![]() – Madeleine L’Engle So long as we are brave enough to accept the consequences of our actions, no one can take away our freedom of choice. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.” Stephen Covey Because to take away a man’s freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person. “Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. – Benvenuto Cellini Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action. “Though a man has all other perfections, and wants discretion, he will be of no great consequence in the world but if he has this single talent in perfection, and but a common share of others, he may do what he pleases in his station of life.” Joseph Addison One can pass on responsibility, but not the discretion that goes with it. ![]() – Christian Nestell Bovee Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. Now is the time I wish to find someone, and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion with me.” David Ogden Stiers A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. “I wish to spend my life’s twilight being just who I am. Catherine of Siena Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life the one preserves, the other sweetens it. That may be friends, people who come into your life just to use you for who you are.” Cam Newton Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing. Sometimes that individual ‘wows’ you by the eye, but when it come to heart to heart, that person’s not there for you. ![]() “I pray for discretion every single night, that I can see through people, see what their greater good is. 16 Discretion Quotes that Will Inspire Determination – Francis Bacon Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order. – Lord Chesterfield 3 Discretion Quotes on Speaking Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. – William Shakespeare Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is. – Joseph Addison Be not too tame neither, but let your own Discretion be your tutor suit the action to the word, the word to the action. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.” Rudy Giuliani There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion. – William Shakespeare Even in a hero’s heart. – Jean de La Fontaine The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life. – Leon Gambetta Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable. – Walter Scott Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end. “I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” Thomas Jefferson Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. Top 10 Most Famous Discretion Quotes (BEST)
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