Action Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.

— John Milton

Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.

— Samuel Johnson

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage;…

— Samuel Johnson

[Prudence] is the virtue of that part of the intellect [the calculative] to which it belongs; and . . . our choice of actions…

— Aristotle

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

— Jeremy Collier

Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are…

— Henry Fielding

In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.

— Mason Cooley

The only prudence in life is concentration.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spurious prudence, making the senses final, is the god of sots and cowards, and is the subject of all comedy. It is nature's joke,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

Prudence is but experience, which equal time equally bestows on all men in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

— Thomas Hobbes