Caution Quotes

Hasten slowly.

Caesar Augustus

Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

Miguel de Cervantes

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

Thomas Hobbes

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.

E. M. Forster

Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world -- it is thin.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

We must substitute courage for caution.

Martin Luther King Jr.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

Publilius Syrus

He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.

Publilius Syrus

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

Lydia Maria Child

When a fox preaches, take care of your geese.

Proverb

Caution is the parent of safety.

Proverb

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.

Buddha

Vigilance is the virtue of vice.

C. J. Weber

Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father. Matthew 18:10

Bible

Always count the cost.

Proverb

There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. It behooves the industrialist to research and the investor to be vigilant.

Ralph L. Woods

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.

Samuel Goldwyn

Caution has its place, no doubt, but we cannot refuse our support to a serious venture which challenges the whole of the personality. If we oppose it, we are trying to suppress what is best in man --his daring and his aspirations. And should we succeed, we should only have stood in the way of that invaluable experience which might have given a meaning to life. What would have happened if Paul had allowed himself to be talked out of his journey to Damascus?

Carl Gustav Jung

To fear the worst oft cures the worse.

William Shakespeare

It is the bright day that brings forth the adder, and that craves wary walking.

William Shakespeare