The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
The pride of youth is in strength and beauty, the pride of old age is in discretion. — Democritus 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
“Learn to choose your battles carefully. When you exercise discretion, you will realize that most fights are best avoided. Let those sleeping… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Those of us who have come to years of discretion and more, must often take to retrospect, and seek to appraise the… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“Be Interested & Interesting. People will be more interested in you when you are interested in them. If you want to impress,… — Susan C. Young 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
It [is] very unfair to influence a child's mind by inculcating any opinions before it [has] come to years of discretion to… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge 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
To move into the lead means making an act requiring fierceness and confidence. But fear must play some part...no relaxation is possible,… — Roger Bannister Copy Share Image
Ah, the truth, what a thing it is! I sacrifice so much for it, with people: I forego, for truth's sake, discretion,… — Marvin L. Cohen Copy Share Image
A prudent silence will frequently be taken for wisdom and a sentence or two cautiously thrown in will sometimes gain the palm… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. Sometimes that individual… — Cam Newton Copy Share Image
“Why do some people feel the need to throw a person's errors or weaknesses in their face or criticize their shortcomings? What… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Indiscretion and poor judgment not only can destroy a positive first impression, they also can have lasting negative consequences for which there… — Susan C. Young 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
Living in the present moment requires discretion toward memory. Without memory we'd have amnesia. What good would there be in that? Offer… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited,… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
“8 Ways to Shine a Positive Light on Others 1. Let the other person appear smart. The person who desperately tries to… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our… — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the… — Herbert Spencer 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
“UN-Impressive Acts of Indiscretion • Forwarding other people's emails without getting permission. • Throwing other people under the bus to save yourself.… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end — Leon Gambetta Copy Share Image
...arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and as a matter of law, unsupportable. — Luther L. Bohanon Copy Share Image
The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool. — Menander Copy Share Image
Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
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