Quotes about Prudent

A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.

Sophocles

It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived.

Rene Descartes

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.

Thucydides

It does look like consumers are becoming a little more prudent and finding alternative ways to pay, such as debit cards.

Allen Grommet

To date, Kenya lacks an effective livestock marketing policy and it is prudent for the Government to move fast and implement a Livestock Marketing Authority, which was passed in Parliament.

Adan Dualle

The market is factoring in a higher probability of a pause now but it's absolutely too soon to tell, ... By September 20, it may appear to be prudent to pause but the Fed will make the decision then depending on the severity of the economic damage.

Tom Higgins

I truly felt we could safely fly this mission with three people on board. That is not prudent today. So, as the founder of the expedition, it is my responsibility to act accordingly.

Bob Martin

Looking at the numbers above... the NEC sees it prudent to begin preparations for a presidential election run-off.

Frances Johnson

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Euripides

We have become a lower risk and more stable investment for our shareowners. We will make prudent investments in our infrastructure and do have opportunities for future growth with our plans to add generating facilities to meet increasing customer demand.

Bill Harvey

If you were to say the Prudent Speculator has beat all mutual funds in the past 25 years, it sounds better than saying he beat other newsletters, though it's roughly the same thing.

Mark Hulbert

It has not been proven that monk parakeets cause a significant health or safety hazard, and there are feasible and prudent alternatives to the capture and destruction of them.

Priscilla Feral

Regardless of how things are going, it's prudent for us to see what the market will bear. We've had a couple of calls to say other parties are interested in our rights.

Tim Schuldt

For your steady nerves, prudent judgment and great wisdom.

Warren Christopher

Based on his age, it is prudent for his initial course of treatment - IV antibiotics - to be done at the hospital.

Penny Circle

How many would do the 'right thing' and attend school? Why, in fact, do we require school attendance? Don't we trust children, and their parents, to make the prudent choice?

David L. Katz

We recognize the fundamental importance of good corporate governance and determined it would be prudent as a public company to separate the roles of board chairman and CEO.

John Hawkins

After carefully evaluating Lockheed's proposals, we decided that the prudent course of action at this time was to terminate the contract.

Claude Bolton

We have recognized it is prudent to increase our uranium exploration efforts outside of Saskatchewan.

Peter Farmer

I am confident that China will continue its prudent and cautious exchange-rate-policy.

Helmut Schmidt

There is no identifiable exogenous shock looming, but investing is about probabilities and I believe it is prudent to raise more cash, ... At some point I expect a correction of 10-20 percent.

Byron Wien

I think it is very prudent to make sure your baggage is locked.

Geoff Dixon

The anger of the prudent never shows.

Burmese Proverb

We have to be careful and people must be prudent to use only official outlets.

Bernard Lapasset

For economic policymakers, the landscape has materially changed. It no longer would be prudent to regard a Sept. 20 [rate increase] as a foregone conclusion.

Ray Stone

If you have an opportunity to take steps now to prevent a problem in the future, it's prudent to do so.

Julie Weis

Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

Mary Worley Montagu

Decisive, yet disciplined, cost reduction action that balances the need to be fiscally prudent with the need to continually seek growth opportunities and generate long-term profitability in a highly competitive marketplace.

Jack Messman

They decided it wasn't prudent for them to go forward with it this year.

Jerry Munro

With most economic data pointing to continued strength, it's likely and would be prudent, for the ECB to raise rates in March.

John Maskell

A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.

Thales

It's to be prudent, that is the only explanation. When this mission was launched, it had a price tag in the millions of dollars. Now that Stardust is safely back, the cargo in many scientific corners is described as priceless in terms of the data it can provide.

James Hartsfield

It wouldn't be prudent for us to comment on this matter before the court has heard both sides.

Claudia Piccinin

The governor has asked us to conserve, and we want to be wise and prudent.

Lisa Long

We are clearly in a state of economic uncertainty and the prudent thing to do in such times is to do nothing at all.

David Rosenberg

You have to give people credit for doing their own research and using their own discretion and being prudent enough to make right decisions.

Joe Hunter

Ecuador's fundamental economic policy has not changed with the (economic) minister. There will be differences in some areas, but the government ratified its commitment to maintain a very prudent fiscal policy.

Trevor Alleyne

I don't think it prudent to completely stop working with this kind of nest egg and feel comfortable that, no matter what happens to the market, my health or the economy, I've got enough to live on for the next 20 years.

Phil Cook

We'll continue to evaluate his status to determine when his removal to Haiti would be prudent.

Steve Pike

While entering retirement debt-free continues to be the most prudent approach, these findings suggest that some Canadians, especially baby boomers, generally have different lifestyle expectations for retirement and are making different choices than previous generations.

Dave Richardson

We're at one of those inflection points where we have to be disciplined about where we continue to invest. We try to plan for the worst and hope for the best. We absolutely expect to grow and build our business, but at the same time, it's only prudent to wait for some indication that the market dynamic will start to change.

Jay Fulcher

This was all done for everyone's protection. If you're going to be sheltering people, it would be prudent for people taking them in to know what criminal pasts they might have.

Robert Stewart

With most economic data pointing to continued strength it's likely, and would be prudent, for the ECB to raise rates in March. There's not a huge amount of support for the market.

John Maskell

The U of I is well placed to make such calls, and there are a great number of resources we have access to that help us assure that we make prudent decisions. We can still say no.

Jeremy Geller

I expect more of the network airlines to do the same. Now that fuel is an issue, and other economics of the airline industry are pretty difficult, a lot of marginal flights are hard to justify. It's a prudent trimming of marginal routes.

Alan Sbarra

It would not be prudent or proper for me to make any more comment about the situation.

Bruce Turner

We'll be making appropriate adjustments in our business model to make sure we meet that guidance and we're going to be more prudent with our spending.

Tom Manley

The prudent investor may want to take some of their money off the table and maybe they should be looking overseas.

Joe Portera

We're going to do some testing. It's the prudent thing for the company to do. We're looking at every possible innovation and concept. It's more in the speculative mode right now. It would be unfair to jump to conclusions.

Walt Riker

Having heard about this, my biggest concern is that we should go back and look at all of the projects he did ... to be sure there isn't anything we should have a concern about, ... Out of fairness to the citizens ... that's the only prudent thing to do.

Vicki Phillips

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Bible

The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will repeal tomorrow what it has enacted today.

William Henry Harrison

We saw really good results in the first quarter but we just saw weakness at the end of the quarter, so we are giving conservative, and what we think is a prudent, approach in the next quarter.

Gary Bloom

Last Thursday when we received notification, I sat down with my wife and discussed what it meant - whether it was feasible, then whether it was prudent, ... My family was completely supportive.

Bob Pratt

Consistent with our previously announced focus on reducing debt, it is prudent to change the dividend at this time.

Vance Coffman

Clearly our preference and our focus is making sure nothing changes from that. At the same time, I think it's very prudent to look at contingency plans.

Stefan Weinmann

Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.

Democritus

Within some defense agencies, they have thought the most prudent action was just to take their sites offline.

Craig Quigley

I think there seems to be precedence for putting in place an acting mayor, who is typically the president of the City Council, and it seems like a prudent move to make certain that the charter is followed.

Jass Stewart

(Specialty loans) are OK for people with money in the bank who want to use the (monthly savings) for other investments. But they're not prudent for people who don't have a nest egg and can't afford the risk.

Jay Luber

It seems to me it's a prudent move by Yahoo. It's one thing to put your billboard up next to the other guys. But this, it seems to me, is different in nature and kind because you're employing search engine technology to guide customers from the Internet to you.

Lee Bromberg

It is probably prudent to wait and delay. At some point this year the market will turn around.

Jeffrey Kagan

The market has been up so sharply, it would be a prudent time to put money in the bank and then reposition.

Nauman Barakat

Because there have been no settlements reached for the securities action with any of the less-involved banks, it is difficult to know what reserves are prudent.

Ted Clark