Quotes about Caution
cautiously, you avoid trouble. See all that you can — then, if you forget the perilous and
- Confucius
If you dont like to be laughed at dont fall on your ass, said Rawlins.
- Cormac McCarthy
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
- Charles Spurgeon
Fame can be very dangerous, because you can start to enjoy that part of it. And that's not the good part of what I do for a living. The good part is the making of films. The unpleasant part is the fame part, if you're not careful.
- George Clooney
We can't allow science to undo its own good work.
- Aldous Huxley
Those who read the symbol do so at their peril.
- Oscar Wilde
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- Mark Twain
Love thy neighbor, just watch out for the husband
- Anonymous
Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.
- William James
It is like a general informing his soldiers that it is better to keep out of battle forever than to risk a single wound. Not so are victories either over enemies or over nature gained. Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf. At any rate, it seems the fittest thing for the empiricist philosopher.
- William James
Oh, a heart's a poor choice to follow. It's so easily hoodwinked.
- Janette Oke
Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush.
- John Ortberg