Carefulness Quotes:

The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.

- Francis Bacon

topic: Doctrine, Cleanliness, Carefulness

Leadership is only courage and wisdom, and a great carefulness of self.

- John Buchan

topic: War, Self, Carefulness

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 M. Child

source: "Philothea: A Grecian Romance". Book by Lydia Maria Child, 1836.

topic: Wise, Doe, Spirit, Carefulness

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

- Gertrude Stein

topic: Inspirational, Women, Literature, Carefulness

It is hard to combine and unite these two qualities, the carefulness of one who is affected by circumstances, and the intrepidity of one who heeds them not. But it is not impossible: else were happiness also impossible.

- Epictetus

source: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Lucius Annaeus Seneca (2016). “Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion”, p.186, Enhanced Media Publishing

topic: Two, Quality, Impossible, Carefulness

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

- John Wooden

topic: Beautiful, Motivation, Grateful, Inspirational Coach, Inspirational Coaching

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

- Wernher von Braun

source: "At My Best: 365 Meditations For The Physical, Spiritual, And Emotional Well-Being". Book by Anonymous (p. 284), October 14, 2009.

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Success, Inspirational Positive Attitude, Carefulness

If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can be read. If you want to help other people you have got to make up your mind to write things that some men will condemn.

- Thomas Merton

topic: Writing, Helping Others, Men, Make Up Your Mind, Carefulness

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

- Charles Caleb Colton

source: Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). “L.P.”, p.157

topic: Funny, Sarcastic, Yield, Firmness, Decisiveness

What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate...

- Ravi Zacharias

topic: Celebrate, Glorification, Carefulness, Encouragers

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

- Susan B. Anthony

topic: Courage, Peace, Integrity, Social Reform, Women's Suffrage

The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.

- Saadi

source: Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.168, Innovations and Information

topic: Bird, Example, Warning, Snares, Carefulness

Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

- Confucius

topic: Thinking, Three, Action, Carefulness, Thoughts And Thinking

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

- William James

topic: Heart, Errors, World, Carefulness, Nervousness

Cookery means…English thoroughness, French art, and Arabian hospitality; it means the knowledge of all fruits and herbs and balms and spices; it means carefulness, inventiveness, and watchfulness.

- John Ruskin

topic: Art, Food, Mean, Watchfulness, Carefulness

Large enterprises make the few rich, but the majority prosper only through the carefulness and detail of thrift.

- Theodore T. Munger

topic: Details, Majority, Rich, Carefulness

Have I not walked without an upward look Of caution under stars that very well Might not have missed me when they shot and fell? It was a risk I had to take-and took.

- Robert Frost

topic: Stars, Risk, Might, Carefulness

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

- Emma Goldman

topic: Wind, World, Foolish, Carefulness, Ardor

The lure of the past came up to grab me. To see a dagger slowly appearing, with its gold glint, through the sand was romantic. The carefulness of lifting pots and objects from the soil filled me with a longing to be an archaeologist myself.

- Agatha Christie

source: Agatha Christie (1991). “Agatha Christie: An Autobiography”, Berkley Publishing Group

topic: Past, Gold, Daggers, Carefulness, Archaeologists

Good Christian people, here lies for you an inestimable loan; take all heed thereof, in all carefulness, employ it: with high recompense, or else with heavy penalty, will it one day be required back.

- Thomas Carlyle

topic: Christian, Children, Lying, Carefulness

The trodden worm curls up. This testifies to its caution. It thus reduces its chances of being trodden upon again. In the language of morality: Humility.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

source: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (2007). “Twilight of the Idols with the Antichrist and Ecce Homo”, p.8, Wordsworth Editions

topic: Humility, Curls, Chance, Carefulness

If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.

- Rumi

topic: Eye, Use, Discrimination, Carefulness