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Success...Positive Factors...PRUDENCE
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0209  A
“No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.” — Ashanti (African) Proverb
PRUDENCE, Haste, Wisdom, Fear

0210  C
“The cautious seldom err.” — Confucius
PRUDENCE, Errors, Haste, Judgment

0211  CA
“Measure a thousand times and cut once.” — Turkish Proverb
PRUDENCE, Planning, Errors

0212  A
“Never cut what you can untie.” — Joseph Joubert
PRUDENCE, Errors, Haste, Decision Making

0213  C
“The better part of valor is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.” — William Shakespeare
PRUDENCE, Courage, Patience

0214  C
“It show’d discretion, the best part of valor.” — Francis Beaumont
PRUDENCE, Courage, War & Peace

0215  P
“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.” — Henri Louis Bergson
PRUDENCE, Thought, Motivation

0216  P
“Action without study is fatal. Study without action is futile.” — Mary Ritter Beard
PRUDENCE, Procrastination, Motivation, Thought

0217  C
“He that fights and runs away,
May turn and fight another day;
But he that is in battle slain,
Will never rise to fight again.”
— James Ray
PRUDENCE, Fear, War & Peace, Death, Vision

0218  A
“Before you beat the dog, learn his master’s name.” — Chinese Proverb
PRUDENCE, Haste, Punishment, War & Peace

0219
“Chance generally favors the prudent.” — Joseph Joubert
PRUDENCE, Chance

0220
“Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.” — Joaquin Setanti
PRUDENCE, Fear, Communication

0221
“Good advice usually works best when preceded by a bad scare.” — Al(len Edward) Batt
PRUDENCE, Fear

0222  H
“If at first you do succeed, don’t take any more chances.” — Frank McKinney Hubbard
PRUDENCE, Pessimism, Fear

0223  C
“Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.” — Aaron Burr
PRUDENCE, Procrastination, Decision Making

0224
“Fear is the mother of foresight.” — Sir Henry Taylor
PRUDENCE, Fear, Vision

0225
“A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.” — Francis Bacon
PRUDENCE, Wisdom

0226
“Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.” — Francois Rabelais
PRUDENCE, War & Peace

0227  CA
“A full cup must be carried steadily.” — English Proverb
PRUDENCE, Wealth

0228
“There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.” — Charles Caleb Colton
PRUDENCE, Fear, Doubt, Procrastination

0229
“He that is overcautious will accomplish little.” — J.C.F. Schiller
PRUDENCE, Fear, Doubt, Procrastination

0230
“Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.” — Sir John Lubbock
PRUDENCE, Errors, Fear, Potential

0231
“Our nation’s economy seems to be based on the belief that we shouldn’t practice it.” — Harold Coffin
PRUDENCE, Government

PRUDENCE Cross-References
Wealth—13, 15 • Courage—190, 195 • Procrastination—273 • Fear—331, 337 • Haste—360 • Failure—385, 393 • Effectiveness—468 • Potential—482-483 • Thought—624 • Vision—646 • Decision-Making—693, 697, 699 • Originality—726 • Patience—750 • Love—762 • Honesty—784, 790-791 • Honor—819 • Anger—838, 842-844, 846 • Greed—893, 897 • Conscience—975 • Business—1054 • Politics—1232 • Law—1284


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