Definition of Careful

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Careful

Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.

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Careful Quotations

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.
C. S. Lewis

I'm very careful about saying who would and wouldn't go to heaven. I don't know.
Joel Osteen

You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there.
Yogi Berra

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.
John F. Kennedy

Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
W. Clement Stone

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
W. Clement Stone

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
Lao Tzu

Careful Translations

careful in Afrikaans is sorgvuldig, versigtig
careful in Danish is forsigtig
careful in Dutch is behoedzaam, voorzichtig
careful in Italian is accurato, prudente
careful in Latin is curiosus, cautus, diligens
careful in Norwegian is forsiktig
careful in Portuguese is cuidadoso
careful in Spanish is diligente, cuidadoso, prevenido

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