Quotes About Foresight

The eyesight for an eagle is what thought is to a man.

You should learn from the mistakes of others, because you can't live long enough to make them all by yourself.

And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

In any influence, will, a self, the ego, the I AM is the greater force to be dealt with, but as numbers do influence, a knowledge of same certainly gives an individual a foresight into relationships.

If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then unto me.

It is from the scope and wisdom of the economists of the past that we must reap the knowledge with which to face the future.

Nothing chastens a planner more than the knowledge that he will have to carry out the plan.

Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.

What I sell is the higher knowledge of knowing whats next and not following the trend of whats now.

...wisdom is in large part the knowledge of how to avoid doing dumb things, and thus grows globally as a function of the published inventory of stupid mistakes.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.

The real heart of strategy is the strategist.

Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.

If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

The most serious failure of leadership is the failure to foresee

The purpose of leadership is not to make the present bearable. The purpose of leadership is to make the future possible.

Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

The leader is the organization's top strategist... systematically envisioning the future and specifically mapping out how to get there.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.