Prudence Quotes
Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. - Tacitus
O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu. - Jean de la Fontaine
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age. - Cicero
Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge Such as none other hath, when they are known, They are found shallow. - Sophocles
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. - Cicero
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character. - Marquis de Vauvenargues
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. - Aesop
Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
As love increases prudence diminishes. - Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.-Aesop
But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.-Robert Peel
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.-Democritus
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.-Clara Barton
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.-Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.-Akhenaton
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.-Molly Ivins
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.-Omar N. Bradley
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.-Robert Hall
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.-Mark Twain
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.-John Dryden
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.-William E. Gladstone
No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.-Knut Hamsun
One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.-Bryant H. McGill
One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.-James Brady
Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.-Marvin Olasky
Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.-Charles Horton Cooley
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.-William Blake
Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.-Thomas Hobbes
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.-Marcus Tullius Cicero
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety."-Francis Quarles
The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.-Jonathan Swift
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.-Henry Fielding
There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.-Samuel Johnson
There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God.-Catherine McAuley
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.-Charles Caleb Colton
We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips.-Origen
We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.-Robert E. Lee
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.-Robert Lowth
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.-Johann Kaspar Lavater
Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.-Robert Dale Owen
You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.-Marquis De Vauvenargues