Jerome Cady Quotes

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to life.

In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail.

Valor by itself may be respected but without wisdom and calculation it does not lead anywhere.

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel without fear.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

Common sense, proportionality, and judgment are the skills we must seek in those we choose to regulate our lives.

Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.

When I asked you if you wanted to, I was not testing your courage. I was testing your wisdom.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have.

Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in many cases is based on good information.

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

I'm not saying Obama is right on everything. Of course not. He may be wrong on a number of things. But what I do know is that he behaves like a very, very sane man almost all the time.

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

I always try to have an open mind, but there is a difference between having an open mind and having a hole in the head.

Send a wise man and don't advise him. He should know what to do.

There is great strength in acting boldly but there is also great strength in not acting if the time is not right.

Intelligence divorced from judgment produces nothing but foolishness.