Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. It is only found in… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
And this vague little smile is my all purpose expression the meaning of which I will leave to your discretion. — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I don't look for in a maid, it's discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course. — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Discretion is the most important thing for a banker. That is the philosophy of the family... I mean, of the bank. — Ana Patricia Botin Copy Share Image
“Be Personable & Friendly. People who are genuinely warm and sincerely kind are easy to talk to, easy to like and bring… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“We need Wisdom to seek for the Kindom and we need the Kingdom to have the Freedom to posess all other things!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Good librarians are natural intelligence operatives. They possess all of the skills and characteristics required for that work: curiosity, wide-ranging knowledge, good… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“Obviously no one has ever cautioned you against pricking the vanity of proud men or wild animals; neither is completely predictable." "And… — Marsha Canham Copy Share Image
[A] republic . . . [is] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
How very sad it is to have a confiding nature, one's hopes and feelings are quite at the mercy of all who… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Health and Human Services has an enormous amount of discretion that they have so far used to make it harder to get… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
“The best safeguards you have are to live with dignity, love, and self-respect, and to make choices you can be proud of… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
“When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are posessed by the Holy… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
A heart that overflows may seek out merrymaking and boisterous festivities to quietly rejoice, unnoticed amidst the reveling crowds. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear: Congress has sole discretion over defining who is and who isn't a citizen and how you become… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
There's a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who… — Moliere Copy Share Image
Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
If You Say Discretion Is The Better Part Of Valor. You Mean That Avoiding A Dangerous Or Unpleasant Situation Is Sometimes The… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
I am totally superficial, I know. But I believe superficiality can be very serious, a defense against the gravity of things, a… — Jeanloup Sieff Copy Share Image
I do ride contend against the advantages of distrust. In the world we live in, it is but too necessary. Some of… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
A person who tells a secret, swearing the recipient to secrecy in turn, is asking of the other person a discretion which… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
What exactly is 'viewer discretion'? If viewers had discretion, most television shows would not be on the air. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“All sexual activity performed is at the discretion of the participants and is confined to only one hour.” — Karen A.Miles Copy Share Image
“Make Others Feel Important. We all have an innate desire to feel important, be special, and feel appreciated. In your words and… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Every cure of obesity must begin with these three essential precepts:discretion in eating, moderation in sleeping, and exercise. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
there was great difference between persons and, discretion did not always accompany years nor was youth always with out it — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Your memo is trumping a Congressional statute. You don't have the discretion on whether to follow the law or not. — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
We must use our judgement and discernment in deciding what ideas to accept and what ideas to reject. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“The Truth Can Hurt . . . “Honesty is one of your most valuable virtues, however, when used without discretion, it can reap unfavorable repercussions.” — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion,--or, in other words, when his HOBBY-HORSE grows head- strong,--farewell… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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