#caution

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#ask #caution #counsel #decisions #him

May your sleep be your death, and your wakefulness be your heaven. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#attention #awareness #carefulness #caution #consciousness

You still think I've gone cracked in the head," Ben said, amused. "Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told you there were shamble-men in the woods, would you believe them?" My father shook his head. "What if two people told you?" Another shake. Ben leaned forward on his stump. "What if a dozen people told you, with perfect earnestness, that shamble-men were out in the fields, eating-" "Of course I wouldn't believe them," my father said, irritated. "It's ridiculous." "Of course it is," Ben agreed, raising a finger. "But the real question is this: Would you go into the woods? ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#men

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people. ↗

— George Carman

#caution #exercise #i #many #people

I told myself that I'd had life too easy, conditioned by an upbringing where fear of change was disguised as caution. ↗

— Ingrid Betancourt

#change

If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all. ↗

— Archer John Porter Martin

#discouraged #every #first #often #precaution

You can’t win unless you try to win, but you can lose by trying not to lose. ↗

— Jack Campbell

#courage #victory #win #courage

Don't do anything that you wouldn't feel comfortable reading about in the newspaper the next day. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#feel #wise #life

Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome. ↗

— Wilbur A. Smith

#cautionary #destiny #fate #men

If you are too careful, you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#carefulness #caution #over-caution #bravery