Quotes About Foresight

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

I hope people will think very carefully about the future.

When you can see the end of things even in their beginnings, there's no more hope, unless you want to pretend, or forget, or get drunk or something.

The future does not get better by hope, it gets better by plan. And to plan for the future we need goals.

If you don't go far enough back in memory or far enough ahead in hope, your future will be impoverished.

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.

You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think.

Hope- the recognition, by true foresight, of better things to be reached here after.

A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled the houses that are built. The strong man sees the possible houses and farms. His eye makes estates as fast as the sun breeds clouds.

A genius is one who shoots at something no one else can see-and hits it.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

The light you see at the end of the tunnel is the front of an oncoming train.

There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

Clearly, there has been a lack of imagination about how much can go wrong.

Imagination is vital to precautionary judgement.

A Leader must possess credibility, imagination, enthusiasm, vision, foresight, a sense of timing, a passion for excellence and be willing to share.

The problem is not one of prediction. It is one of imagination.

Saddle your dreams afore you ride 'em.

Great opportunities are not seen with your eyes. They are seen with your mind.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

You have to see the pattern, understand the order and experience the vision.

It is better to live ready than to get ready!

To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.