Quotes about Caution
The scars of others should teach us caution.
— Saint Jerome
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
— Samuel Johnson
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
— John Milton
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretyship is sure."
— Ellen White
An unguarded face is a deep well; you don't go there casually, without ropes or lamps.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
— George Washington
Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!
— Mark Twain
Avoid the moor in those hours of darkness when the powers of evil are exalted.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
I have to be careful, he continued, turning to me with a smile, for I dabble with poisons a good deal.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet
— Stephen Hawking
Ideas have far-reaching consequences, and one must be ever so careful about what one allows to lodge in one's brain.
— Eric Metaxas
Ten years ago he would have followed her, but middle-age is the period of sad caution.
— Graham Greene