Epictetus Quotes

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

I'm brave to say that I won't take this sort of risk.

I've always had this strong sense that I know best.

The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it.

When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.

The challenge of our times is to leave nothing to chance.

Always be prudent but never hesitant.

We cannot play with fear nor with too much confidence.

It is important to believe in yourself, but it is important to have sense, too.

I would rather say whoa to a leader than gittie up.

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

Where was the middle ground between a sense of adventure and just plain sense?

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

I don't believe in taking foolish chances, but nothing can be accomplished if we don't take any chances at all.

I don't make a lot of mistakes, because it's hard for me to be wrong

Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.

You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.

The step between prudence and paranoia is short and steep. Prudence wears a seat belt. Paranoia avoids cars. Prudence washes with soap. Paranoia avoids human contact. Prudence saves for old age. Paranoia hoards even trash. Prudence prepares and plans, paranoia panics. Prudence calculates the risk and takes the plunge. Paranoia never enters the water.

It's better to stay too long than to leave too soon.

It's better to decide wrongly than weakly. If you're weak, you're likely to be wrong anyway.

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

Every plan I have is the best plan in the room.

you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.