Carl von Clausewitz Quotes

I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

I'm not really much of a risk taker.

I'm careful, controlled, bodily conservative: if someone offered me a pill I'd only ever take a half.

I was shy. I was more than shy.

I'm always pretty nervous when I do anything! I walk very slowly. I'm very careful.

I don't mean to be bashful, but I was.

People think I'm crazy and reckless but I'm absolutely not... I'm soooo safe and soooo careful and I won't do anything that feels like I could break something.

If you're not worried, you're not reasonable.

Fear will make you stingy.

When you're young, oddly enough, you're more afraid, more conservative about what it is you have.

Timidity can be as dangerous as rashness.

What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.

I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation.

Fear has been my biggest friend. Fear of the unknown. Whenever I've been afraid, I've been very self-protective.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.

When in doubt, don't.

I am really cautious about what I say and do.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Part of me is very shy.

If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all.

I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go. Call that a strength or a failing, whatever.

I'm cautious about a lot of words.