Discretion Quotes · Page 3

Partake of love as a temperate man partakes of wine; do not become intoxicated.

— Alfred de Musset

[The] discretion of the judge is the first engine of tyranny . . .

— Edward Gibbon

“Why can she not influence him more, when she is privileged to draw so near to him?” I asked myself. “Surely she…

— Charlotte Bronte

Discretion is a synonym for intelligence.

— Eloisa James

Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion... in private self-defense.

— John Adams

Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh,…

— St. Catherine of Siena

Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise.

— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

By right, as the word is employed in this subject, has always been understood discretion, that is, a full and complete power…

— William Godwin

While discretion points out the impropriety of my conduct, inclination urges me on to ruin.

— Susanna Rowson

To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.

— Seneca the Younger

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

— Lytton Strachey

It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.

— Francis Bacon

[A] republic . . . [is] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of…

— John Adams

The heart sometimes leaps forward when the head tells us to be still. When this happens, patience is clearly called for as…

— Alexander Clark

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one…

— Oscar Wilde

You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.

— Aeschylus

Women do not think with logic and discretion but with emotions of the heart

— Cassandra Clare

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

— Anonymous

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.

— Jean de La Fontaine

The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. Not me. I don't want to be a manager…

— Mike Krzyzewski

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

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

— Jean de La Fontaine

“Use Fun & Humor. Humor lightens spirits, comforts through a challenge, brings people together, engages, and entertains. Bring delight and joy to…

— Susan C. Young

Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.

— Donald Rumsfeld