Prudent Quotes · Page 3

Being prudent does not mean being fearful.

— Didier Deschamps

“Prudence is precaution, prudence is protection.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Be disciplined and prudent in the way you manage your time”

— Sunday Adelaja

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The prudent man really frames his own fortunes for himself.

— Plautus

Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I will be cool, persevering, and prudent.”

— Mary Shelley

Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact.

— Jeanne Phillips

The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once.

— Rene Descartes

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

— Jean de La Fontaine

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

— Rene Descartes

Biblical wisdom means living a disciplined and prudent life in the fear of the Lord

— Kevin DeYoung

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them.

— Voltaire

It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.

— Jules Verne

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

— Voltaire

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of…

— John F. Kennedy

It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is…

— George Washington

REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In…

— Ambrose Bierce

D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee!" -D'Artagnan

— Alexandre Dumas

He that has most experience [is] so much more prudent than he that is new, as not to be equalled by any…

— Thomas Hobbes

A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

We will not have served the water needs of Americans if we meet only the requirements of today's population. A prudent nation…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I put forward a budget of what I called "middle-class economics" that continues to be fiscally prudent but makes necessary investments for…

— Barack Obama

Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I…

— George Washington

To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky…

— Charles Caleb Colton

There are all kinds of devices invented for the protection and preservation of countries: defensive barriers, forts, trenches, and the like... But…

— Demosthenes

Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

All the same, I should like it all plain and clear," said he obstinately, putting on his business manner (usually reserved for…

— Anonymous

I dont believe in labels. I want to do the best I can, all the time. I want to be progressive without…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain…

— Pope Pius XI

A tale of scandal is as fatal to the credit of a prudent lady as a fever is generally to those of…

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

And what physicians say about disease is applicable here: that at the beginning a disease is easy to cure but difficult to…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

And pray where in earth or heaven are there prudent marriages-Might as well talk about prudent suicides.

— Anonymous

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.

— Norm MacDonald

A prudent pharmacist often vends something for your complaint. But wine merchant you do this invariably.

— Thomas Campion

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

— Socrates

Turn on the prudent Ant, thy heedful eyes, Observe her labours, Sluggard, and be wise.

— Samuel Johnson

There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Most of the other soldiers were older than me and sent money back to their families, so they were more prudent.

— William Klein

With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.

— Joseph Addison