By Aaron Campbell · May 31, 2005
Haibane reminds us that the idiom ‘Look before you leap’ reveals the importance of patience and forbearance along the road to success, while those who attempt to grab all can become easily lost. ‘Look before you leap’, like ‘better safe than sorry’, implies a cautious, sensible approach toward action. Yet some people believe that success cannot be attained without taking risks, and for that reason choose faster, more adventurous approaches to life, thus the idioms ‘the early bird catches the worm’ and ‘he who hesitates is lost’. How should a person decide when to be cautious and when to take risks?
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Mark White
wrote on December 21, 2005:
He who hesitates is lost yet fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Once bitten twice shy, yet nothing ventured nothing gained.
The road to excess leads to wisdom yet moderation in all things.
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