Warning Quotes

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  One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

  James Russell Lowell

  Educational, Knowledge, Understanding

  James Russell Lowell (1870). “Among My Books”, p.223

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• If you can't be a good example, then be a terrible warning.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Inspirational, Example, Terrible

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• You've just got to follow your own path. You have to trust your heart and you have to listen to the warnings.

  Chaka Khan

  Heart, Path, Trust Your Heart

  Source: www.today.com

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• It doesn't pay to ignore warnings. Even when they don't make sense.

  Debra Doyle

  Pay, Make Sense

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• Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Pride, Advice

  "The Top 3 Reasons Why Being Alone (Single) Is So Scary" by Barrett Pall, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 26, 2016.

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• Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.

  Melody Beattie

  Anger, Problem, Signals

  Melody Beattie (1990). “The Language of Letting Go”, p.60, Hazelden Publishing

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• In spite of warnings, change rarely occurs until the status quo becomes more painful than change. People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, People, World

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• These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

  Confucius

  Humility, Order, Ideas

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• In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Painful, Spite, Status Quo

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• Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

  Jim Rohn

  Ambition, Self, Discipline

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• You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning or any regard for justice.

  James Agee

  Fall, Justice, Risk

  James Agee (2008). “A Death in the Family”, p.115, Penguin

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• Foolish heart, hear me calling. Stop before you start falling. Foolish heart, heed my warning; you've been wrong before. Don't be wrong anymore.

  Steve Perry

  Fall, Heart, Calling

  Song: Foolish Heart, Album: Street Talk

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• The circus arrives without warning.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Circus, Night Circus

  "The Night Circus". Book by Erin Morgenstern, 2011.

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• The friendly preacher who fails to warn of the reality of Hell, betrays the Son of God with a kiss.

  Ray Comfort

  Son, Kissing, Reality

  FaceBook post by Ray Comfort from Sep 08, 2014

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• Have fun. I don't kid myself. Life is very fragile, and success doesn't change that. If anything, success makes it more fragile. Anything can change, without warning, and that's why I try not to take any of what's happened too seriously.

  Donald Trump

  Fun, Kids, Trying

  Donald Trump (2016). “Trump: The Art of the Deal”, p.48, Random House

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• Never fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Fire, Waste, Shots

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• Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.

  Jim Butcher

  Real, Guy, World

  Jim Butcher (2007). “Proven Guilty: A Novel Of the Dresden Files”, p.359, Penguin

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• How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.

  Jonathan Swift

  Advice, Mankind

  Jonathan Swift (1861). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions”, p.608

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• We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.37, Hachette UK

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• It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

  Ashleigh Brilliant

  Funny, Life, Purpose

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• We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans.

  Ellen Tauscher

  Opportunity, Earthquakes, Emergencies

  "Martyrs in Paradise". Book by Terry Reese Downing, 2009.

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• Today I had a strange warning. I felt the wind of insanity brush my mind.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Wind, Insanity, Mind

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• Warning: fortune cookies don't care what happens to you.

  Mason Cooley

  Fortune Cookie, Cookies, Care

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• Guilt is a gift from Allah warning you that what you are doing is violating your soul

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Soul, Guilt, Your Soul

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• My limited experience of such things told me that you get closest to the truth by not giving it advance warning that you're coming after it.

  Michael Marshall Smith

  Giving, Closest

  "The Lonely Dead". Book by Michael Marshall Smith, 2004.

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