Inspirational Quotes on Discretion

“In conversation use some, but not too much ceremony; it teaches others to be courteous, too. Demeanors are commonly paid back in their own coin.”

“Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.”

“Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions.”

“If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.”

“Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad.”

“'Tis better that thou be rather something sparing, than very liberal, to even a good servant; for as he grows full, he inclines either to be idle, or to leave thee: and if he should at any time murmur, thou mayest govern him by a seasonable reward.”

“He that resolves to deal with none but honest men, must leave off dealing.”

“Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.”

“Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.”

“Care and diligence bring luck.”

“He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.”

“Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.”

“Better give a shilling than lend and lose half a crown.”

“He that's cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater.”

“When a Christian does not repel the thoughts which originate with evil spirits he affords them a base for working.”

“He had been privy to much, and blind to even more.”

“Hear the other side.”

“Your words can make others love, or they can make them hate.”

“Haste and rashness are storms and tempests, breaking and wrecking business; but nimbleness is a full fair wind blowing it with speed to the haven.”

“Curiosity is a kernel of the forbidden fruit which still sticketh in the throat of a natural man, sometimes to the danger of his choking.”