Quotes About Foresight

Your lordship's servant has a sensible, natural, pretty idea of military matters; somewhat irregular, though, and smells a little too much of selling the bear's skin before he has hunted him.

An idiot with a plan can beat a genius without a plan.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Charlie's dictum: "All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there.

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago.

act before difficulties occur, sense disorder coming your way, and manage it in advance.

those who held on to a vision of the future were the ones throughout this ordeal who seemed to have a better chance for survival.

prevent difficulties rather than solve them.

Charles Krauthammer

A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.

If you fail to plan, you're planning to fail.

We are all at times unconscious prophets.

All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there.

ONE of the most distinctive features of the human mind is to forecast better things. "We look before and after And pine for what is not.

Thinking deeply about your choices and actions from the stance of your future self can serve as both a motivational and a corrective force.

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences...

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

But we are never prepared for what we expect...

Dig the well before you are thirsty.

Safety glasses: making foresight 20/20.

Those who are unwilling to invest in the future haven't earned one.

Eyes must look far ahead, and thoughts be deeply pondered. Be bold and unremitting in attack. Give the wrong command, and two chariots are rendered useless. Come the right moment, a pawn can bring you victory.