Quotes About Foresight

He who observes the infinite horizons will see the dangers before others.

Think about the answers of the questions that have not yet been asked! When they are asked, you will have the answers ready!

Looking back at that conversation, I can't help wondering: Did I know? Did I know what was coming, and did I think that as long as I wouldn't let Livvie say the words, they wouldn't be true?

Nothing wrong with taking time to figure out your life and make sure you really like where your life is going. I mean, it's better to do it now than when it's too late.

Reasonable, smart people disagree about what will happen in the future—in part because nobody can see the future.

Those who fail to plan, plan to fail.

The true start-up of a business is what happens before you start-up.

Maybe nothing's so unfunny as an omen read wrong.

At the same time, like biblical prophecy, "its goal is not speculative foresight, but theological insight

Destiny is purpose seen from the other end of life.

You must plan, and you must train, for the battle you don't want to fight, against the enemy you don't want to face, on the ground you don't want to defend. Then, and only then, do you have a credible deterrent.

You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

recognize the enemy, who doesn't just fight on the battlefield

It's a big mistake to tell someone what you are going to do to them … they might decide to do it to you first.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. —ATTRIBUTED TO WAYNE GRETZKY

but I reckon if we could see into the forthcoming, we'd all be rich, and scared shitless.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.

Forewarned forearmed.

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential

Proverbs 22:3: "A wise man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.

You can't just close your eyes and hope everything turns out all right. That's a fine strategy for jumping out of an airplane, but it's no way to conduct your life. In order to get anywhere you must first know where it is you want to go. Then you can figure out how to get there.

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.