Quotes About Foresight

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.

If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack, we have gone only halfway towards victory.

To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

who wishes to fight must first count the cost

The wise warrior avoids the battle.

Just like genes, the memes have no foresight. They cannot be expected to foresee that almost anything might happen. They might even, in the process of diverting our energies from the genes, just wipe us out.

People thought I was an idiot, but I saw social networks were going to be more important, and it turned out to be true.

I've definitely sold some Twitter shares. I don't own as many as I used to, because I'm not an idiot, but I own more than I should because I'm an idiot.

Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.

When the situation demands action, know the end of the action before you start the action

No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be.

Timing is everything. That´s right. Which is why our sages tell us to repent exactly one day before we die. But how do you know it´s the day before you die? I asked. He raised his eyebrows. Exactly

Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don't see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become.

The point being that we still needed a better strategy for graduation than Wait and see if El can keep her big-girl pants on, and here I was whinging on about how nice it would be for me to do something unbelievably stupid instead, like Orion.

Before we can master an enemy, we must know its name, its habits, and its place of abode.

Your achievement can be no greater than your PLANS are sound. That may seem to be an axiomatic statement, but it is true.

in long run sword is defeated by mind

Through the aid of the sixth sense, you will be warned of impending dangers in time to avoid them, and notified of opportunities in time to embrace them.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us towards our destiny.

The only difference between them is that a man who sees controls his folly, while his fellow men can't.