Inspirational Quotes on Discretion

“While we are zealous for good works, let us be careful not to put them in the place of Christ's righteousness, and not to advance anything which may betray others into so dreadful a delusion.”

“Make no vows to perform this or that; it shows no great strength, and makes thee ride behind thyself.”

“If the master takes no account of his servants, they will make small account of him, and care not what they spend, who are never brought to an audit.”

“Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.”

“When thou makest presents, let them be of such things as will last long; to the end they may be in some sort immortal, and may frequently refresh the memory of the receiver.”

“Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.”

“Free advice is sometimes the most costly kind.”

“You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.”

“Pray a little more, work a little harder, save, wait, be patient and, most of all, live within our means. That's the American way. It's not spending ourselves into prosperity or taxing ourselves into prosperity.”

“Venture not to the utmost bounds of even lawful pleasures; the limits of good and evil join.”

“Bad excuses are worse than none.”

“Trust thyself only, and another shall not betray thee.”

“Learn to hold thy tongue; five words cost Zacharias forty weeks of silence.”

“Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.”

“Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes, but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done, even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse. There lies freedom, indeed.”

“It is thy duty oftentimes to do what thou wouldst not; thy duty, too, to leave undone that thou wouldst do.”

“Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.”

“Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us.”

“With foxes we must play the fox.”

“Thou mayst as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which make books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.”