Aldo Leopold Quotes

An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

Prudence is a presumption of the future, contracted from the experience of time past.

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.

What is permitted is not always wise.

I only change things where I know about a situation. I'd never change just for change.

Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.

The wise man is seldom prudent.

What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action.

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.

There are forces at work you do not perceive. I weave a delicate strategy which rash actions could rend. Patience , please.

People who deliberate fully before they take a step will spend their lives on one leg

Look before you leap.

What course am I to take?" "Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight.

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

There was nothing wrong with fire … as long as you didn’t stand too close. Something to keep in mind.

One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils.

Men with common minds seldom break through general rules. Prudence is ever the resort of weakness; and they rarely go as far as as they may in any undertaking, who are determined not to go beyond it on any account.

Look ere thou leap, see ere thou go.