Best 139 quotes in «caution quotes» category

To be doable is to be overdoable.

Take caution when declaring war because you may believe it will be easy, but war will always end in despair.

The Dimwit's Guide to the Female Mind might assist your efforts in understanding human females. But it must be pointed out that this subject can be a dangerous adventure and should be undertaken with extreme caution. After all, human males have been trying to understand their females for generations, and most of the time they come away from these encounters looking like someone stuck their tails into an electric socket.

Those who tell their own story you know must be listened to with caution.

Someone was certainly guilty of something, however, and it behooved us to take all possible precautions.

Sometimes a man must throw caution to the wind.

Such a dark green, his eyes. They reminded her of the forest, of all the dangers lying dormant behind that verdant cloak of leaves.

The goal is to hit the sweet spot of maximum value optimization, where foolish risk is balanced against excessive caution.

The prudent man is always sincere, and feels horror at the very thought of exposing himself to the disgrace which attends upon the detection of falsehood. But though always sincere, he is not always frank and open; and though he never tells any thing but the truth, he does not always think himself bound, when not properly called upon, to tell the whole truth. As he is cautious in his actions, so he is reserved in his speech; and never rashly or unnecessarily obtrudes his opinion concerning either things or persons.

…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...

We cannot be too cautious, Hannelore. Just because someone knocks on the door doesn't mean you have to open it. Sometimes, sweet girl, there are wolves at the door. If we are not careful, they might eat us.

Watch your back. Ain't a thing in armor worth trustin' out there.

Value caution in all your dealings with strangers.

We began our life together at a moment of natural self-pity and defeat that left an inimitable impression on both of us. The rejection chastened me and let me know my proper place in the grand scheme of things. It was the last time I would ever make a move that required boldness or a leap of the imagination. I became tentative, suspicious, and dull. I learned to hold my tongue and mark my trail behind me and to look to the future with a wary eye. Finally, I was robbed of a certain optimism, that reckless acceptance of the world and all it could hand my way that had been my strength and deliverance.

Better to be safe than sorry.

When an animal comes between the lion and its prey, the animal first becomes the prey before the main prey.

When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is the watchword, since rimpling water on the well of truth swiftly obscures our vision and perception. ("Trompe le pied.")

While knowledge is powerful it should be approached with the utmost respect and caution.

ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.

Adventure is the life of commerce, but caution is the life of banking.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

What good is speed without the ability to brake?

When You Try To Control Everything, Remember, It's Just A Matter of Time You'll End Up Losing Everything....

A hare is not caught with a drum.

All the 'too close to call' announcements are not due to incompetence ... It's caution.

Be cautious and bold.

Beware the hobby that eats.

Call it not paranoia, but caution.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.

Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!

Caution! Be very careful of false, meaningless, self-contradictory, and not even very funny warnings, like this one.

Caution is the path to mediocrity.

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.

Caution is the instinct of the weaker animal.

Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

Caution is the lower story of prudence.

Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.

Confident because of our caution

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

Comrade Stalin, having become Secretary-General, has unlimited authority concentrated in his hands, and I am not sure whether he will always be capable of using that authority with sufficient caution.

Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses

He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.

I also love a film by Ang Lee - "Lust, Caution.