Prudent Quotes

• A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

  Francis Bacon

  Wisdom, Educational, Creativity

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• Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

  Thucydides

  Inspirational, Successful, Issues

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

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Art, Secret, Sometimes

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• It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Mistake, Artist, Spirited

  Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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• That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

  Anatole France

  Fear, Future, Men

  Anatole France (2007). “Golden Tales of Anatole France”, p.12, Wildside Press LLC

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• Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Limits, Use

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• Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

  Euripides

  Fighting, Literature, Sides

  "Pirithous". Play by Euripides, 5th century BCE.

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• Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Love Is, Faithful, Courageous

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• Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.

  Jose Marti

  Inspirational, Motivational, Exercise

  "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.

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• Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

  Euripides

  Life, Friendship, Inspiration

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• In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might

  Alfred Armand Montapert

  Life, Goal, Mind

  Alfred Armand Montapert (1982). “Inspiration & motivation”, Prentice Hall Direct

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• A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.

  Sophocles

  Men, Neglect, Should

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• No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Friendship, Faithful, Relation

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.14, Courier Corporation

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• Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing time.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Life, Wise, Men

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.390, Best Books on

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• A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Greatness, Men, Doe

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.18, Race Point Publishing

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• Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

  Aesop

  Political, Politics, Venture

  Aesop, Thomas JAMES (Vicar of Sibbertoft.), Sir John Tenniel (1858). “Æsop's Fables: a new version ... By Thomas James ... With ... illustrations, designed by John Tenniel”, p.101

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• A prudent man... must behave like those archers who, if they are skillful, when the target seems too distant, know the capabilities of their bow and aim a good deal higher than their objective, not in order to shoot so high but so that by aiming high they can reach the target.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Archer

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• The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

  Johann Kaspar Lavater

  Mistake, Hero, Conquer

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• It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience.

  Martin Luther

  Motivational, Safe, Conscience

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• Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race.

  Margaret Sanger

  Race, Practice, Individuality

  Margaret Sanger (1922). “Woman, morality, and birth control”

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• Everything we do has a result. But that which is right and prudent does not always lead to good, nor the contrary to what is bad.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Doe, Results, Prudence

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Johann Peter Eckermann (2014). “Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann”, p.166, Ravenio Books

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• It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

  Terence

  Trials, Arms, Prudence

  Terence, Henry Thomas Riley, Christopher Smart (1853). “The Comedies of Terence: And the Fables of Phædrus”, p.114

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• We have observed for thirty centuries that a large nose is a sign on the door of our face that says 'Herein dwells a man who is intelligent, prudent, courteous, affable, noble-minded and generous'. A small nose is a cork on the bottle of the opposite vices.

  Cyrano de Bergerac

  Intelligent, Men, Doors

  "The Other World: Comical History of the States and Empires of the Moon". Book by Cyrano de Bergerac, 1657.

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• Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  Thinking, People, Born

  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1967). “1708-1720”

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• To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

  John F. Kennedy

  Trust, Past, Giving

  Kennedy, John F. (1962). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1961”, p.19, Best Books on

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