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title: "7 Careful Thought Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [Every time that a man who is not an absolute fool presents you with a question he considers very problematic after giving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-de-maistre/every-time-that-a-man-who-is-not-an-absolute-fool-presents-you-with-a/)

[Joseph de Maistre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-de-maistre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/joseph-de-maistre-11359_absolutes_every-time-that-a-man-who-is-not-an-abso_675144.jpg)

> [It can take a lot of careful thought and false starts in order to arrive at the correct conclusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melchor-lim/it-can-take-a-lot-of-careful-thought-and-false-starts-in-order-to/)

[Melchor Lim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melchor-lim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/melchor-lim-61_facts_it-can-take-a-lot-of-careful-thought-and_1057980.jpg)

> [It's not that I haven't given it (turning pro) careful thought, it's just that I am torn as to which course I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shizuka-arakawa/it-s-not-that-i-haven-t-given-it-turning-pro-careful-thought-it-s/)

[Shizuka Arakawa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shizuka-arakawa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/shizuka-arakawa-278103_careful_it-s-not-that-i-haven-t-given-it-turning_1102571.png)

> [Nothing is impossible for those who act after wise counsel and careful thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thiruvalluvar/nothing-is-impossible-for-those-who-act-after-wise-counsel-and/)

[Thiruvalluvar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thiruvalluvar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/thiruvalluvar-15942_careful_nothing-is-impossible-for-those-who-act_1260836.png)

> [By all means take thought for the tomorrow, yes, careful thought and planning and preparation. But have no anxiety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/by-all-means-take-thought-for-the-tomorrow-yes-careful-thought-and/)

[Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb3/dale-carnegie-382_anxiety_by-all-means-take-thought-for-the-tomorr_1353135.jpg)

> [Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ustinov/intelligent-or-not-we-all-make-mistakes-and-perhaps-the-intelligent/)

[Peter Ustinov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ustinov/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daa/peter-ustinov-4612_careful_intelligent-or-not-we-all-make-mistakes_1710520.jpg)

> [The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-kernighan/the-most-effective-debugging-tool-is-still-careful-thought-coupled/)

[Brian Kernighan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-kernighan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/brian-kernighan-27197_careful_the-most-effective-debugging-tool-is-sti_2804082.png)

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