Top 45 Prudence Quotes

Prudence is what makes someone a great commodities trader – the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion or ego to get in the way. It’s what is needed by every quarterback or battlefield general.

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God.

Prudence dictates that there should be a balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region.

When I visited Africa to make my film ‘Music by Prudence,’ I was struck by how intensely religious and socially conservative Africans were. There was literally a church on every corner.

Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It’s the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.

If the Republican Party continues to take the view that there must be no tax increases, we’re stuck. Capitalism can’t work without safety nets or fiscal prudence, and we need both in a sustainable balance.

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.

Once we no longer have the intellectual upper hand, then we quite literally, by definition, cannot outwit our successors. So unless we are absolutely sure that the machines we are building right now are not going to eventually become our new robot overlords, prudence is called for.

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

It is important that the Church of London, which has now lost its ruler, should receive for its new bishop a man whose personal merit, attainments in learning, and prudence in managing public business shall not be unworthy of the dignity of that see.

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.

One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

When I was filming ‘Prudence’ in Zimbabwe, I noticed the hold fundamentalist Christianity had on sub-Saharan Africa. So I thought I’d like to make a film about religion in Africa because the prosperity gospel is big business where people are desperate, poor, and sick.

You must rouse into people’s consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.

The future of food security will depend on a combination of the ecological prudence of the past and the technological advances of today.

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience.

Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word ‘satiety.’

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of doing the good you can effect!

The batteries are gradually becoming charged, and if the prudence of the government does not provide an outlet for the currents that are accumulating, some day the spark will be generated.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you’re crossing a minefield; it’s a disaster when you’re in a gold rush.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient – philanthropic prudence is also needed.

In an economy where public spending is extremely important, the governments must spend, they must spend more but at the same time you can’t afford to be reckless and do away with all kinds of fiscal prudence.

Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.

Bringing back something akin to Glass-Steagall would clearly help limit risk in the system. And that’s a very good and worthy goal. Letting banks sell securities and insurance products and services allowed them to grow too big too fast and fueled a culture that put profit and pay over prudence.

Learning options will indeed mushroom for business students and leaders, but it will take prudence and shrewdness to find and utilize the best option.

Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken.

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.

We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips.

For those of us learning the way to financial serenity and solvency, the envelope system teaches prudence, patience, and perseverance. You can only spend what you have.

Fiscal prudence is very important.

As stupid as it might sound, older people everywhere would probably be better off if they’d abandoned prudence and borrowed more. That is obviously not what the central bankers or our political leaders want. But that’s the situation they’ve created.

Running back-to-back races requires a certain tactical prudence. Going too hard in any one race might jeopardize your performance in another. Maintaining proper hydration and caloric equilibrium also becomes increasingly critical.