Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Caution Quotes
Bad CompanyCautionConsequenceInfluence Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
CautionHonestyVulnerability A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
CautionHumilityKnowledgeSelf-awarenessWisdom Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
CautionHumilityReligious devotionSpiritual integrityWarning I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful evil, of praising ministers. Never, never speak a word in the praise of ministers to their faces. Exalt God.
CautionLeadershipPreparationStrategyWisdom The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
CautionHumilityPrudenceStabilityWisdom I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer who remarked to a companion once that 'it was not best to swap horses while crossing streams'.
AdventureAuthenticityBalanceCautionHuman Nature If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being?
CautionDecision MakingSelf-awarenessSilenceWisdom Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
AuthenticityCautionDiscernmentFiltering The difference between a stranger sending you a message that you might be interested in at a very low volume level, no repetition, just sending it to very few people, and that being done as spam - those things get close enough that you want to be careful never to filter out something that's legitimate.
AwarenessCautionFamily HistoryGenetics Depression runs in my family on both sides, and I have to be wary.
BusinessCautionEconomicsFinanceTrust A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
CautionComplexityDecision MakingIndividualitySkepticism I am fearful, or suspicious, of generalizations... They cannot guide me reliably in making decisions about particular individuals.
CautionEnvironmentalismHuman ImpactNatureRegret Evolution can go to hell as far as I am concerned. What a mistake we are. We have mortally wounded this sweet life-supporting planet - the only one in the whole Milky Way - with a century of transportation whoopee.
CautionDiscretionMindfulnessResponsibilitySelf-awareness I am really cautious about what I say and do.
CautionFameHumilityPersonal ChoiceSelf-awareness I saw the drawbacks of fame as a kid. It wasn't for me.
CautionLeadershipResponsibilityTrustVulnerability You have to be careful about how much you reveal to people that look up to you so much.
