Caution Quotes

354 quotes by 291 authors

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Doubt is a foundling unhappy and astray, and though his own… — Khalil Gibran
There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards? — Josh Billings
Shall we not, then, lay down a law, in the first place, that boys shall abstain altogether from wine till their eighteenth year, thereby teaching… — Plato
An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution, and… — Sigmund Freud
The negative cautions of science are never popular. If the experimentalist would not commit himself, the social philosopher, the preacher, and the pedagogue tried the… — Margaret Mead
More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it. — Mahatma Gandhi
It's the professional deformation of many writers, and has ruined not a few. (I remember Kingsley Amis, himself no slouch, saying that he could tell… — Christopher Hitchens
Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision. — Louis L'Amour
Don't pessimism and caution naturally go hand in hand? — Lynne Truss
He that counts all cost will never put plough in the earth. — John Ray
If you are going to a destination where the food might be more exotic than usual, always err on the side of caution. — Stefanie Powers
...a carefree letting go of oneself, not a caution, but a wise blindness. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Neither the naked hand nor the understanding left to itself can effect much. It is by instruments and helps that the work is done, which… — Francis Bacon
A conservative party that reshapes its self-presentation according to the suggestions of the liberal media, of course, may very well get what such lack of… — Alan Keyes
Cottage cheese is one of our culture's most visible symbols of self-denial; marketed honestly, it would appear in dairy cases with warning labels: this substance… — Caroline Knapp
The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself -… — Ken MacLeod
The enemies inside us: Indifference, Indecision, Doubt, Worry, and Over-caution. — Jim Rohn
Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution. — Aldo Leopold
Caution is the path to mediocrity. — Frank Herbert
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom — Victor Hugo

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