Circumspection Quotes
18 quotes by 15 authors
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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce. If the enemy's troops march…
— Sun Tzu
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Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for the sake of the latter.…
— Samuel Adams
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The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence.
— Walter Savage Landor
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The necessity of the times, more than ever, calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance.
— Samuel Adams
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged…
— Benjamin Franklin
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It is not therefore the business of philosophy, in our present situation in the universe, to attempt to take in at once, in one view,…
— Colin Maclaurin
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Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
— Edmund Burke
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By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
— Benjamin Franklin
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In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and…
— James Madison
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There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust.
— James Madison
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I do not comprehend those rules of conduct that make us so content with self and so cold to those we love. I detest prudence,…
— Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
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A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.
— Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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I tend to approach giving interviews with the same sense of circumspection and restraint as I approach my writing. That is to say, virtually none.…
— Ayelet Waldman
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When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.
— Ambrose Bierce
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To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential…
— George Washington
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Simply judging the lives of others is one of the easiest things to do. When you actually stepped into one's shoes then only you would…
— Chandlrababu VS
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Descrimate between persons who are interacting with you in your personal life on regular basis, and treat them accordingly. A high level of circumspection ought…
— Chandrababu VS
Who Wrote These Circumspection Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 18 Circumspection Quotes as follows: