Character Quote by William Godwin

“You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that…

— Jane Austen

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

— Mason Cooley

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

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

— Jeremy Collier

The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than the flaws…

— William Sloane Coffin

The only prudence in life is concentration.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Moral good is a practical stimulus; it is no sooner seen than it inspires an impulse to practice.

— Plutarch

“There is a dignity in the very effort to save with a worthy purpose. … It produces a well-regulated mind; it gives prudence a…

— Jake Desyllas

When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing,…

— Barry Schwartz

“Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life*. Aim above morality. If you apply that…

— Maude (Harold & Maude

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence,…

— John Ortberg

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

— Aristotle