Prudent Quotes

188 Prudent quotes by 153 unique authors

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how the new concepts compare to how you now operate and… — Dee Hock
We have heard enough about being practical and efficient and prudent. We heard it preached through several decades that these things would save the world.… — Unknown Author
The most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do, if it would prefer its descendents not to spend a lot of time on a slab… — Terry Pratchett
Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I am heartily disposed… — George Washington
Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent. — Critias
Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of… — Mary Wortley Montagu
Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly. — Thomas a Kempis
As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time… — Gordon B. Hinckley
To win countrywide victory is only the first step in a long march of ten thousand li.... The Chinese revolution is great, but the road… — Mao Zedong
Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to… — Aristotle
A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied. — Baltasar Gracian
I realize that if I were stable, prudent and static; I'd live in death. Therefore I accept confusion, uncertainty, fear and emotional ups and downs;… — Carl Rogers
Would it not be prudent to get our civilization tools together, and see how much stock is left on hand in the way of Glass… — Mark Twain
All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the… — George MacDonald
We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold… — Theodore C. Sorensen
Fraud and deceit are anxious for your money. Be informed and prudent. — John Andreas Widtsoe
Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Love is a great thing...which alone maketh every burden light.. Love is watchful, and while sleeping, still keeps watch; though fatigued, it is not weary;… — Thomas a Kempis
Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois — Voltaire
For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the whole… — Pope Pius XI
A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state for him, and… — Niccolo Machiavelli
We, perhaps, have corrupted our children and our grandchildren by heedless affluence, by a lack of manliness, by giving the younger generation more money and… — Taylor Caldwell
When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent. — Andre Gide
God's deepest secrets often miss the wise and prudent and are revealed unto babes. We say, "Children, be like your parents." Jesus said, "Parents, be… — Vance Havner
And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance… — Timothy Geithner

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