Quotes about Prudence
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
— Woodrow Wilson
and the best, if not heedfully used, will prove the word. The better and keener the knife is, the sooner and deeper will it cut thy fingers, if thou take not heed (647).
— Richard Baxter
Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.
— Margaret Atwood
Lord, deliver me from the urge to open my mouth when I should shut it. Give me the wisdom to keep silent where silence is wise. Remind me that not everything needs to be said, and that there are very few things that need to be said by me.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken.
— Pope Benedict XVI
We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.
— Benjamin Disraeli
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
— Henry David Thoreau
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.
— Publilius Syrus
God wants His people to walk in wisdom so they don't have to fall into misery and pain before they come to their senses, which may sometimes come too late. It is better to live wisely and not need continuous miracles, than to live foolishly and always need a miracle to get out of trouble.
— Joyce Meyer
To be careful really means to be wise - to choose to do now what you will be happy with later.
— Joyce Meyer
Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
— Aesop
Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
— Aesop