Sayings about Care & Caution
Caution minimizes loss. ~ Filipino Proverbs
If you can’t be good, be careful. ~ Traditional Proverb
Beware of one who has nothing to lose. ~ Italian Proverbs
In the South they don’t care how close you get, as long as you don’t get too high. In the North, they don’t care how high you get, as long as you don’t get too close. ~ African-American Proverb
Watch out for a bad woman and never trust a good one. ~ Spanish Proverbs
Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for I tell you, in heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father. ~ Bible
Do not be tricked into thinking that there are no crocodiles just because the water is still. ~ Malaysian Proverbs
In prosperity caution, in adversity patience. ~ Dutch Proverbs
When a fox preaches, take care of your geese. ~ Traditional Proverb
Caution is not cowardly. Carelessness is not courage. ~ Traditional Proverb
Not to watch your workmen is to lose your money. ~ Spanish Proverb
One should be just as careful in choosing one’s pleasures as in avoiding calamities. ~ Chinese Proverbs
Great wealth, great care. ~ Dutch Proverb
Your tongue is like a horse — if you take care of it, it takes care of you; if you treat it badly, it treats you badly. ~ Arabian Proverb
A year’s care, a minute’s ruin. ~ Filipino Proverb
Beware of silent dogs and still waters. ~ Portuguese Proverbs
Being careful is not being a coward. ~ Haitian Proverbs
Great care is no defense against Fate. ~ Arabian Proverb
Sit atop the mountain and watch the tigers fight. ~ Chinese Proverb
Watch out for the dog that doesn’t bark and the man who says nothing. ~ Spanish Proverb
Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. ~ Swedish Proverbs
Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof. ~ The Talmud
Don’t trouble a quiet snake. ~ Greek Proverbs
Carelessness is worse than a thieve. ~ Scottish Proverb
Be careful for deep water and dogs that do not bark. ~ Indian Proverb
Caution is not cowardice; even the ants march armed. ~ Ugandan Proverbs
Don’t put robbers to work in a bank. ~ American Proverbs
Don’t dance on a volcano. ~ French Proverbs
Wise care keeps what it has gained. ~ Danish Proverb
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. ~ Traditional Proverb
Don’t sign a paper without reading it, or drink water without seeing it. ~ Spanish Proverb
When the ducks are quacking the frogs take it as a warning. ~ Malagasy Proverbs
Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad. ~ Italian Proverb
The law helps those who watch, not those who sleep. ~ Traditional Proverb
If everyone is going to dance, who, then, would watch? ~ Cameroonian Proverbs
A mousetrap always provides free cheese. ~ Traditional Proverb
Be careful not to make a woman weep. ~ Hebrew Proverb
If the moon is with you, you need not care about the stars. ~ African Proverb
A coward is full of precaution. ~ Somali Proverbs
Watch the faces of those who bow low. ~ Polish Proverbs
Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best. ~ Chinese Proverb
Don’t measure a wolf’s tail until he is dead. ~ Croatian Proverb
Who has only one eye must take good care of it. ~ Dutch Proverb
Care now, be cared for later. ~ Palestinian Proverbs
Caution Quotes & Sayings
Curiosity is not a sin…. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity… yes, indeed. ~ J.K. Rowling
Haste makes work which caution prevents. ~ William Penn
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom. ~ Victor Hugo
Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. ~ Emma Goldman
Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take. ~ Henry Wheeler Shaw
We must substitute courage for caution. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Precaution is better than cure. ~ Edward Coke
Confident because of our caution. ~ Epictetus
You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded. ~ Minnie Maddern Fiske
Beware the hobby that eats. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Caution is the path to mediocrity. ~ Frank Herbert
Caution is the lower story of prudence. ~ Thomas Carlyle
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. ~Joseph Addison
I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution. ~ Wernher Von Braun
The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one’s self to destiny. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte
More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. ~ James Thomson
The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed. ~ Nathaniel Parker Willis
Distrust and caution are the parents of security. ~ Benjamin Franklin
The scars of others should teach us caution. ~ St. Jerome
One of the rules of caution is not to be too cautious. ~ Bahya ibn Paquda
The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. ~ Alfred Adler
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. ~ Publilius Syrus
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils. ~ Sir Walter Scott
Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity. ~ Gary Ryan Blair
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness. ~ Woodrow Wilson
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness or oppose with firmness. ~ Charles Caleb Colton
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
Man’s caution often into danger turns, and his guard falling crushes him to death. ~ Edward Young
You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you’re battling with everything you have. That’s the real fun of the game. ~ Dan Dierdorf
I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed. ~ J. C. Watts
Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith. ~ Thomas S. Monson
There is a courageous wisdom; there is also a false reptile prudence, the result, not of caution, but of fear. ~ Edmund Burke
Action makes more fortune than caution. ~ Charlotte Whitton
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. ~ Bertrand Russell
Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution. ~ Erin McCarthy
It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution. ~ Alvin Toffler
Throw caution to the wind and just do it. ~ Carrie Underwood
Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~ Goethe
It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it. ~ Baltasar Gracian
