90 Quotes About Discretion

We observe that one of the great attributes of discretion is that it can mask ignorance of all the most common and lowly varieties, and Walter Moody was nothing if not excessively discreet.

Wisdom teaches you when to use your discretion- with whom, what, and when to share your feelings and discernments...

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

Honesty doesn't mean you reveal everything you discern and feel. That is why we have the word discretion...

Courage and discretion go hand in hand: the courage to dare to be yourself, the discretion not to overdo; the courage to do something unusual, the discretion to temper it.

Starting over begins when I develop a reawakened appreciation for what I already have, a renewed recognition of what I’ve recklessly forsaken, a rehabilitated understanding that I foolishly do both of those things, and a revitalized commitment to live the rest of my life never doing either of them again.

A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens.

Our best-laid plans are often our worst-made decisions.