Quotes About Foresight

TROUPE: Do you have any feelings about yuppies? BALDWIN: I saw them coming. I knew them. They can't, I'm afraid, be taught anything.

In a dangerous, turbulent world full of threats and disruptions, you need to "protect your flanks"—identify and protect against vulnerabilities that, if exposed or exploited, could kill or cripple you.

planful opportunism

A wise man prepares for treachery.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

Humans are terrible at predicting the future. We really overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term... If we can glimpse even a couple of years into the future, even that's difficult to do.

I've always said I have very good timing. It is underestimated when you are outside the ring but once you get inside the ring with me, I'm a step ahead.

You can never make the mistake of underestimating an opponent, especially in the Champions League.

By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.

I foresaw the financial crisis. I get messages in my sleep, in pictures and words. I understood that I have a mission and a role in ensuring human existence. I received a message that people would soon start to go crazy.

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

People want power but not wisdom. Power without wisdom is a very dangerous thing. Better to have wisdom first.

Increase in vision comes with wisdom to reap the harvest

Dreamers have sharp ears like spear and sharp eyes like an eagle.

for me, to say I yet to begin gives me reasons not to look back and see what I have done but, to look ahead and see, understand and plan for what I am yet to do

for me, to say that I am yet to begin gives me the real reason not to look back and see what I have done but, to look ahead and see, understand and plan for what I am yet to do

If you are unaware of what's within, you will be shown in the mirror of your near future life experience. Wiser to keep a step ahead.

Before you attack the porcupine, think of its quills!

Look into yourself, Think about what you will need in the long run and not what you think you want now. #wisdom!

They are probably the single most important deciding factor for long-term success, and your ability to set and make plans to achieve them is the master skill to your successful future.

A vision is a promise of the future as seen in the present.

The difference between those who achieve their dreams and those who don't is in their ability to see not only with their eyes but also their minds.