Cautious Quotes - Page 4

• Treason, which begins by being cautious, ends by betraying itself.

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Ends, Treason, Betray

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• ... liberal intellectualstend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping thatthose in positions of authority may prove to be enlightened men, wielding power justly, they are natural, if cautious, allies of the "establishment.

  Susan Sontag

  Men, Allies, Wielding Power

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• If a man, cautious,
  hides his limp,
  Somebody has to limp it! Things
  do it; the surroundings limp.
  House walls get scars,
  the car breaks down; matter, in drudgery, takes it up.

  Robert Bly

  Wall, Men, Car

  Robert Bly (1981). “The man in the black coat turns: poems”

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• I stepped from Plank to Plank
  A slow and cautious way

  Emily Dickinson

  Way, Caution

  Emily Dickinson, Helen Vendler (2010). “Dickinson”, p.369, Harvard University Press

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• As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father.

  Mason Cooley

  Children, Father, Childhood

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• For siege works against bold and venturesome men should be constructed on one plan, on another against cautious men, and on still another against the cowardly.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Men, Siege, Should

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• Lady ---- is safely delivered of a son, to the great joy of that noble family. The expression, of a woman's having brought her husband a son, seems to be a proper and cautious one; for it is never said, from whence.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Husband, Son, Expression

  Lord Chesterfield, David Roberts (2008). “Lord Chesterfield's Letters”, p.325, Oxford University Press

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• It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they might just wind up lowering our flag.

  Ronald Reagan

  Leadership, Strong, Home

  Remarks on the Occasion of 83rd Birthday Gala, delivered 3 February 1994

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• In the beginning my energy and passion for acting came from an almost punk rock need to express a lot of anger wherever that may have come from. As I got older, it became or is coming more from a place of wanting to use the craft to help others in some way, to hold a mirror up to the situations that we're going through, to actually be more cautious about the way that I use the power of film and to see if there's anything that I can do in the performances that will resonate in the public a similar string that's on people's minds and is on my mind. That way we have that relationship.

  Nicolas Cage

  Passion, Helping Others, Mirrors

  "Q & A: Actor Nicolas Cage Looks Ahead With 'Knowing'". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 21, 2009.

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• Friendship's said to be a plant of tedious growth, its root composed of tender fibers, nice in their taste, cautious in spreading.

  John Vanbrugh

  Friendship, Nice, Roots

  Sir John Vanbrugh (1970). “The relapse”

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• A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.

  Philip Sidney

  Cutting, Zealous, Causes

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.71

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• The coward reckons himself cautious, the miser frugal.

  Henry Home, Lord Kames

  Coward, Frugal, Misers

  Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.47

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• It is a remarkable circumstance in reference to cunning persons that they are often deficient not only in comprehensive, far-sighted wisdom, but even in prudent, cautious circumspection.

  Richard Whately

  Prudent, Circumstances, Remarkable

  Francis Bacon, Richard Whately (1858). “The Essays ... Revised ... by Thomas Markby ... Second edition”, p.238

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• Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells.

  Samuel Johnson

  Age, Credit, Form

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.527

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• A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.

  Seneca the Younger

  Coward, Thrifty, Misers

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• The ash her purple drops forgivingly
  And sadly, breaking not the general hush;
  The maple swamps glow like a sunset sea,
  Each leaf a ripple with its separate flush;
  All round the wood's edge creeps the skirting blaze,
  Ere the rain falls, the cautious farmer burns his brush.

  James Russell Lowell

  Fall, Rain, Sunset

  James Russell Lowell (2012). “The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell, With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations”, p.70, tredition

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• Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils.
  [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]

  Tacitus

  Power, Council, Severe

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• Be cautious and bold.

  Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild

  Caution, Be Cautious

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• Anyone who has a simplistic idea about the Middle East, or about the conflict, doesn't get it - because there are no simple answers. And anyone who is messianic, in a right-wing way or a left-wing way, is wrong too. The way forward is a kind of cautious, commonsense approach - a cautious, humble hope. No fantasies.

  Ari Shavit

  Humble, Simple, Kind

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm always very cautious about "brotherhood" concept. Frankly speaking, I don't need such relatives who grab my land and kill my people.

  Arseniy Yatsenyuk

  People, Brotherhood

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• From the time I first understood economic principles, I was always concerned also that any system be operated on an efficient basis, which meant decentralization because knowledge is not concentrated anywhere. It's based on motivation, and so these are the advantages of, say, the cautious case for capitalism, that the market system is efficient.

  Kenneth Arrow

  Motivation, Firsts, Principles

  Source: www.minneapolisfed.org

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• I am always cautious about naming the known, as we often forget to hold in regard those whose names will never be known to anyone outside of their close circle.

  Joan Halifax

  Circles, Names, Forget

  Source: zenpeacemakers.org

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• We are very cautious in judging [Donald Trump], especially as he wasn't in a political position before.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Judging, Political, Trump

  Source: www.globalresearch.ca

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• If you begin to have a relationship where you're doing what the guards want, and once you're out you will see that as a treason, a treason to your country, a treason to yourself, a treason to everybody, so you have to be very cautious on what is the perspective you're looking at yourself, and you have always to see yourself like from the outside.

  Ingrid Betancourt

  Country, Perspective, Want

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I`m very cautious and very concerned about what I have initially seen, but I also believe we`ve got to organize like we have never organized before.We talk about it, but realistically, we`ve got to organize at the grassroots level.

  Al Sharpton

  Believe, Levels, Grassroots

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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