125 Careful Quotes

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Famous Careful Quotes

The cautious seldom err. — Confucius

Careful with fire is good advice we know. Careful with words is ten times doubly so. — William Carleton

Make haste cautiously. — Augustus

It is always good to be careful or vigilant. — Didier Deschamps

So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. — Dr. Seuss

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. — Donald Rumsfeld

Carefully choose what to care about. — Mark Manson

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Before beginning, plan carefully. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Look twice before you leap. — Charlotte Bronte

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. — Gertrude Stein

Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought. - Marcus Aurelius

Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought. — Marcus Aurelius

Carefully observe oneself and one's situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one's environment. Consider fully, act decisively. — Kano Jigoro

Ponder and deliberate before you make a move. — Sun Tzu

Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously. - Yi Sun-sin

Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously. — Yi Sun-sin

Short Careful Quotes

  • Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. — Theodore Roosevelt
  • It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S Truman
  • Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. — John Wooden
  • Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. — Lao Tzu
  • It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
  • If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours. — Ray Comfort
  • Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies. — Al Capone
  • Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. — Jim Rohn
  • You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway. — Steven Biko
  • We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. — Kurt Vonnegut

Careful Image Quotes

Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself. - Rick Ross quote

Forget yesterday, live for today. Tomorrow will take care of itself. — Rick Ross

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared! - Tupac Shakur quote

Long live the rose that grew from the concrete when no one else ever cared! — Tupac Shakur

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. - Mark Twain quote

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. — Mark Twain

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. - Simone Weil quote

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. — Simone Weil

Caring is the essence of nursing. - Jean Watson quote

Caring is the essence of nursing. — Jean Watson

Be who you want to be and not care about what others think. - Andy Biersack quote

Be who you want to be and not care about what others think. — Andy Biersack

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. - George Burns quote

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. — George Burns

Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. - Kurt Vonnegut quote

Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be. — Kurt Vonnegut

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. - George Bernard Shaw quote

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get. — George Bernard Shaw

We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought. - Chinese Proverbs quote

We count our miseries carefully, and accept our blessings without much thought. — Chinese Proverbs

Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Amschel Rothschild quote

Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. — Mayer Amschel Rothschild

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. - Langston Hughes quote

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. — Langston Hughes

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system. - Walter Cronkite quote

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system. — Walter Cronkite

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. - William James quote

If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. — William James

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. - Henry Ford quote

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself. — Henry Ford

I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all. - Coco Chanel quote

I don't care what you think about me. I don't think about you at all. — Coco Chanel

Those who are heartless, once cared too much. - Frank Ocean quote

Those who are heartless, once cared too much. — Frank Ocean

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world. - Arianna Huffington quote

If you take care of your mind, you take care of the world. — Arianna Huffington

While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. - John Muir quote

While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. — John Muir

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me. - Dwight L. Moody quote

If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of me. — Dwight L. Moody

Careful quote Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.
Be careful with your words, once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.

Always Be Careful Quotes

Speak tenderly; let there be kindness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile, in the warmth of your greeting. Always have a cheerful smile. Don't only give your care, but give your heart as well. — Mother Teresa

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. - Lao Tzu

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner. — Lao Tzu

Don't think your dreams don't come true, because they do. You'd better be careful what you wish for. And I truly and honestly - one day I am doing the 'Beaver' show and I said, 'This is the show I have always wanted to do.' — Barbara Billingsley

Careful quote When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort, not an excuse.
When someone truly cares about you, they make an effort, not an excuse.

The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be. — Robert Fulghum

So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers. — Michelangelo

I would never be part of anything. I would never really belong anywhere, and I knew it, and all my life would be the same, trying to belong, and failing. Always something would go wrong. I am a stranger and I always will be, and after all I didn’t really care. — Jean Rhys

Careful quote Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.
Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

I am always being asked to gain or lose weight, but I am at a point now where I don't care anymore. I love my body, I love my super-hourglass shape and I love showing it off. — Ashley Graham

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath. — Alphonsus Liguori

I have always taken care to put an idea or emotion behind my words. I have made it a habit to be suspicious of the mere music of words. — Leopold Sedar Senghor

Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity. A person’s true nature can be obscured by clouds, but, like the sun, it is always there. And clouds can overcome any of us. Just like we wouldn’t want someone to judge us by our worst moments, we must be careful not to do that to others. — Jay Shetty

Be Very Careful Quotes

To step into tomorrow's possibilities you must let go of yesterday's realities. Be careful of your choices between what was, is and will be. It is very hard to fully step into your destiny while you are still holding on to your history. — Christine Caine

I don't have to live up to that Superwoman myth. I can cry and be human and lean on people who take care of me. That can be very liberating. — Assata Shakur

Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left. — Jean Kerr

We must be very careful not to assign this deliverance the attributes of a victory. Wars are not won by evacuations — Winston Churchill

Be very careful what you say to yourself because someone very important is listening . . . YOU! — John Assaraf

Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand. — Maria Callas

Reciprocity is a natural human dynamic that exists in us because we’re humans. Some people are very guarded about it, so we have to be careful about how we trigger it. If we ask, we tend to owe. — Chris Voss

You can become rich, you can become strong, you can take care of your loved ones and enjoy the fact it will be very difficult. — Andrew Tate

Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective. — P. J. O'Rourke

You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas. — Dougray Scott

Careful What You Say Quotes

I don't care what straight people do, I don't care what gay people do. I don't care what nobody do. That's they business. I just care about what I do. You know what I'm saying? — ASAP Rocky

Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said. - Voltaire

Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said. — Voltaire

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart. — Miriam Makeba

Be careful what you say. You can say something hurtful in ten seconds, but ten years later, the wounds are still there. — Joel Osteen

Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't. — Karim Rashid

A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something. — Molefi Kete Asante

If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing. — Val Kilmer

If radio news is to be regarded as a commodity, only acceptable when saleable, then I don't care what you call it - I say it isn't news. — Edward R. Murrow

Every thought has the power to bring into being the visible from the invisible. It is absolutely necessary for us all to understand that everything we think, do or say comes back to us. Every thought, word or action- without exception- manifests itself [in some way] as an actual reality. — Ann Wigmore

I don't care what you say, so don't even speak. — Lil Wayne

Careful Planning Quotes

From my earliest youth, I have known that while one is obliged to plan with care the stages of one's journey, one is entitled to dream, and keep dreaming, of its destination. — Shimon Peres

Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee. — Omar Khayyam

No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto. — W. Clement Stone

I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care. — Dianne Feinstein

If you try too carefully to plan your life, the danger is that you will succeed-succeed in narrowing your options, closing off avenues of adventure that cannot now be imagined. — Harlan Cleveland

A girl child who is even a little bit educated is more conscious of family planning, health care and, in turn, her children's own education. — Azim Premji

I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change — Jim Rohn

History is not happenstance: it is conspiratorial. Carefully planned and executed by people in power. — George Carlin

I am all in favour of spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned and ruthlessly controlled. — John Gielgud

The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure. — Valerie Jarrett

Careful What You Wish For Quotes

Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it. - W. W. Jacobs

Be careful what you wish for, you may receive it. — W. W. Jacobs

The devil doesn't come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you've ever wished for. — Tucker Max

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back. — Alice Hoffman

And from the moment that I saw you, I knew you was trouble, But I disregarded detour signs, And did not stop til you was mine. I guess God was like, 'Aight, fine.' Careful what you wish for, cause you just might get it in heaps. Try to give it back, He be like, 'Nah, that's yours to keep.' — Mos Def

Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening. — Terry Pratchett

Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action. — Niels Arden Oplev

I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world inside out. And this starts right now. — JR

You know, one thing I've learned in my time on this earth Be careful what you wish for. — Elijah

Be careful what you wish for because you will get it. Be even more careful what you work for because you will get it even more quickly. — Colin Cunningham

Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Be Careful What You Wish For Quotes

Be careful what you wish for, I guess. I believe - this will sound bloated, but I believe it - that true art, the potent stuff, can take the world down with it, just like religion can. And the opposite of course. — Porochista Khakpour

I realize that you have to be careful sometimes what you wish for. — Dwyane Wade

Everybody that wants to be successful should always be careful of what you wish for. A lot of artists and entertainers want to put the genie back in the bottle and wish they could go back to being what they were. — Ice Cube

President Obama said in an interview over the weekend that he really misses being anonymous. He said, 'I miss Saturday mornings rolling out of bed and not shaving, going to the market...' Be careful what you wish for, 2012 is just around the corner! — Jay Leno

Be careful what you wish for,her mind thundered. — Julia Quinn

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More Careful Quotes

Be careful what you set your heart upon -- for it will surely be yours. - James Baldwin quote

Be careful what you set your heart upon -- for it will surely be yours. — James Baldwin

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies. - Robert Greene quote

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies. — Robert Greene

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world. - T. Harv Eker quote

Your outer world is a reflection of your inner world. — T. Harv Eker

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. - Andrew Carnegie quote

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. — Andrew Carnegie

Being a barber is about taking care of the people. - Anthony Hamilton quote

Being a barber is about taking care of the people. — Anthony Hamilton

Some people care too much. I think it's called love. - A. A. Milne quote

Some people care too much. I think it's called love. — A. A. Milne

I don't care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think. - Madonna Ciccone quote

I don't care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think. — Madonna Ciccone

When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you. - Charles Stanley quote

When trouble comes, focus on God's ability to care for you. — Charles Stanley

George Bush doesn't care about black people. - Kanye West quote

George Bush doesn't care about black people. — Kanye West

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds. - Dizzy Gillespie quote

I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds. — Dizzy Gillespie

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears. - Thomas S. Monson quote

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears. — Thomas S. Monson

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them. - Bob Dylan quote

Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them. — Bob Dylan

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. - Carly Fiorina quote

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. — Carly Fiorina

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. - John Wooden quote

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. — John Wooden

God used words to create this planet, so be careful with them. - Andy Mineo quote

God used words to create this planet, so be careful with them. — Andy Mineo

We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us. - Melinda Gates quote

We have to be careful in how we use this light shined on us. — Melinda Gates

If I abuse myself daily, who can I love? - Big K.R.I.T. quote

If I abuse myself daily, who can I love? — Big K.R.I.T.

We will take care of every single person in our society. That is our task. - Angela Merkel quote

We will take care of every single person in our society. That is our task. — Angela Merkel

I was looking for someone to formulate a skin care line I could use. - Connie Sellecca quote

I was looking for someone to formulate a skin care line I could use. — Connie Sellecca

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