In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution. — John Griffin Carlisle Copy Share Image
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
In few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story. — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
“Love! love!.. thou art never to be reconciled with discretion!” — Antoine François Prévost Copy Share Image
Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense. — John Adams Copy Share Image
Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
“I will never demean myself to speak about my courage," said Julien, coldly, "it would be mean to do so. Let the… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
I like my clients. All of my clients say, "Peter. You're talented. But, your best virtue is your discretion." They really don't… — Peter Marino Copy Share Image
Drink without getting drunk Love without suffering jealousy Eat without overindulging Never argue And once in a while, with great discretion, misbehave — Dan Buettner Copy Share Image
I don't know what's hipper: to Facebook or to Twitter. I just know for me, personally, discretion never went out of style. — John Ridley Copy Share Image
Suit the action to the word : the word to the action : with this special observance that you o'erstep not the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I like sharing stuff with people. I feel like it's kind of at their own discretion, you can see too much if… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
When an alluring woman comes in at the door," warningly traced the austere Kien-fi on the margin of his well-known essay, "discretion… — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
There are some chagrins of the heart which a friend ought to try to console without betraying a knowledge of their existence,… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Always man needs woman for his friend. He needs her clearer vision, her subtler insight, her softer thought, her winged soul, her… — Mary C. Ames Copy Share Image
“By acquiring Gnan (true worldly knowledge) one can tell 'what is right' and 'what is wrong', it makes one have discretion between… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I don't know too many people who, when the TV announcer says, 'Viewer discretion is advised', then turn the TV off. Those… — Dan Gilroy Copy Share Image
When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those… — John Selden Copy Share Image
The awful discretion, which a court of impeachments must necessarily have, to doom to honor or to infamy the most confidential and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The retirement of Athanasius, which ended only with the life of Constantius, was spent, for the most part, in the society of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“To Disclose or Not Disclose I just saw a poster: "Dirty laundry goes here (laundry basket) not here (Facebook logo)." Online and… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
If a hundred or a thousand people, all of the same age, of the same constitution and habits, were suddenly seized by… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
If the Nation is living within its income, its credit is good. If, in some crises, it lives beyond its income for… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is an odd fact that what we now know of the mental and emotional life of infants surpasses what we comprehend… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The dignity of the act is the deliberate, circumspect, open, and serene performance by these men in the clear light of day,… — William M. Evarts Copy Share Image
No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and… — James Burgh Copy Share Image
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Garlic, like perfume, must be used with discretion and on the proper occasions. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
Hikmah (Wisdom) is knowing when to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. — Boonaa Mohammed Copy Share Image
