnum

  Exercise, Plans

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.48, Applewood Books

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• Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.

  Erin McCarthy

  Character, Maturity, Going Away

  Erin McCarthy (2005). “The Pregnancy Test”, p.195, Kensington Books

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• It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

  Alvin Toffler

  Sides, Take A Chance, Daring

  ALVIN TOFFLER (1970). “FUTURE SHOCK”

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